Our Heavenly Bodies

1925 · 92 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 187 VOTES · DIR. Hanns Walter Kornblum

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Overview

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special effects experts and 9 cameramen were involved in the production of this film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact.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.

Dialogue Timeline — 455 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 The reconstruction of OUR HEAVENLY BODIES
00:02:11 And to revere in silence that which cannot be explored. Goethe
00:06:01 This teaching was accepted for nearly one and a half millennia
00:10:02 70 years old, personally arraigned before tribunal
00:12:43 then it can attain a certain distance from the point of origin
00:15:27 with ever new and increasing wonder and awe:
00:19:37 which arises when the Earth's shadow falls across the Moon.
00:22:57 The Lyre.
00:27:28 Individual falling stars - Meteors, can hit the Earth's surface
00:30:26 The entire solar surface then appears pitted.
00:34:18 Its rising and setting divides light and darkness for us.
00:40:14 Than at the poles.
00:44:58 A FLIGHT TO THE MOON
00:48:47 We notice no rotation because the same side of the Moon
00:52:48 On the night side however, deathly cold would rule.
00:56:07 We can throw heavy rocks with unimaginable ease.
01:00:01 as its surface has not quite cooled down
01:05:57 The discovery of Neptune is a great accomplishment for astronomy.
01:08:07 Weightless, we can move as we wish.
01:12:33 We nearly smashed into a star. Having come so close
01:15:49 END OF ACT SIX
01:18:12 as the gradual separation of children from their common mother.
01:24:52 But every star is threatened by another danger.
32:00:00 away from the Earth.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed455
Dialogue density4.9 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line32:00:00

Production Record

DirectorHanns Walter Kornblum
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes187