Aelita: Queen of Mars Movie Review 1924

Though the title has blockbuster potential, "Aelita" is a little-known silent Soviet sci-fi flick destined to remain little known. After building a rocket to fly to Mars, a Russian engineer finds it's no Martian holiday on the fourth planet from the sun, with the Martians in the midst of a revolution. Silent, with a piano score.

Distribution

Sinister Cinema, PO Box 4369, Medford, OR 97501-0168, Phone: (541)773-6860, Fax: (541)779-8650, Email: scinema@qwest.net, URL: http://www.sinistercinema.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 113 minutes.
Originally from Russian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sci Fi, Silent Films, Silent Horror/Fantasy Classics, Adapted from a Play

Screenplay

Fedor Ozep, Aleksey Fajko

Cast

Yulia Solntseva, Nikolai Batalov, Nikolai Tseretelli, Nikolai Tseretelli, Vera Orlova, Pavel Poi, Konstantin Eggert, Yuri Zavadski, Valentina Kuindzi, N. Tretyakova

Cinematography

Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky, Emil Schoenemann

Director

Yakov Protazanov