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Aelita: Queen of Mars

1924 · 111 min

A strange, dreamlike silent film that drifts between everyday jealousy and stylized Martian spectacle, asking patience but rewarding with haunting images.

Directed by
Yakov Protazanov
Genres
Science fiction, Drama, Fantasy
Overview
A 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.

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Directed by
Yakov Protazanov
Genres
Science fiction, Drama, Fantasy
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • class
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • revenge
Places
  • big city
  • fantasy world
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour4
Realism4
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
science fiction, drama, fantasy
Directed by
Yakov Protazanov
Written by
Aleksei Fajko, Fyodor Otsep
Starring
Yuliya Solntseva, Igor Ilyinsky, Nikolai Tseretelli, Nikolai Batalov, Vera Orlova, Valentina Kuindzhi, Pavel Pol, Konstantin Eggert
Cinematography
Emil Schünemann, Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky
Runtime
111 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
No Language

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