# Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924)

> Aelita: Queen of Mars is an audacious silent Soviet vision of interplanetary desire, class revolt, and reality slipping through an engineer's imagination.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1941

## Facts

- Runtime: 111 min
- Genres: Science Fiction, Drama, Fantasy
- Director: Yakov Protazanov
- Cast: Yuliya Solntseva, Igor Ilyinsky, Nikolai Tseretelli, Nikolai Batalov, Vera Orlova, Valentina Kuindzhi, Pavel Pol, Konstantin Eggert
- TMDB rating: 6.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014646/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: surreal, theatrical, strange, silent cinema night, science fiction history viewing

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