File:Aelita Queen of Mars.webm

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Aelita_Queen_of_Mars.webm ‎(WebM audio/video file, VP8/Vorbis, length 1 h 51 min 32 s, 720 × 576 pixels, 640 kbps overall, file size: 510.87 MB)

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English: This film is in the public domain. The copyright notice in the opening credits refers to a musical background track which has been removed. This is the original, unedited, full-length version which predates "Metropolis" by three years.

FROM IMDB: This is called the first Soviet science fiction film because of its "futuristic" sets on Mars, although most of it takes place in Moscow. The movie is set at the beginning of the NEP (New Economic Policy) in December, 1921. A mysterious radio message is beamed around the world, and among the engineers who receive it are Los, the hero, and his colleague Spiridonov. Los is an individualist dreamer. Aelita is the daughter of Tuskub, the ruler of a totalitarian state on Mars in which the working classe are put into cold storage when they are not needed. With a telescope, Aelita is able to watch Los. As if by telepathy, Los obsesses about being watched by her. After some hugger-mugger involving the murder of his wife and a pursuing detective, Los takes the identity of Spiridonov and builds a spaceship. With the revolutionary Gusev, he travels to Mars, but the Earthlings and Aelita are thrown into prison by the dictator. Gusev and Los begin a proletarian uprising, and Aelita offers to lead the revolution, but she then establishes her own totalitarian regime. Los is shocked by this development and attempts to stop Aelita, and then reality and fantasy become confused, and Los discovers what has really happened.

Directed by Yakov Protazanov Released in 1924 complete print, runtime 111.5 minutes

a.k.a. "Revolt of the Robots" and "Aelita" (original title)
Source AELITA: QUEEN OF MARS (original version). - ArchiveOrg
Author Directed by Yakov Protazanov (1881-1945), based on the novel by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy

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This work is in the public domain in Russia according to article 1281 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, articles 5 and 6 of Law No. 231-FZ of the Russian Federation of December 18, 2006 (the Implementation Act for Book IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation).

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  1. The author of this work died:[1]
    • (a) before January 1, 1942 or
    • (b) between January 1, 1942 and January 1, 1946, did not work during the Great Patriotic War and did not participate in it.
  2. This work was originally published anonymously or under a pseudonym:
    • (a) before January 1, 1943 and the name of the author did not become known during 50 years after publication, counted from January 1 of the year following the year of publication, or
    • (b) between January 1, 1943 and January 1, 1946, and the name of the author did not become known during 70 years after publication, counted from January 1 of the year following the year of publication.
  3. This work is a film (a video fragment or a single shot from it):
    • (a) which was first shown before January 1, 1943[2] or
    • (b) which was created by legal entity between January 1, 1929 and January 1, 1946, provided that it was first shown in the stated period or was not shown until August 3, 1993.
  4. This work is an information report (including photo report), which was created by an employee of TASS, ROSTA, or KarelfinTAG as part of that person’s official duties between July 10, 1925[3] and January 1, 1946, provided that it was first released in the stated period or was not released until August 3, 1993.

This work is in the public domain in the United States, because it was in the public domain in its home country (Russia) on the URAA date (January 1, 1996), and it wasn't re-published for 30 days following initial publications in the U.S.

[1] If the author of this work was subjected to repression and rehabilitated posthumously, copyright term is counted from January 1 of the year following the year of rehabilitation.
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This file, which was originally posted to AELITA: QUEEN OF MARS (original version). - ArchiveOrg, was reviewed on 5 December 2016 by reviewer INeverCry, who confirmed that it was available there under the stated license on that date.

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VP9 480P 403 kbps Completed 16:45, 3 November 2022 5 h 57 min 7 s
Streaming 480p (VP9) 400 kbps Completed 15:15, 17 December 2023 22 s
VP9 360P 230 kbps Completed 15:07, 3 November 2022 4 h 18 min 58 s
Streaming 360p (VP9) 227 kbps Completed 21:30, 1 January 2024 10 s
VP9 240P 138 kbps Completed 12:59, 3 November 2022 2 h 11 min 19 s
Streaming 240p (VP9) 135 kbps Completed 16:28, 9 December 2023 9.0 s
WebM 360P 516 kbps Completed 11:42, 3 November 2022 54 min 24 s
Streaming 144p (MJPEG) 999 kbps Completed 20:39, 29 October 2023 3 min 4 s
Stereo (Opus) 1 kbps Completed 23:02, 14 November 2023 35 s
Stereo (MP3) 128 kbps Completed 09:01, 29 October 2023 1 min 3 s

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