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A Trip to Mars

191881 minDenmark
Science fictionFantasy

Synopsis

An expedition aboard the airship Excelsior reaches Mars and encounters a society organized around peace. The visitors must reconsider earthly assumptions about violence and conduct, while their captain falls in love with a Martian woman. Returning home becomes more than a technical goal: it may provide a way to carry the planet's ideals back to Earth.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Danish.
This copy runs
80:15
Subtitles
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Danish. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Holger-Madsen · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsHolger-Madsen

Historical context

Made during the First World War, the Danish space fantasy uses an imagined civilization to advocate pacifism. Its journey connects romance and scientific adventure with a direct concern about how human societies choose to live together.

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