Wunder der Schöpfung is an extraordinary, fascinating Kulturfilm trying to explain the whole human knowledge of the 1920s about the world and the universe. 15 special effects experts and 9 cameramen were involved in the production of this film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact. It its beautifully colored, using tinting and toning in a very elaborated way. Some visual ideas in the sequences with a space shuttle visiting different planets in the universe seem to have to be the inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. In the context of Germany's Kulturfilm phenomenon, Wunder der Schöpfung was among the greatest achievements of the 1920s. The production was constructed, rehearsed, and shot over a period of two and a half years, under the supervision of Hanns Walter Kornblum. The idea to describe the universe and man's place in it well suited UFA's Grossfilm mentality, one year before the Metropolis catastrophe. Hundreds of skilled craftsmen participated in the project, building props and constructing scale models drawn by 15 special effects draughtsmen, while 9 cameramen in separate units worked on the historical, documentary, fiction, animation, and science-fiction sequences. Without star roles or even protagonists, the film's plot is crowded with meticulously structured and skillfully acted single scenes an artful mosaic of small vignettes. No less than four credited university professors ensured the factual background behind the scientific and historical events portrayed. The film's symbol of progress and the new scientific era is a spacecraft, travelling through the Milky Way, making all the planets and their inspiring worlds familiar to us, with the extravaganza of their distinctive features. The film's educational intentions, however, become steadily more obscure, humorous, or even campy as this popularization project proceeds. With the excuse of presenting the end of the world a not-so-new concept as a new, undeniably scientific truth, the film veers happily along a new path, displaying detailed apocalyptic scenes of the end of mankind. For today's audiences, this amazing film demonstrates how the universe was comprehended in the 1920s, and how that view was sold to contemporary audiences. 解剖学教室好看吗萨卢斯特(louis de funes)是位粗暴无礼、贪婪爱财的却又爱听奉承的西班牙贵族老爷,他的仆人则贫穷善良。由于一次宫廷阴谋,萨卢斯特失去了恩宠特权,于是他心生报复之心。与此同时,他的仆人爱上了德裔王后,他便有机可乘…… 本片是funes继《虎口脱险》之后的一部大作,其二号男主角则是法国演员伊夫蒙当,导演是法国大名鼎鼎的喜剧天才--乌里(《虎口脱险》就是他编剧的,他一手捧红了当时名不见经传的funes)。。。由于funes非常擅长刻画贪财势利的讽刺角色,使得本片具有极强的观赏性。并且区别于其他同题材喜剧,该片在一定程度上使用了超现实的创作手法,算得上是一部超现实喜剧/戏剧。如果你喜欢具有西班牙宫廷贵族文化、文艺复兴建筑、中世纪宗教裁判、各种仪式、弗拉明戈舞、骑士、荒漠……还有funes的表演风格,就一定不要错过这部非常传统纯正的法国经典喜剧。