List of science fiction films of the 1920s explained

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.

List

Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes
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Algol Hans WerckmeisterGermany
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde J. Charles HaydonSheldon LewisUnited States
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde John S. RobertsonJohn Barrymore, Martha Mansfield, Charles Willis Lane, Nita NaldiUnited States
Figures of the NightRichard OswaldPaul Wegener, Reinhold Schünzel, Conrad VeidtGermany
The Invisible RayHarry A. PollardRuth Clifford, Jack Sherrill, Sidney BraceyUnited StatesSerial film, lost film
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Die Blitzzentrale Valy ArnheimValy Arnheim, Victor ColaniGermany
The Mechanical Man Andre DeedGabriel Moreau, Valentina Frascaroli, Fernando Vivas-MayItaly
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The Man from BeyondBurton L. KingHarry Houdini, Arthur Maude, Albert Tavernier, Erwin ConnellyUnited States[1]
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Black Oxen Frank LloydUnited States
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AelitaYakov ProtazanovSoviet Union
The Hands of OrlacRobert WieneConrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, Fritz Kortner, Carmen CartellieriAustria
Interplanetary RevolutionNikolay Khodatayev, Zenon Komissarenko, Yuriy MerkulovSoviet UnionAnimated short film. Russian title: Межпланетная революция, tr. Mezhplanetnaya revolyutsiya[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
L'InhumaineMarcel L'HerbierFrance
The Last Man on EarthJohn G. BlystoneBuck Black, Maurice Murphy, William SteeleUnited States
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The Lost WorldHarry HoytBessie Love, Lewis Stone, Wallace Beery, Lloyd Hughes, Alma BennettUnited States
Luch SmertiLev KuleshovPorfiri Podobed, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Aleksandra KhokhlovaSoviet Union[7] [8]
Paris Qui DortRené ClairFranceSci-Fi Comedy
The Power GodFrancis Ford, Ben F. WilsonBen F. Wilson, Neva Gerber, Mary CraneUnited StatesSerial film[9] [10]
Wunder Der SchöpfungHanns Walter KornblumPaul Bildt, Willy Kaiser-Heyl, Theodor Loos, Oscar MarionGermany[11]
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MetropolisFritz LangAlfred Abel, Gustav Froehlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Theodor LoosGermany
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AlrauneHenrik GaleenBrigitte HelmGermany
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High TreasonMaurice ElveyBenita Hume, Basil Gill, Jameson Thomas, Milton Rosmer[12]
The Mysterious IslandLucien HubbardLionel Barrymore, Jane Daly, Lloyd HughesUnited States
Woman in the MoonFritz LangKlaus Pohl, Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus, Fritz RaspGermany

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Weldon, Michael . 1996 . The Psychotronic Video Guide . 351 . Macmillan . 0-312-13149-6 .
  2. Web site: Cima . Alessandro . Interplanetary Revolution – 1924 Soviet Animation . Candlelight Stories . 10 January 2011 . 2 November 2021.
  3. Web site: Nikolai Khodataev: Interplanetary Revolution . HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AND EASTERN EUROPEAN ANIMATION . 25 May 2012 . 2 November 2021.
  4. Web site: Crow . Jonathan . Watch Interplanetary Revolution (1924): The Most Bizarre Soviet Animated Propaganda Film You'll Ever See . Open Culture . 2 November 2021.
  5. Web site: Soviet dreams of the future, part 2. Now with sepulki . Geeks World . 2 November 2021.
  6. Web site: Interplanetary Revolution . Letterboxd . 2 November 2021.
  7. Book: Gillespie , David C. . Wallflower Press . 2000 . Early Soviet Cinema: Innovation, Ideology and Propaganda . 30 - 31 . 1-903364-04-3.
  8. Book: Telotte, J. P. . 1999 . A Distant Technology: Science Fiction Film and the Machine Age . Wesleyan University Press . 35 - 36 . 0819563463 .
  9. Book: Rainey, Buck . 1990 . Those Fabulous Serial Heroines: their lives and films . Scarecrow Press . 0-8108-1911-2 . 53.
  10. Book: Benson, Michael . 1985 . Vintage Science Fiction Films, 1896-1949 . McFarland . 0-89950-085-4 . 90 . registration .
  11. Web site: Wunder der Schöpfung. Edition Filmmuseum. 15 May 2009.
  12. Web site: Hal . Erickson . High Treason (1929) . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021181031/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/95183/High-Treason/overview . dead . 2012-10-21 . Movies & TV Dept. . . Hal Erickson (author) . 2012 . 2009-06-07 .