Mars (russian: Марс) is a 1968 Soviet science education and science fiction film produced and 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

Like the previous film '' Luna'' produced by Klushantsev, the film ''Mars'' was created at the intersection of educational science films and science-fiction. It consists of seven pieces, which tell (based on scientific understanding of the 1960s) of the physical conditions on

planet Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury (planet), Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Mars (mythology), Roman god of war. Mars is a terr ...

, the possibility of life on Mars and what forms it might take, of Martian canals and "seas" of the Red Planet. In addition, the film includes the director's fantasy hypothetical forms of life on mars, and of the exploration and colonization of Mars in the near future.

Crew

* writer and producer — P. Klushantsev * operator — A. Klimov. * art directors — B. Alexandrov, I. Egorov * animation director — Z. Gaylan * special effects operators — A. Romanenko, L. Doctorov * special effects artist — Z. Mironova * composer — S. Pozhlakov * recordist — P. Levitin * assistant director — A. Belyavskaya, I. Pavlyuchenko * operator assistants — A. Gubachev, E. Ostriches * mounting — T. Berstakova * editor — I. Zyrin * directors painting — I. Gol'din, G. Novi

Consultants

* Academician AN USSR
N. P. Barabashov * Dr. biol. sci
A. C. Grushvickij * Dr. biol. sci
L. K. Lozina-Lozinskij * Dr. geol.-min. sci
C. A. Cerpuhov * Dr. tech. sci
M. K. Tihonravov * Dr. med. sci
C. A. Yazdovskij * cand. biol. sci
L. Ju. Budancev * cand. phys.-math. sci
A. N. Dadaev * cand. phys.-math. sci
K. A. Ljubarskij

Art features

Filmed in typical Klushantsev manner, and synthesizes the two genres — science education movies and science-fiction fantasy. In the film both

animation Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited ...

and special effects techniques are applied.

External links

Mars (1968)
entry at IMDB * Е. В. Харитонов, А. В. Щербак-Жуков (2003):

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