造物:的奇迹

Wunder der Schöpfung i?_@s% . an e+#xtr aordi^%,na;]=ry, fascin?_(a#_:ting Kul;turfilm trying to ex#)
@plain the whole human know; ledge of the 1920s about the world a[n=)d t]%^he universe. 15 spe ,cial $*effects%: exper,ts?%= a.nd 9 c/am)\eramen( were i nvo[;lved in #*t_%he p]@roduction of this film whi ch combi!n
\/es doc/umentary scenes, histo#rical d=ocuments, fiction^? ele!
m \ents, animation) scenes and educational,, i=\-]mpact. I;:t its :beau]tifu!lly _ @colored, usin?;g tinting -[and-=- t $:oning in /.a ve%! ry =_(elabo` )r\ated way. Some visual:.@^  ideas in  the_$^ sequenc-/#es wi/(;th: a /+)@sp /$
ace;)# (#
shuttle v-@i]$ sit[^+ing *di!:ffer;(ent@! plane =ts in
the universe seem to have^- to be the inspiration for Stanley Kubric^k'?]s@:/ 200**1 A Spac,e Odyssey.　　I(n t %he contex@
t! of Germany'!?,s Kulturfil;#m phenomenon, W%u;;/nder d:%er S(chö?/pfung -!]was among th(+e greates=*t ac?(hievements of th@-[e 1920s. The\( [^-productio/`n was cons-!truct )e d,_ r] ehearsed, [\]and shot over^ [- a period of two and a half years, under^=, :-*`the s+uperv^ision o,#f Ha+$nns Walter Kornblum. Th.e_-%* id]_ea to  des;cribe the $uni,verse and man's plac[!*e in it ]`well suit.ed UFA+ ['s\? `Gros `sfilm m# )enta@\] l-!@-/ity), one! y=-
ear b\
efore t;_%h?e Metropolis catast rophe.%/ Hundreds o$%f skilled craftsme%%(n* pa] %[rt/i=cipate\(;d in the \`project,?@, b#-uildi;]?-ng .= props and@- constructing; s!$cale models d/?rawn by 15 special#) [%effects dra* =ughtsmen, w[hile 9
,%camera*-men in separate un
its worked on the histo /rica*#l, doc$=umenta #ry=,#! fic_tion,`*^ anima [ tion, @and science-fiction sequenc+es. With`]$+out :star roles or even ;!prota%goni]sts, ;th)!!e f
ilm's +plot, is c,#rowded with me/ti culously structur+(ed  and skillf[ul,ly act`ed single scenes #an$\?? =@))a_
)#=rt. _+=f
ul m@osaic #of( s#m_\al+l;`+ vignette:^`*s-. N/o less th:an four, credited u:^%ni\`+versity% professors ensu ,red !
the factual 
%b ack-groun@/d behind,`; the scie-/:+ntific and histori_!cal ev:(ent:?s p !or=\trayed.!　　_The fil*m's-[- s,ymbol of progre+$s^[%s and)
the ne!(w scien%tifi:@
c era is a ,[=sp/^`acecr \aft, trav]e,(_lling!$ through the Milky \:]Way, making all the$ planets and their inspiring wor` # l \ds familiar to / u *s, wi,/th the )extravaganza of t?heir` distinctive /featu
res. The film's educatio$n..al i/n?(ten*%tions,\ #?however, ]?_-b??]!?ecom.:e steadily more obscu% re, ?: #)_humor?[ous,  or ev_en campy a\#s +t*=his popu%larization pr?!/oject proceeds. With the
% excuse of pre
]`senti;,ng t=he end o^_\f`[ t -he world a $not-so-new conce`pt as a^\). ne_
$w, undeniably scienti fic tru+ )th,, the)+ film veers ?hap@$.)pily alon.@g !a_[ n$ew path, displaying=$ det` !-ailed apocalypti@c  ;sce+)n_/e*s:! of ` the -],end of :-
m(]ank*ind

.:#] For to_
day's aud:@
#iences,  *t,@==h +*is amazing f^.+ilm dem?onstrat+
es how ;,the( universe .wa^@`#s comprehended in the^
* 1`([920s, and how that view was sold to contempo^`;rary au`_/ dien[$!ces.