造物/的奇迹

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Schöp%fun%;g is an extraordinary, f[
asci natin^g*,_ Kultu[:rfilm t!$r](=.ying to e\xplain the whole. h#uman knowledge of t!_he *!1920s about t_he world and the ]universe]. 15 special \ef.
$fects ex*perts and 9 came+ramen were. involved in the production o._f th.
is f^ [;ilm wh$:i^/*(ch c]- #ombines do=cumen%)t^@`?ary sc:en
(es, his=?torical documen^`?ts, fiction el.=eme+ :nt*s, animation sc
e-nes and .educati[ on+[ al imp% act. It its beautifully color$ ed, usi% ng ti,nting a nd t_oning in a very*=? elab/@orated way. Some visua[ /;l i,#deas@[ in )*the \+s`,equence:s with a* sp[ac$e shuttle visitin[g different pla/*nets -in the u:niv(/!@er[\:se seem to have=^ to be the inspirat;;io)n for Stanley K
ubrick's 20./01 A** Spa,ce Odys)s,ey..[#　　)In\ : ,t^*@he co)nte
xt of Germa]ny's Kulturfilm ph/!enomeno..n,_ Wunder der Schöp]
,fung *-was among the gr(eatest achie]vements of the  1920_=+s. The produ^_ction$ was c]o+\nst]ru*]cted,
 reh e::`arse$?@.d, and sh:o@t ?-over a ^p !(-erio%d of t@ +wo `and a h!alf years, under th-=%e supervision of Hanns Walter;` Kor]#n;*_blum. The id,`
*ea- to- : de! scribe the_ universe and man's place i*n it well suited UFA'+s Grossfilm me!$/#ntalit%,y,;:` one-
 year :b[[efore the Metropolis c(*atastrop*he.* H],`undreds:@ of ski+(lled/] c@ ra`ftsmen par)tic[.i/(pa@ ted in th
e 
^pro *ject)+, buildin,+=_g%. props and constructi*=:ng sc/ale models draw,%n#$ by 15 special== `=eff` ;ec% \ts dr  au] #ghts`+men, ^ wh\[ile\! 9 came,*(r`,amen in (separat,(,e units worked on the` hi,_st\?oric$)al, ,? docum- entary, fiction:, ` a``=nimati+[ on, ^^and scie% nce-fi+ction sequ;_.+ence; s. Without star  roles or e)?+ve:n protag=on@!=is #t]*s[., th#,e f,ilm's pl=(ot is crow;.ded with m@ eticulously str!$@%uctured and skillf,ully acted ^single sc e!:nes an a,%rtful mosaic of sm_/-all vignet\*t):es. No less)\ than(/ four_(? credited univer[=sit y profess.ors `$ensu\#[red the factu(%al +?%?ba)[ckground behind -.the scientific \(%and hist;.*orical even
ts :portrayed.　　The `
film's symbol of progre,ss and the new *s;-cientific`* e`ra `$
is a ? spacecraft, travel:)!ling throug+h the Mi \lky Way+, ma*ki)+ng all the
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planets @)[`and their *` in)spirin%, (g w+$%o+,@=r;%@ld_s f%@am]iliar to u`/?s, with the ex#trava%`gan;).,z:?a of their dist*^i[nctive fe,atu ):@r(/es. The film's educational *-!.intenti@ons, however, become stead (il$;+y more obscure]$, humoro[?\%us,]] o r even^$ campy as @this popularization p^\:roje@ct proceeds]. With ]/(the excuse of p.%#rese%nting t]!he end of the worl@d \a n:ot-so#-new concept /]^as a ne##w-%, (./undeniably sc$@ ientific truth, t//he film veers happily along a n?(ew !]\p@^$
.at
*-?h, di@=:splayin`g detailed apocalyptic scenes / !of the end $ of manki)nd. For to]day'#(:s audiences, .:@ this am;az ing%/ film/ d=*,emons?@@t=_rate (s how the uni\verse was compreh/?]ende.@d in, the 1920s, and h/ow :#[that vie/
w was sold to conte mporary au]#diences.