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Mars (1968 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Mars' is a 1968 Soviet science education and science fiction film produced and directed by Pavel Klushantsev.
Story
Like the previous film 'Luna' produced by Klushantsev, the film 'Mars' was created at the intersection of educational science films and science-fiction. It consists of seven pieces, which tell (based on scientific understanding of the 1960s) of the physical conditions on planet Mars, the possibility of life on Mars and what forms it might take, of Martian canals and "seas" of the Red Planet.
In addition, the film includes the director's fantasy hypothetical forms of life on mars, and of the exploration and colonization of Mars in the near future.
Crew
* writer and producer P. Klushantsev
* operator A. Klimov.
* art directors B. Alexandrov, I. Egorov
* animation director Z. Gaylan
* special effects operators A. Romanenko, L. Doctorov
* special effects artist Z. Mironova
* composer S. Pozhlakov
* recordist P. Levitin
* assistant director A. Belyavskaya, I. Pavlyuchenko
* operator assistants A. Gubachev, E. Ostriches
* mounting T. Berstakova
* editor I. Zyrin
* directors painting I. Gol'din, G. Novi
Consultants
* Academician AN USSR
N. P. Barabashov
* Dr. biol. sci
A. C. Grushvickij
* Dr. biol. sci
L. K. Lozina-Lozinskij
* Dr. geol.-min. sci
C. A. Cerpuhov
* Dr. tech. sci
M. K. Tihonravov
* Dr. med. sci
C. A. Yazdovskij
* cand. biol. sci
L. Ju. Budancev
* cand. phys.-math. sci
A. N. Dadaev
* cand. phys.-math. sci
K. A. Ljubarskij
Art features
Filmed in typical Klushantsev manner, and synthesizes the two genres science education movies and science-fiction fantasy.
In the film both animation and special effects techniques are applied.
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