Aelita 1920's Russian Sci-fi film extract

[BxCAD]

Wow, this is amazing, the costumes, the sliding doors in the futuristic stage, big spinning earth and I think robots!! YA!!

[KalimanOxcuro]

Rodchenko-esque!

[HannahMagdalena]

oh, that's precious...... I mean really, films like that are true gems... thanks for sharing....... it would be nice to be able to listen to the original music score as well... I bet it would be some sort of strange proto-electronic-noise thing. Pretty amazing stuff was done during the first soviet years. Soon thereafter, only downfall.

[ajittffcure]

Wonderful footage. This movie definitely seemed ahead of its time.

[StomperFrog]

Oh wow...

[federricoilgrande]

Was accompanied by the theremin, a funny instrument that makes strange irrealistic sounds ::))

[Shevnin]

баухаус отдыхает, кто же в наше время способен на такие прорывы?

[hotsickle]

Very unique. I wonder what the original musical score would have sounded like.

[smurfswacker]

It's wonderful finally to see actual footage from this film, not just a still or two in a history book. Beautiful print, too! The abstract sets are striking, but I can't help thinking the "naked umbrella" hairdos looked silly even in the 1920s.

[patzilla2000]

This is fantastic!

[nebby6]

Wild concepts and great sets! It's amazing how much cinema from the eastern bloc we never had access to, until recently. Very cool stuff!

[jeancocteau1]

@nebby6 This is Russian Constructivist Art! It was the most advanced artistic group in the world at the time. The set designs, and costumes were designed by leading Russian Constructivist designers, many who were also fashion designers. They were the first avant-garde fashion designers, are very influential...this was when Lenin was still alive, and the Socialist Revolution promoted the Arts. This isnt properly acknowlegded by thewest because Stalin gave Socialism a bad name

[agumon12]

@jeancocteau1

Personally I detest socialism. I hate it with a passion. But this movie was made during the civil war if I'm getting the timeline correct. Yes there were still Artists in Russia, but Lenin deffinately did not promote it. It was the Russian people who tried to protect it at all cost. So much art was destroyed in the Bolshevik takeover. It wasn't until Stalin took over the Soviet Union when the purges began that lasted until 1991. Russia had almost no art.