造物^的奇迹

Wu/ +nder der^ Sc)=höpfung is a /n=+/ extraordina !!r]]-@y, f)ascinatin)%$g Kulturfilm$` try+]in

g t#/!!o expla%[ in the) _whole human knowledge of !`the 1920s ;abou:t*$ the wor^ld and the univer.se. 15 ?sp=ecial eff_/^ec;+`t[!s e#xperts and ^;9+)( ca$m@erame ]n wer*]e in]volv^ed in the prod
uction of this`_ fi%lm which comb(ines _ -do$.cum+[ent`-ary scene %?s, historical d#,ocum;ents, ,[fi(@ ctio)n e%lements, )?anima #tion s*$cenes and educati;++on@al + impac?-t. +It its beau ;
tifull \y colo/*red,? using tintin `^g and t@onin%g
? i()n a]` //(very elabor``at ed way. .(Some visu?al ideas i@n+- the sequence=s
^: with[
) a space shu?^ttle #visit*-ing different planets ^in the%/ univ,(\e.;rse seem to have to be the(%?(^ i)\nspiration for Stanle)  y[( Kubric k/'s /2001 A Space Odyssey.　　I,.n ]%the context of Germany's Kulturfilm(  phenomenon,# Wunde,%,r; @de_r Sc+(?h! öpfung was a? mong the greate[.#st achievement (s of the 1920s. The pr_oductio[n was const]
`ructed,]#? r:ehearsed, and., s^hot over]^; a period of[! two and [# a ha.lf yea:r?-:s,  under the supervision of Hanns Walter Kornblu:%m+@. The idea.+ to _(]descr!\ #ibe the univer@+se=-, and, man'?s plac=/e in it well suited UFA(.]@'s *G %:rossfilm ment? :ality, one y ea!r (before t+he- ^ M) \etro]] [polis catast,rophe. =?H*;un%dreds  of skill]*ed craftsmen participat
$ed in: the proj\

\*e ,ct, buil(d\ing p ?rops (: and c`o:`nstructing scale mo\dels drawn ^?by 15 s%pecial eff\ects d(r(=aught$:s#],men, wh\-#ile #=9 cameram`en in separ`at,e ] un@ -it(
s w#ork=ed #!?on[ the historical, documentary*, fiction, an^-imat
ion, and scie(-nce-fic
!t=ion s:]equences.!@ Wit #^hout star roles or even ^=protagonist:!s, the film's plot= is crowded^ with_ meticulousl\$=+y structured and -=skil$+lfully a*cted single scenes an a.%% r%(tful mo+saic of sm;:a] ^ll vignettes. N,o les[ s than four cre
/*[dited\. university p;!rofessors ensured
# the factual b \+ackground behin(:d the s@cientific an! :d - historica)l events]: po
rtr $ay$ed.　　The f[  il+`; m's symbo`.l` of progress and #the+) new s!
*cient-ific ,era is a s= pacecraft^^, ^)!t!ravelling[* through the Milky Wa\y, making all t;he planets and the,@ir! `in
sp=#iring wo.(rl`/ds familiar t:(o us, w) i?):th the e+xtravaganza of their distin?ct.ive ];feat+ures. The f
i!lm's educational [,\intent$ -ions/, h+!owever, become st ead#ily more obscure,, [-humorous, or even $$`%ca;$* mpy as t`his popularization project proce!^ eds. -Wit_h the$ e\/xcu_*se of p #resenting the e.% nd %`,o)f t]he@ world $ a not,^-so-new%
- concept as a%^ new, und]%eniab*ly scientific truth, the film %*?v[eer:\)s happily alo_. ng a new p;. -(a**\th, di, .s playin g /de$tailed ap^
`ocalyp^.(tic scen#!; es of the end of ma).$\nkind. For t [,oday's a/.udience) s, this amazing film)$% demonstrates how t he universe w$as c^)ompreh!ended in the== 19@20s,; and h.=ow ^t)h@+at vi+ew `was[+, sold to contempo`rary au!!dien(ces.