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| | Aelita 1924 |
 | | There are two feminine characters - Natasha, the beautiful daughter of the Earth, and Aelita, the queen of Mars. |
 | | You will find out on 30 September at the Ars Cinema." On this occasion, the cinema facade was decorated with giant figures of Aelita and Tuskub, the princess and king of Mars, surrounded by illuminated columns and geometric shapes approximating the film's Martian decor and animated by flashing lights. |
 | | Alexei Tolstoi, the author of the book upon which the film was based, also had gone into exile and had voluntarily returned to the Soviet Union as Protazanov, a "repentant emigre." Very little of the book was used in making the film, and Tolstoi, along with many critics, was disappointed in the results. |
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