{"id":6078,"date":"2011-01-19T13:52:51","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T21:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/?p=6078"},"modified":"2011-01-19T13:59:22","modified_gmt":"2011-01-19T21:59:22","slug":"road-to-the-stars-1957-soviet-space-vision-with-stunning-special-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2011\/01\/19\/road-to-the-stars-1957-soviet-space-vision-with-stunning-special-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"Road to the Stars – 1957 Soviet Space Vision with Stunning Special Effects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Excerpt 1 – First Men in Space:<\/p>\n

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The film is in Russian but you absolutely do not need to know Russian to enjoy it!\u00a0 Unfortunately, I can’t find the entire film, only these three excerpts.<\/p>\n

Pavel Klushantsev’s<\/a> 1957 film, Road to the Stars<\/em><\/a>, features astoundingly realistic special effects that were an inspiration and obvious blueprint for Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey<\/em> ten years later.\u00a0 The film is an extended form of science education, building upon existing 1950s technology to predict space exploration of the future.\u00a0 The sequences with astronauts in zero gravity are incredibly realistic.\u00a0 The second excerpt from the film features the construction of and life aboard a space station in earth orbit that is not only convincing but also beautiful.\u00a0 There are several scenes with space station dwellers using videophones that anticipate the famous Kubrick videophone scene.<\/p>\n

Excerpt 2 – Space Station:<\/p>\n

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Excerpt 3 – Moon Landing:<\/p>\n

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