You can watch the most obscure Soviet
sci-fi of all time paired with live improvisations of Hungary’s most awarded young organ player, Laszló Fassang.
Taken from the eponymous 1923 science fiction novel by Alexei Tolstoy and often dubbed as the"Soviet Metropolis",
Aelita
tells the story of a revolution that spreads to the earth’s neigbouring planet and a
tale of an imaginary love story
between Soviet engineer Los (Nikolai Tsereteli) and the Queen of Mars Aelita (Yuliya Solntseva) with wider political implications (bourgeois state Vs popular uprising...) A blend of subtle social critisism and science fiction this film is remarquable for its extraordinary sets and production design.
