''Luna'' (russian: Луна́, "Moon") is a

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popular science and science fiction film directed by

Pavel Klushantsev Pavel Vladimirovich Klushantsev (russian: Па́вел Влади́мирович Клуша́нцев; 25 February 1910 – 27 April 1999) was a Russian cameraman of higher category (1939), film director, producer, screenwriter and author who w ...

Story

The first part of the film — popular science — tells of recent (mid-1960s) achievements in the exploration of the Moon. Scientists discuss the hypothesis of the origin of the

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, about the temperature of the lunar surface and the supposed properties of the

lunar soil Lunar soil is the fine fraction of the regolith found on the surface of the Moon. Its properties can differ significantly from those of terrestrial soil. The physical properties of lunar soil are primarily the result of mechanical disinteg ...

. The second part of the film — science fiction — shows how the Moon in the near future will be developed by people from a hypothetical first lunar mission to lunar cities and laboratories.

Honors

The film won the "Golden Seal of Trieste" at the ''IV International Science-Fiction Film Festival'' (Italy, 1966).Award, International Science-Fiction Film Festival (Italy, 1966)

Crew

* Written and directed by —

* Operator — Arkady Klimov * Artist —

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* Animation director — G. Ershov * Composer — Alexander Chernov

Scientists involved

* N. P. Barabashev - Scientific Consultant * V. A. Fedoretc * A. V. Markov - Scientific Consultant * V. L. Kozlov * M. N. Markov * V. S. Troitsky - Scientific Consultant * V. V. Sharonov - Scientific Consultant * N. N. Sytinskaya - Scientific Consultant * A. V. Povalyaev - Scientific Consultant

Artistic features

Filmed in typical Pavel Klushantsev manner synthesizing two genres: popular science movies and science-fiction fantasy. In the second, "science-fiction" part of the film,

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and

trick photography Special effects (often abbreviated as SFX, F/X or simply FX) are illusions or visual tricks used in the theatre, film, television, video game, amusement park and simulator industries to simulate the imagined events in a story or virtual wo ...

are applied.

Technical data

* Ratio 1.33:1 * Color * 50 minutes

References

External links

* Е. В. Харитонов, А. В. Щербак-Жуков
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