Aelita Films Sans Frontieres

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Infobase, film distributor.

Films sans frontières (Firm)

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Soviet Union.

Motion pictures.

Genre:

Internet videos

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 19 min., 54 sec)) sound, color

Distribution:

New York, N.Y. Distributed by Infobase, 2018

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Films Sans Frontieres, [1924]

System Details:

Streaming video file

System requirements: FOD playback platform

video file

Summary:

This is called the first Soviet science fiction film because of its "futuristic" sets on Mars, although most of it takes place in Moscow. The movie is set at the beginning of the NEP (New Economic Policy) in December, 1921. A mysterious radio message is beamed around the world, and among the engineers who receive it are Los, the hero, and his colleague Spiridonov. Los is an individualist dreamer. Aelita is the daughter of Tuskub, the ruler of a totalitarian state on Mars in which the working classe are put into cold storage when they are not needed. With a telescope, Aelita is able to watch Los. As if by telepathy, Los obsesses about being watched by her. After some hugger-mugger involving the murder of his wife and a pursuing detective, Los takes the identity of Spiridonov and builds a spaceship. With the revolutionary Gusev, he travels to Mars, but the Earthlings and Aelita are thrown into prison by the dictator. Gusev and Los begin a proletarian uprising, and Aelita offers to lead ..

Contents:

Aelita (19:54);

Notes:

Originally released by Films Sans Frontieres, 1924

Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on August 16, 2018

Title from distributor's description

OCLC:

1110587977

Publisher Number:

160487 Infobase

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license