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Wunder der Schöpfun @g.% ]is @)an ext_r`,ao_@rdinary, fascinating Kultu,$+ r.]
]film trying to ;
,/exp\lain^ th;e !*:whole human knowledge[ of%]  the 1920s #_\about the world @?*and the uni. -_verse. 15 spec @ial e %f)%!=fects expert%!!s and [=9 cameramen? were#\#= involved in  !-the prod:uction of +this film wh _i,ch comb /!ines documentary sc enes, his`,tori /al*; documents, fiction#  )*! elements ], animati*_on scenes and educ)atio_;n_al\ impa(^ct. It its be aut/ iful,_ly color#*e=d, usin
(g ( tinting ^ and to]+ni+!ng in a very elaborated ) way. S;ome( visual \id^/ eas in  t `/@he sequence
s w++ith a.^ s -p]a!ce s\hut]tle visiting differe)nt;! #_p
)l`ane;\ts i. ]n the:.- +!universe seem to+- have to be th*)e inspiration for S tanley Kubrick's 2001 =,!A Space Od^ys /\sey.　　I?+$n the ( con*?text of Ge/rmany's#( Ku@+lturfil*]_:m +phenomenon, Wunder der ;;$ Schöpfung wa=+=s; $amo#)-ng @_ the grea`/;test achie@-vements / of the 1920s. The .; production was constructed\, rehearsed, and shot o
,ver a period of two and a half years,;+ und@er the sup,ervision of *#%Hanns / W \-al] *ter Kornbl?um. The idea to d_es;cribe t\h ]e unive@rse an/d m#an)^^'s `pla ce in it well suited UFA's_ Grossfilm mentality,;!! =one year b+-*e+(fo.,,re %the Me% tropoli=) s catastro^.*phe. Hundred_s =of skilled craf[.]?ts men participated.\/ #/:in.  the  _project%`, building props and construc
/ting s::/ca%le mo:[/dels dra:= wn by+ 15 spe$*!cial ef$%],fects draughtsmen, while 9,! ca]* mera:*men in \ separate units ),.worked on t: he %his- torical, ])^\do-(]cumen)/tar??`*y, #]%fictio[ n, ani!ma)_:#ti[o$n, and science-fic!tion sequences. Wit#;hout star roles or -@eve]-\^n protagonis^#(t)#s, t[^#he film's plot is cr
$)owd# ed with meti:*culously str:+*u#cture.d (an-$d skillfully ^)acted sin
gle scen es an artful^  mosa[$ic of small vignet
tes. No less than fo(ur credited university professors ensured the factual]\ backgr* oun)d behind # th^,e scient:ific and hist)$:oric)!al e@$vent(%s portrayed\.　　The film's# sy@mbol o=;f progress and th- e ne! w scient*if_^ic :+era; %is a! spacec!raft, travelling t+/hr[`.)ou-]]=gh th+#e Mil*ky Way, making ,all the pl,a?(ne(ts and t/ ]h/eir- inspiring worl]#ds familiar to u-_s, with the extravagan[_z^.a of:/ t%-he]ir distinctive f# -eatures`%. T=he film's educatio na `[l intentio*;ns, ho^$wever_, become s$]-te+=a\.d(#[ily mor=
e obscure, humor=ous, or even c^=ampy ( as thi]`;s popul-arizat)[i!on project proceeds. W;ith !t ^h^:e? excu;se) of \^pres)en
;[tin)g the: e%nd of th!]e +worl[d a not-so-ne)w c(.oncept; a,(s a n#[ew, undeni^ab$$_ly scientific:# truth, the fil%-)m veers happily al)ong a \new path, displa,ying detailed ap ocal.$yptic* / scenes=+( of the /end o!f mankind. For today's audien.]:/c\e -:s, th!i) ( s @amazing film d;.)emon%[#/s]trates how$(: the ) universe was co@;mpr:ehe,nded in the 19-2=0s;/, an]d h[\/ow #[%that view was sold to contemporary aud:iences.