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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1635

Interplanetary Revolution

19247 minSoviet Union

Synopsis

Wealthy fugitives flee a revolutionary Earth in an extraordinary spacecraft. A Red Army figure follows them into space and carries the struggle to Mars, where political conflict becomes a fantastic animated spectacle.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 6:59
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Госкинотехникум + МЕЖРАБПОМ-РУСЬ. Мультипликаторы: Зенон Комисаренко, Николай Ходатаев и Юрий Меркулов · Public domain

DirectorsNikolai Khodatayev Zenon Komissarenko Yuri Merkulov

Historical context

This early Soviet animation uses science fiction as political satire. Its caricatures and interplanetary action turn revolutionary propaganda into an experiment with drawn and cutout forms.

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