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
|
| 1920
|
| Algol |
Hans Werckmeister |
Emil Jannings, John Gottowt, Hans Adalbert Schlettow |
Germany |
|
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
J. Charles Haydon |
Sheldon Lewis |
United States |
|
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
John S. Robertson |
John Barrymore, Martha Mansfield, Charles Willis Lane, Nita Naldi |
United States |
|
| Figures of the Night |
Richard Oswald |
Paul Wegener, Reinhold Schünzel, Conrad Veidt |
Germany |
|
| The Invisible Ray |
Harry A. Pollard |
Ruth Clifford, Jack Sherrill, Sidney Bracey |
United States |
Serial film, lost film
|
| 1921
|
| Die Blitzzentrale |
Valy Arnheim |
Valy Arnheim, Victor Colani |
Germany |
|
| The Mechanical Man |
Andre Deed |
Gabriel Moreau, Valentina Frascaroli, Fernando Vivas-May |
Italy |
|
| 1922
|
| The Man from Beyond |
Burton L. King |
Harry Houdini, Arthur Maude, Albert Tavernier, Erwin Connelly |
United States |
[1]
|
| 1923
|
| Black Oxen |
Frank Lloyd |
Corinne Griffith, Conway Tearle, Clara Bow |
United States |
|
| 1924
|
| Aelita |
Yakov Protazanov |
Yuliya Solntseva, Igor Ilyinsky, Nikolai Tsereteli |
Soviet Union |
|
| The Hands of Orlac |
Robert Wiene |
Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, Fritz Kortner, Carmen Cartellieri |
Austria |
|
| Interplanetary Revolution |
Nikolay Khodatayev, Zenon Komissarenko, Yuriy Merkulov |
|
Soviet Union |
Animated short film. Russian title: Межпланетная революция, tr. Mezhplanetnaya revolyutsiya[2][3][4][5][6]
|
| L'Inhumaine |
Marcel L'Herbier |
Georgette Leblanc, Jaque Catelain, Philippe Hériat |
France |
|
| The Last Man on Earth |
John G. Blystone |
Buck Black, Maurice Murphy, William Steele |
United States |
|
| 1925
|
| The Lost World |
Harry Hoyt |
Bessie Love, Lewis Stone, Wallace Beery, Lloyd Hughes, Alma Bennett |
United States |
|
| Luch Smerti |
Lev Kuleshov |
Porfiri Podobed, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Aleksandra Khokhlova |
Soviet Union |
[7][8]
|
| Paris Qui Dort |
René Clair |
Madeleine Rodrigue, Myla Seller, Henri Rollan |
France |
Sci-Fi Comedy
|
| The Power God |
Francis Ford, Ben F. Wilson |
Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber, Mary Crane |
United States |
Serial film[9][10]
|
| Wunder Der Schöpfung |
Hanns Walter Kornblum |
Paul Bildt, Willy Kaiser-Heyl, Theodor Loos, Oscar Marion |
Germany |
[11]
|
| 1927
|
| Metropolis |
Fritz Lang |
Alfred Abel, Gustav Froehlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Theodor Loos |
Germany |
|
| 1928
|
| Alraune |
Henrik Galeen |
Brigitte Helm |
Germany |
|
| 1929
|
| High Treason |
Maurice Elvey |
Benita Hume, Basil Gill, Jameson Thomas, Milton Rosmer |
United Kingdom |
[12]
|
| The Mysterious Island |
Lucien Hubbard |
Lionel Barrymore, Jane Daly, Lloyd Hughes |
United States |
|
| Woman in the Moon |
Fritz Lang |
Klaus Pohl, Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus, Fritz Rasp |
Germany |
|
See also
References
- ^ Weldon, Michael (1996). The Psychotronic Video Guide. Macmillan. p. 351. ISBN 0-312-13149-6.
- ^ Cima, Alessandro (10 January 2011). "Interplanetary Revolution – 1924 Soviet Animation". Candlelight Stories. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Nikolai Khodataev: Interplanetary Revolution". HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AND EASTERN EUROPEAN ANIMATION. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Crow, Jonathan. "Watch Interplanetary Revolution (1924): The Most Bizarre Soviet Animated Propaganda Film You'll Ever See". Open Culture. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Soviet dreams of the future, part 2. Now with sepulki". Geeks World. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Interplanetary Revolution". Letterboxd. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Gillespie, David C. (2000). Early Soviet Cinema: Innovation, Ideology and Propaganda. Wallflower Press. pp. 30–31. ISBN 1-903364-04-3.
- ^ Telotte, J. P. (1999). A Distant Technology: Science Fiction Film and the Machine Age. Wesleyan University Press. p. 35–36. ISBN 0819563463.
- ^ Rainey, Buck (1990). Those Fabulous Serial Heroines: their lives and films. Scarecrow Press. p. 53. ISBN 0-8108-1911-2.
- ^ Benson, Michael (1985). Vintage Science Fiction Films, 1896-1949. McFarland. p. 90. ISBN 0-89950-085-4.
- ^ "Wunder der Schöpfung". Edition Filmmuseum. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2012). "High Treason (1929)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
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