Interplanetary Revolution (1924)

Original title

Межпланетная революция

Directed by

Yuri Merkulov, Zenon Komissarenko, Nikolai Khodataev

Genre

propaganda, propaganda film, speculative fiction

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

8 min

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent Soviet animated short imagines a communist revolution spreading to other planets. It follows space travelers who help Martians overthrow their capitalist oppressors and establish a new society.

experimentalpropagandisticwhimsicalsatiricalfast-pacedutopiancartoonishantique

What happens

Interplanetary Revolution (Russian: Межпланетная революция) is one of the first Soviet animated films, shot in 1924. A production of the experimental animation workshop set up by the authors. The 8-minute black and white silent animated short was directed and written by Nikolai Khodataev, Zenon Komissarenko and Yuri Merkulov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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