Wunder der Schöpfung is an extraordinary, fascinating Kulturfilm trying to explaWunder der Schöpfung is an extraordinary, fascinating Kulturfilm trying to explain the whole human knowledge of the 1920s about the world and the universe. 15 special effects experts and 9 cameramen were involved in the production of this film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact. It its beautifully colored, using tinting and toning in a very elaborated way. Some visual ideas in the sequences with a space shuttle visiting different planets in the universe seem to have to be the inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey. In the context of Germany's Kulturfilm phenomenon, Wunder der Schöpfung was among the greatest achievements of the 1920s. The production was constructed, rehearsed, and shot over a period of two and a half years, under the supervision of Hanns Walter Kornblum. The idea to describe the universe and man's place in it well suited UFA's Grossfilm mentality, one year before the Metropolis catastrophe. Hundreds of skilled craftsmen participated in the project, building props and constructing scale models drawn by 15 special effects draughtsmen, while 9 cameramen in separate units worked on the historical, documentary, fiction, animation, and science-fiction sequences. Without star roles or even protagonists, the film's plot is crowded with meticulously structured and skillfully acted single scenes an artful mosaic of small vignettes. No less than four credited university professors ensured the factual background behind the scientific and historical events portrayed. The film's symbol of progress and the new scientific era is a spacecraft, travelling through the Milky Way, making all the planets and their inspiring worlds familiar to us, with the extravaganza of their distinctive features. The film's educational intentions, however, become steadily more obscure, humorous, or even campy as this popularization project proceeds. With the excuse of presenting the end of the world a not-so-new concept as a new, undeniably scientific truth, the film veers happily along a new path, displaying detailed apocalyptic scenes of the end of mankind. For today's audiences, this amazing film demonstrates how the universe was comprehended in the 1920s, and how that view was sold to contemporary audiences.详情
主演：科林·法瑞尔,柯尔比·豪威尔-巴普蒂斯特,艾米·莱安,丹尼斯·布特斯卡里斯,内森·科德里,亚历克斯·埃尔南德斯,詹姆斯·克伦威尔,安娜·冈,西德尼·钱德勒,马西·弗伦,贝尔纳多·巴迪罗,达尔文·肖,多恩·迪皮塔,Paula Andrea Placido,Txunamy Ortiz,斯科特·劳伦斯,阿德里安·马丁斯,卡梅伦·考普斯威特,Cher Alvarez,卡洛斯·索洛萨诺,Elizabeth Liang,Maeve Whalen,Andrea Salloum,Alice Amter,Alice Amt
主演：休伯·史塔普,莫妮卡·梵·德·冯,塞尔日-亨利·瓦尔克,Hidde Maas,维姆扎默,坦内克·哈茨祖克,Lou Landré,Tatum Dagelet,Pieter Lutz,Door van Boeckel,Simone Ettekoven,Koos van der Knaap,Paul van Soest,Jules Croiset,赫尔默特·沃登贝赫,Lettie Oosthoek,Jaap Stobbe,汉斯·达格列特,伯特·汉斯特若,Louise Ruys,Inge Ipenburg,Roe
