---
title: 'Aelita (1924)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yakov Protazanov'
released: '1924-09-25'
runtime_minutes: 111
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/aelita-1924'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014646/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Aelita (1924)

1924 · 111 min · Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction · Soviet Union

Original title: Аэлита

## Synopsis

Aelita, also known as Aelita: Queen of Mars, is a 1924 Soviet silent science fiction film directed by Yakov Protazanov and produced at the Mezhrabpom-Rus film studio. It was based on Alexei Tolstoy's 1923 novel of the same name. Nikolai Tseretelli and Valentina Kuindzhi were cast in leading roles.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Yakov Protazanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yakov-protazanov)
- **Screenplay:** [Aleksey Tolstoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksey-tolstoy), [Fedor Ozep](https://cinepixo.com/people/fedor-ozep)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Igor Stravinsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/igor-stravinsky), [Alexander Glazunov](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-glazunov), [Alexander Scriabin](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-scriabin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Emil Schünemann](https://cinepixo.com/people/emil-schunemann), [Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuri-zhelyabuzhsky)

## Cast

- [Yuri Zavadsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuri-zavadsky)
- [Igor Ilyinsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/igor-ilyinsky)
- [Vera Orlova](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-orlova)
- [Yuliya Solntseva](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuliya-solntseva) as Aelita
- [Valentina Kuindzhi](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentina-kuindzhi)
- [Nikolai Tseretelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-tseretelli)
- [Mikhail Zharov](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-zharov)
- [Nikolai Batalov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-batalov)

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