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Our Heavenly Bodies (1925)

1h 32m

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September 14, 1925
Release Date

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Our Heavenly Bodies (1925)

Name: Our Heavenly Bodies
Genre: Documentary, Science Fiction
Released: 1925-09-14

1h 32m

Running Time

September 14, 1925
Release Date

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Plot.

Wunder 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special effects experts and 9 cameramen were involved in the production of this film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact.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.

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Cast & Crew.

Margarete Schön

Theodor Loos

Paul Bildt

Margarethe Schlegel

Oskar Marion

Willy Kaiser-Heyl

Walter Reimann

Actor

Hanns Walter Kornblum

Director

Margarete Schlegel

Actress

Hanns Walter Kornblum

Writer

Ernst Krieger

Writer

Hermann Boehlen

Cinematography

Otto von Bothmer

Cinematography

Max Rinck

Cinematography

Wera Cleve

Cinematography

Bodo Kuntze

Cinematography

Friedrich Paulmann

Cinematography

Hans Scholz

Cinematography

Ewald-Matthias Schuhmacher

Cinematography

Friedrich Weinmann

Director of Photography

Details.

Release Date
September 14, 1925

Original Name
Wunder der Schöpfung

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 32m

Genres
Documentary Science Fiction

Last updated: 2025-02-12

This Movie Is About.

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kulturfilm

Wiki.

Our Heavenly Bodies (German: Wunder der Schöpfung, literally: Wonder of the Creation) is a 1925 German educational film written by Hanns Walter Kornblum and Ernst Krieger which attempts to represent everything known about the cosmos at the time. It covers the origin and mechanics of the Solar System, gravitation, the stars, and the nature of galaxies.

The film is a prime example of the early German "Kulturfilm", which are regarded as predecessors of the modern film documentary.

It features a large variety of special effects and animations, as well as fantastical depictions of travel around the Solar System and to the stars. Prints were color-tinted and color-toned for effect.

The film has been reconstructed in 2008 by Munich Film Archive using material from the National Audiovisual Institute (Finland) in Helsinki and the Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin. The current rights holder is the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau Foundation.