Aelita, the Queen of Mars (1924)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 51min
- Adventure, Comedy
- 25 Sep 1924 (Soviet Union)
- Movie
Engineer Mstislav Sergeyevich Los travels to Mars where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group of Elders with the support of Queen Aelita who has fallen in love with him after watching him through a telescope.
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| Yuliya Solntseva | ... |
Aelita, Queen of Mars
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| Igor Ilyinsky | ... |
Kravtsov - amateur sleuth
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Nikolai Tsereteli | ... |
Engineer Los / Evguieni Spiridinov
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| Nikolay Batalov | ... |
Gusev, Red Army Soldier
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| Vera Orlova | ... |
Nurse Masha, Gusev's Wife
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Valentina Kuindzhi | ... |
Natasha, Los' Wife
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| Pavel Pol | ... |
Viktor Ehrlich, Sugar Profiteer
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| Konstantin Eggert | ... |
Tuskub, Ruler of Mars
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Yuri Zavadsky | ... |
Gol, Radiant Energy Tower Guardian
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Aleksandra Peregonets | ... |
Ihoshka, Aelita's Maidservant
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Sofya Levitina | ... |
President House Committee
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| Varvara Massalitinova | ... |
Neighbour at funeral
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| Mikhail Zharov | ... |
Actor in Play
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Tamara Adelgeym | ... |
Neighbour at funeral
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Iosif Tolchanov | ... |
Mars Astronomer with Ihoshka
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| Vladimir Uralskiy | ... |
Soldier
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N. Tretyakova | ... |
Yelena, Ehrlich's Wife
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| Ivan Chuvelyov | ... |
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Vera Drutskaya | ... |
Guest at Illegal Bal (uncredited)
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| Galina Kravchenko | ... |
Neighbout at Illegal Bal (uncredited)
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Viktor Latyshevskiy | ... |
Guest at Illegal Bal (uncredited)
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Elena Lenskaya | ... |
Guest at Illegal Bal (uncredited)
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Boris Lifanov | ... |
Guest at Illegal Bal (uncredited)
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| Leonid Obolensky | ... |
Guest at Illegal Bal (uncredited)
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Naum Rogozhin | ... |
British Officer (uncredited)
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Mark Tsibulsky | ... |
Host at Illegal Bal (uncredited)
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Lev Tumanov | ... |
Radio Station Engineer (uncredited)
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Nikolay Vishnyak | ... |
Appearing (uncredited)
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G.K. Volkonskaya | ... |
Guest at Illegal Bal (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Yakov Protazanov | ||
Written by
| Aleksei Fajko | ... | () |
| Fyodor Otsep | ... | () |
| Aleksei Tolstoy | ... | (play) |
Cinematography by
| Emil Schünemann | ||
| Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky | ||
Art Direction by
| Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky | ... | (as Yuri Zheliabovsky) |
Costume Design by
| Alexandra Exter | ||
Makeup Department
| N. Sorokin | ... | makeup artist |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| David Morskoi | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
| Izrail Bograd | ... | poster artist (as I. Bograd) |
| Alexandra Exter | ... | set designer |
| Sergei Kozlovsky | ... | set designer |
| Isaak Rabinovich | ... | set designer |
| V. Simonov | ... | model designer (as Viktor Simonov) |
| S. Kuznetsov | ... | set dresser (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Aleksandr Barkovsky | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Tamara Amirova | ... | costumer (uncredited) |
| Nadezhda Lamanova | ... | costumer (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Film Arts Guild (1929) (United States) (theatrical)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1975) (Finland) (tv)
- Nihonkai Eiga (1987) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Kino International (1991) (United States) (VHS)
- Kino Video (1991) (United States) (VHS)
- Image Entertainment (1992) (United States) (VHS)
- Image Entertainment (1992) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- Image Entertainment (1999) (United States) (DVD) (for Film Preservation Associates)
- Bach Edition (2005) (France) (DVD)
- Divisa Home Video (2007) (Spain) (DVD)
- VTO Continental (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2007) (Finland) (tv)
- Divisa Home Video (2009) (Portugal) (DVD)
- Éditions Montparnasse (2010) (France) (DVD)
- bf Distribution (2024) (Chile) (theatrical)
- BuckRay TV (2022) (United States) (video)
- Elephant Films (2023) (France) (Blu-ray)
- Flicker Alley (2015) (United States) (DVD)
- Ostalgica (2023) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Samuel Goldwyn Films (2024) (World-wide)
- Shout! Studios (2024) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2024) (Australia) (DVD)
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Storyline
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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 class 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 the revolution, but she then establishes her own totalitarian regime. Los is shocked by this development and attempts to stop Aelita, and then reality and fantasy become confused, and Los discovers what has really happened.
Written by Fiona Kelleghan |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | This movie became such a hit in the Soviet Union that many new parents named their little girls "Aelita". See more » |
| Goofs | When the spaceship takes off, the ascent is vertical, but the footage shown afterwards, which represents the velocity of the ship, is that of a horizontal motion. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Zolotoy son (1989). See more » |