Wunder der Schoepfung (Kornblum)

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special effects experts and 9 cameramen were involved in the production of this film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact.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.









Wunder der Schöpfung, 93'
directed by: Hanns Walter Kornblum
written by: Hanns Walter Kornblum, Ernst Krieger
cinematography by: Hermann Boehlen, Otto von Bothmer, Max Rinck, Wera Cleve, Bodo Kuntze, Friedrich Paulmann, Hans Scholz, Ewald-Matthias Schuhmacher, Friedrich Weinmann
score by Aljoscha and Sabrina Zimmermann
cast: Margarete Schön, Theodor Loos, Paul Bildt, Margarethe Schlegel, Oscar Marion, Willy Kaiser-Heyl
produced by: Colonna-Film GmbH and Ufa-Kulturfilm-Abteilung, Germany 1925

The Einstein Theory of Relativity, 29'
directed by: Dave Fleischer
written by: Hanns Walter Kornblum, C. Bueck, S. F. Nicolei
cinematography by: Max Fleischer
scores by Joachim Bärenz and Günter A. Buchwald
produced by: Out of the Inkwell Films Inc., USA 1923


Hanns Walter Kornblum erzählt (1968), 43'
20-page booklet with essays by Stefan Drössler, Ronny Loewy and Stewart Tryster
Press books, documents and texts as ROM features
Edited by: Filmmuseum München

4:3 (PAL) / 1.33:1 / music score / Dolby Digital 2.0 (Stereo) / German intertitles / English subtitles / English intertitles/ English voice-over, German voice-over