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Road to the Stars
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Wikipedia article
'Road to the Stars' is a 1957, Soviet film directed by Pavel Klushantsev. It combines elements of science education films and speculative science fiction. The film was groundbreaking for its use of special effects to depict life in space.
Synopsis
The first half of the film is historical and educational in nature, depicting mostly the life and scientific contributions of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, along with the basic principles of rocket propulsion, ballistics, and space flight. It also depicts the contributions of Max Valier and Robert Goddard.
The second half of the film is speculative in nature, with various scenes showing crewed space flight (4 years before the flight of Yuri Gagarin), a large space station (in great detail), and the first person on the Moon (12 years before the flight of Apollo 11), as well as lunar colonization.Guschev S. [http://www.testpilot.ru/espace/bibl/tm/1958/film-doroga.html ] '-' 3-1958 .24-25
Cast
* Giorgy Solovyov 'Konstantin Tsiolkovsky'
Crew
* Writers Boris Liapunov, Vasily Solovyov
* Director Pavel Klushantsev
* Operator Mikael Galper
* Composer S. Shatiryan
* Artist M. Tsybasov
* Sound Engineer RP Leviti
* Operators animation A.V. Lavrentiev and A. M. Romanenko
* Animation artist V. Shelkov
Art features
The film was far ahead of its time in terms of cinematic special effects. In particular, it features a wheel-shaped space station eleven years before Kubrick's famous 1968 film '2001: A Space Odyssey'.
Awards
* 1958. 2nd prize at CCF I (Moscow)E.V. Kharitonov, A.V. Shcherbak-Zhukov '[http://fandom.rusf.ru/about_fan/kino/doroga_k_zvezdam.htm ]' "On the screen - Miracle: Patriotic fantasy genre and kinoskazki" (1909-2002) : 'Proceedings of the popular encyclopedia / Motion Picture Arts Research Institute', 'if' . - Moscow: B. Sekachev 2003
* 1958. Bronze medal: . Kudricha 'MCF technical and scientific films' Belgrade.
Legacy
The film is believed to have significantly influenced Stanley Kubrick's techniques in '2001: A Space Odyssey', particularly in its accurate depiction of weightlessness and a rotating space station. 'Encyclopedia Astronautica' describes some scenes from '2001' as a "shot-for-shot duplication of 'Road to the Stars'". Specific comparisons of shots from the two films have been analyzed by the filmmaker Alessandro Cima. A 1994 article in 'American Cinematographer' says, "When Stanley Kubrick made '2001: a Space Odyssey' in 1968, he claimed to have been first to fly actor/astronauts on wires with the camera on the ground, shooting vertically while the actor's body covered the wires" but observes that Klushantsev had preceded him in this.
References
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