Our Heavenly Bodies (1925)
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special effects experts and 9 cameramen were involved in the production of this film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact.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.
Director: Hanns Walter Kornblum
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Margarete Schön as |
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Theodor Loos as |
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Paul Bildt as |
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Margarethe Schlegel as |
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Oskar Marion as |
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Willy Kaiser-Heyl as |
| Writing | Ernst Krieger | Writer |
| Directing | Hanns Walter Kornblum | Director |
| Writing | Hanns Walter Kornblum | Writer |
| Camera | Friedrich Weinmann | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Bodo Kuntze | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Friedrich Paulmann | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ewald Matthias Schuhmacher | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Hans Scholz | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Hermann Boehlen | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Max Rinck | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Otto von Bothmer | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Wera Cleve | Director of Photography |
