Aelita: Queen of Mars
(1924)
Directed by Yakov
Protazanov this film based on the novel of the same name stars Yulia
Solntseva, Igor Ilyinsky and Nikolai Tseretelli. A man in Moscow
becomes obsessed with travelling to Mars after a strange signal is
heard from space.
Despite the sci-fi
premise unfortunately most of this film is based on Earth and centres
round the domestic life of the characters. A lot of the plot of the
novel has been chucked out in favour of revolutionary dialectic which
is a real disappointment and I think the conclusion to the film may
be a rather large plot hole. What is really impressive about the film
are the Mars sequences which have amazing sets and costumes even if
they are sadly underused.
4/5
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