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Aelita
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1924 film by Yakov Protazanov
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5.9A young man travels to Mars in a rocket ship, where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group with the support of Queen Aelita, who has fallen in love with him after watching him through a telescope.
Cast
- Yuliya Solntseva as Aelita, Queen of Mars
- Igor Ilyinsky as Kravtsov - amateur sleuth
- Nikolai Tseretelli as Evguieni Spiridinov
- Nikolai Batalov as Gusev, Red Army Soldier
- Vera Orlova as Nurse Masha, Gusev's Wife
- Valentina Kuindzhi as Natasha, Los' Wife (as Vera Kuindzhi)
Themes
- planet mars
- silent film
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Yakov Protazanov
- Written by
- Fedor Ozep
- Starring
- Nikolai Tseretelli Valentina Kuindzhi Yulia Solntseva Pavel Pol Igor Ilyinsky Nikolai Batalov Vera Orlova
- Cinematography
- Emil Schünemann , Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky
- Production company
- Mezhrabpom-Rus
- Release date
- 25 September 1924 ( 1924-09-25 )
- Running time
- 113 minutes
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Languages
- Silent film , Russian intertitles
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- silent film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Based on
- Aelita
- Main subject
- extraterrestrial life
- Creator
- Yakov Protazanov
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Yakov Protazanov
- Screenwriter
- Aleksey Tolstoy
- Cast member
- Valentina Kuindzhi
- Composer
- Alexander Glazunov
- Cinematographer
- Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky
- Narrative location
- Mars
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 961986
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- costume designer
- Aleksandra Ekster
- after a work by
- Aleksey Tolstoy
- Commons category
- Aelita (1924 film)
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- publication date
- 1924-09-25
- title
- Аэлита
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 100%
- production designer
- Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky
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Encyclopedic overview
Aelita: Queen of Mars with English intertitles
Aelita (Russian: Аэли́та, pronounced [ɐɛˈlʲitə]), also known as Aelita: Queen of Mars, is a 1924 Soviet silent science fiction film directed by Yakov Protazanov and produced at the Mezhrabpom-Rus film studio. It was based on Alexei Tolstoy's 1923 novel of the same name. Nikolai Tseretelli and Valentina Kuindzhi were cast in leading roles.
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