Gibel Sensatsii

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Soviet Union • 1935 • 85m •

• Directed by: Aleksandr Andriyevsky. • Starring: Sergei Vecheslov, Vladimir Gardin, Mariya Volgina, Anna Chekulaeva, Nikolai Rybnikov, Vasiliy Orlov, N. Ablov, Aleksandra Khokhlova, Sergei Martinson, Sergei Minin, P. Poltoratsky, V. Renin. • Music by: Sergei Vasilenko.

This masterpiece of Soviet science fiction from the thirties is adapted from the classic R.U.R. (Rossum Universum Robots), from Czech writer Karel Capek, inventor of the word "robot". In the manner of Metropolis, but with a fair amount of humour, the film relates the adventures of a scientist who managed to create mechanical androids gifted with extreme intelligence. Only their feelings appear to be lacking.

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The film takes place in an unnamed Capitalist country, a stand in mostly for the USA, where filthy rich capitalists try to squeeze as much profit from the worker and repress any revolt. An engineer, caught in this class maelstrom, invents a special Robot that hopefully will reduce workload for workers and gradually eliminate a capitalist market with the resultant cheap labor. But alas, the evil Monopoly men have other plans for him and his invention.

Even if you can accept the movie's ideology as a product of its time and place of origin, I hated the fact that there was absolutely no subtlety from an artistic point of view in spreading its message. Let's face it, this movie isn't giving Metropolis(1927) any competition. However, the movie makes up for it with genuinely good visual effects with the limited budget that they had. I liked the practical effects on the robots and the fact that they built so many units for use in the film. I think the effects overall have aged quite well.

Review by sagniknath from the Internet Movie Database.

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