Our Heavenly Bodies
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| Directed by | Hanns Walter Kornblum (animated scenes) Johannes Meyer Rudolf Biebrach |
| Written by | Hanns Walter Kornblum Ernst Krieger |
| Starring | Paul Bildt, Willy Kaiser-Heyl, Theodor Loos, Oscar Marion |
| Cinematography | (animated scenes) Hermann Boeheln, Otto von Bothmer, Wera Cleve, Bodo Kuntze, Eowald Matthias Schumacher, (nature and studio scenes) Max Brinck, Friedrich Paulmann, Hans Scholz, Friedrich Weinmann |
| Music by | Ignatz Waghalter (composer of score) |
Production companies | Kultur department of the Universum-Film AG (Ufa) and Colonna-film G.m.b.H. |
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Running time | 92 min |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German silent |
Our Heavenly Bodies (German: Wunder der Schöpfung, literally: Wonder of the Creation) is a 1925 German educational film written by Hanns Walter Kornblum and Ernst Krieger which attempts to represent everything known about the cosmos at the time. It covers the origin and mechanics of the Solar System, gravitation, the stars, and the nature of galaxies.
The film is a prime example of the early German "Kulturfilm", which are regarded as predecessors of the modern film documentary. It features a large variety of special effects and animations, as well as fantastical depictions of travel around the Solar System and to the stars. Prints were color-tinted and color-toned for effect.
The film has been reconstructed in 2008 by Munich Film Archive using material from the National Audiovisual Institute (Finland) in Helsinki and the Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin. The current rights holder is the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau Foundation.