List of science-fiction films of the 1920s

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List of science-fiction films
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1940s 2000s
1950s 2010s
1960s TV

A list of science fiction films released in the 1920s. These films include core elements of science fiction and are widely available with reviews by reputable critics or film historians.

Contents


Title Director Cast Country Sub-Genre/Notes
1920
Algol Hans Werckmeister Emil Jannings, John Gottowt, Hans Adalbert Schlettow
The Invisible Ray Harry A. Pollard Ruth Clifford, Jack Sherrill, Sidney Bracey Serial film
1921
The Mechanical Man Andre Deed Gabriel Moreau, Valentina Frascaroli, Fernando Vivas-May
1922
The Man from Beyond Burton L. King Harry Houdini, Arthur Maude, Albert Tavernier, Erwin Connelly [1]
1923
Black Oxen Frank Lloyd Corinne Griffith, Conway Tearle, Clara Bow
1924
Aelita Yakov Protazanov Yuliya Solntseva, Igor Ilyinsky, Nikolai Tsereteli
The Last Man on Earth John G. Blystone Buck Black, Maurice Murphy, William Steele
1925
The Lost World Harry Hoyt Bessie Love, Lewis Stone, Wallace Beery, Lloyd Hughes, Alma Bennett
Luch Smerti Lev Kuleshov Porfiri Podobed, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Alexandra Khokhlova [2][3]
Paris Qui Dort René Clair Madeleine Rodrigue, Myla Seller, Henri Rollan Sci-Fi Comedy
The Power God Francis Ford, Ben F. Wilson Ben Wilson, Neva Gerber, Mary Crane Serial film[4][5]
Wunder Der Schöpfung Hanns Walter Kornblum Paul Bildt, Willy Kaiser-Heyl, Theodor Loos, Oscar Marion [6]
1926
1927
Metropolis Fritz Lang Alfred Abel, Gustav Froehlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Theodor Loos
1928
Alraune Henrik Galeen Brigitte Helm
1929
High Treason Maurice Elvey Benita Hume, Basil Gill, Jameson Thomas, Milton Rosmer [7]
The Mysterious Island Lucien Hubbard Lionel Barrymore, Jane Daly, Lloyd Hughes
Woman in the Moon Fritz Lang Klaus Pohl, Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus, Fritz Rasp

See also

References

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  2. ^ Gillespie, David C. (2000). Early Soviet Cinema: Innovation, Ideology and Propaganda. Wallflower Press. pp. 30–31. ISBN 1903364043. 
  3. ^ Telotte, J. P. (1999). A Distant Technology: Science Fiction Film and the Machine Age. Wesleyan University Press. p. 35–36. ISBN 081956346. 
  4. ^ Rainey, Buck (1990). Those Fabulous Serial Heroines: their lives and films. Scarecrow Press. p. 53. ISBN 0810819112. 
  5. ^ Benson, Michael (1985). Vintage Science Fiction Films, 1896-1949. McFarland. p. 90. ISBN 0899500854. 
  6. ^ "Wunder der Schöpfung". Edition Filmmuseum. http://www.edition-filmmuseum.com/product_info.php/language/en/info/p71_Wunder-der-Sch-pfung.html/XTCsid/9805d7a61b6448ec8ad84d6a70e0ab4b. Retrieved 2009-05-15. 
  7. ^ Erickson, Hal. "High Treason (1929)". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/95183/High-Treason/overview. Retrieved 2009-06-07. 
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