Yakov Protazanov - Aelita (1924)

This is called the first Soviet science fiction film because of its "futuristic" sets on Mars, although most of it takes place in Moscow. The movie is set at the beginning of the NEP (New Economic Policy) in December, 1921. 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 classe 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. File Name .........................................: Aelita.avi File Size (in bytes) ............................: 1,182,529,536 bytes Runtime ............................................: 1:20:38 Video Codec ...................................: XviD ISO MPEG-4 Frame Size ......................................: 712x520 (AR: 1.369) FPS .................................................: 25.000 Video Bitrate ...................................: 1754 kb/s Bits per Pixel ...................................: 0.189 bpp B-VOP, N-VOP, QPel, GMC.............: [B-VOP], [N-VOP], [], [] Audio Codec ...................................: 0x2000 (Dolby AC3) AC3 Sample Rate ...................................: 48000 Hz Audio Bitrate ...................................: 192 kb/s [2 channel(s)] CBR No. of audio streams .......................: 1 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014646/ Silent, with multilanguage subpack (for intertitles): Russian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, Arabic, English, German, Italian, Swedish, Chinese, Hebrew My rip of the Ruscico DVD Yakov Protazanov - Aelita (1924)

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greekhero (2011-08-23)

thanks a lot for sharing

Oyarsa-Q (2012-04-26)

just shared the best version of Aelita available, better image than this Ruscico edition which has very high contrast. Oyarsa-Q edition is taken from the French Bach DVD which has better grayscale detail and a new Philip Glass soundtrack. With new English intertitles and subtitles in eight languages.