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is an extrao]r\?=+dinary, fascinating K`/?ulturfi^ lm ?,*+t=!]r
ying! to expla.in *the whole human k)nowledg:e of the\ 1[.#[920s abou\+t %the world an?-(d\.]
t?/he-. universe.: 15 special effect^\s experts\! and 9 cameramen we ))re involve,[$d#(+; in t?@he p` roduction;# of th;is film whi?ch combines docu
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.nts, fiction element ; ;s, anima=!tion ;sc`enes and education./al imp(%act. I #t it s ^/b]eautif*ully c)
olore(._d, using ti_/\=nting and toning.,( `i#n a ver]@%y elaborat?@$ed?,: way. Some v[/isu^-al ideas in the _
s?:equences with #*a s pace s)huttle vi=:sit_ i*
/ng= ?%differ@.).ent ]pl[ anet$[s in the *-
universe se#,*em@ t;o have ?=t ;$o be the_ in=(spiration for Stanley Kubri! ck's $[`2001 A ?? Spac)e Odyssey)/,_.　　.(_ In the cont!.e`x^$%t -/o([$f Germany'
,;s Kulturfi /lm phenomenon,( * Wunder
*` d;]er Schö \pfun-/:g was a,:.%+mong the^( greates=,) t a[chievem.?%ents ::[of the 1920s. The pr@oduction was cons.$;tructed\$_, rehears)ed, and shot%)_) ;^ov er a period of t-`:wo and
 a hal^f year-s, un*?der the*\# superv#ision of Hanns Walter Kor/+^nblum. %:The idea to d( @escr/ibe th]*e univer^#)*se#( . and man,]-'s place in @[ %)it well suited UFA's Gros  %sfilm .mentali(t!y, one year #befor/ e the Metro*p+)olis ca[t-as=(@/tr\ophe..
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*$of ,skilled craf*( tsme,!@@n part i\ci p(a)ted +in @:?the^ _ proj; ect,
bui lding props and constr;^ uct!i/.]ng#
scale ` mo^#de;/ %l=:=s ;*d/r+ awn by 15 s!pe;)cial effect.`$s d) rau$* [ghtsmen,],  whil+e`!$ 9 came[@ramen in separate units worked on)! the h/_ is`[t o%rical, doc%-umentary, fiction, ani mation, and scie.nce-fict=!ion% sequ,) e`@!nc!%$es.% W@[ithou;!t star ro-les, or even protagonists, the]  film's plot is cr.owded w,\#]ith meticulo+;usly struct  ured
and skillfully acted single s%cenes an artful :mosai^c of small vignett*;*#es. No \ =less than four @=%_credited ]u;.nivers)=ity professor]:s\*#) en#+`sure!$:#d th+[.e `[f ,a%)c
^;tual (backgroun-d be] hin$`d the scien[?tific and hist.%orical eve`nts $portrayed.　　The film's symbol of* $# progr^,ess and th[e new scientific * era is a sp\acec]$ raft, travellin? g throu^_]gh the Milk.y= Wa.[y, making a(@l:l the%*?_ plan/\?et:s-` and their inspiring worl[^ds !#;)famil!_iar to u (s, with t;he e=,xtrav^-[aganza of their dist[ inctive fe_*%)atures. The fil.%]m's$[*@ educa?tional intentions, _h+owev[er, become steadil_*?y more o!bscure, humo:rous,_ or even c@-*amp,]y? /as t
his ]^
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%!eds.$ With the excuse- * of\  presenting the end o`]f the %*wor_=%l:d a not-so-new co[ncep+_t as a new,# unden+iably scientific trut%h, the +
$`film veers happily ;$along a$ new +$path
!, displaying det:(
a%,iled apocalyptic scenes of *-=the end of manki,n
,d. For -today's audie-\nces, th$i[+
s amazing film/ demonstra!#tes how the universe w
as c)omprehe];n![#(ded in the 192@0,.s, and how that view was sold to contempor+:ary audi$#ences.