Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924)

movie

(2885)

Country: Soviet Union
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Release: 1924-09-25
Director: Yakov Protazanov
Writers: Aleksei Fajko , Fyodor Otsep , Aleksei Tolstoy
Language: None | Russian
Stars: Yuliya Solntseva , Igor Ilyinsky , Nikolai Tsereteli , Nikolai Tsereteli , Nikolay Batalov , Vera Orlova , Valentina Kuindzhi , Pavel Pol , Konstantin Eggert , Yuri Zavadsky , Aleksandra Peregonets
Runtime: 111 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Аэлита , Аэлита (Russian Federation) , Aelita, the Queen of Mars (United States of America) , Aelita - A Rainha de Marte (Brazil) , Aelita: Reina de Marte (Argentina) , Aelita: Queen of Mars , Aelita (Poland) , Aelita (Romania) , Aelita (Serbia) , Aelita (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Aelita , Aelita (Finland) , Revolt of the Robots (United States of America) , Aelita (France, French Republic) , Aelita (Greece) , アエリータ (Japan) , Aelita (Mexico) , Aelita, la reina de Marte (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Aelita (Spain) , Aelita - Der Flug zum Mars (Germany) , Aelita (Hungary)
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0014646