Navy captain Avanti Planetaros is inspired by his astronomer-father to travel through outer space to reach other worlds. He becomes an aviator, and, along with the young scientist Dr. Krafft, the driving force behind the construction of a spaceship. Despite opposition from the mocking Professor Dubius, Planetaros gathers a crew of fearless men and takes off. During the long voyage, the crew becomes restless; a mutiny is narrowly avoided. Finally they reach Mars, and discover that the planet is inhabited by a people who have reached a higher stage of development, free of disease, sorrow, violence, covetousness, sexual urges, and the fear of death. Avanti falls in love with Marya, daughter of the Prince of Wisdom, the head of the Martians. Marya shares his feelings, and decides to return with him in order to bring the wisdom of the Martians to the backward Earthlings.

This lavishly produced space-travel picture is something of a milestone in the science-fiction genre. The contemporary fascination with aviation is evident: the spaceship has wings and a propeller, and the members of the crew are clad in leather aviator outfits. While the druid-like Martians may seem unintentionally comic, the film’s ideas of a utopian ideal world are quite fascinating from the viewpoint of cultural history. Ole Olsen was credited as co-author of the screenplay, and both he and the well-known writer Sophus Michaëlis hoped that the film would speak to the hearts of spectators and inspire them with “ideal sentiments”, particularly pacifism.

Himmelskibet - A Trip to Mars (1918) Holger-Madsen - 1080p.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 20 min
Size: 	2.62 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	1476x1080 
Aspect ratio:  	4:3
Frame rate: 	25.000 fps
Bit rate: 	4 420 kb/s
BPP: 	0.111
Audio
#1:  	2.0ch AC-3 @ 256 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/A1AF8DCC8AFFEC8/Himmelskibet_-_A_Trip_to_Mars_(1918)_Holger-Madsen_-_1080p.mkv

Language(s):Danish / English intertitles
Subtitles:none

Many thanks to @Marcio for this copy

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