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Aelita (1924)

Name: Aelita
Genre: Science Fiction
Released: 1924
Duration: 1 h 20 min
Cast: Nikolai Batalov, Mikhail Zharov, Yuri Zavadsky, Vera Orlova, Igor Ilyinsky

192481 minScience Fiction✓ Verified rightsSilent · CC0 piano score

Aelita (1924) is an 81-minute science-fiction film that airs free on Starlite TV's Silent Pictures (CH 12) channel. It is a silent film, presented with a public-domain (CC0) piano score. It is in the U.S. public domain. Directed by Yakov Protazanov.

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About Aelita (1924)

Aelita (Russian: Аэли́та, pronounced [ɐɛˈlʲitə]), also known as Aelita: Queen of Mars, is a 1924 Soviet silent science fiction film directed by Yakov Protazanov and produced at the Mezhrabpom-Rus film studio. It was based on Alexei Tolstoy's 1923 novel of the same name.

Moscow, 1921. A mysterious wireless message is received by various stations: its text is 'Anta Odeli Uta'. Someone facetiously suggests it has come from Mars in order to tease Los (Nikolai Tseretelli), an engineer who is obsessed with the idea of going to Mars. This inspires him to daydream about Mars and a strange civilization there. The Martians include Queen Aelita (Yuliya Solntseva); Tuskub (Konstantin Eggert), the actual ruler; and Ikhoshka (Aleksandra Peregonets), Aelita's mischievous maid.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article Aelita (film) (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Credits

Directed by: Yakov Protazanov
Cast includes: Nikolai Batalov, Mikhail Zharov, Yuri Zavadsky, Vera Orlova, Igor Ilyinsky, Yuliya Solntseva, Nikolai Tseretelli, Valentina Kuindzhi
Country: Soviet Union
Based on: Aelita

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Silent Pictures - CH 12, Silent Film TV

Rights & source

Basis: Published before 1931 - U.S. copyright term expired
Evidence: First published 1924 (before 1931): US copyright term has expired.
Music: Silent film: this copy has an added soundtrack of unknown origin, so original audio is MUTED and a CC0 (Musopen) piano bed is played instead.
Underlying rights: Soviet silent.
Source: Internet Archive

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