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Wunder der Schöp[
!fun#g is [an extraordinary, =-f=#+ascin)_atin (@g Kulturf
il!m trying to explain the whole human k%=nowledge +of(. the 1920/s about the world*% and /the universe.@/% 15 s)*pecial ef_+
fects ex
pert,+?s and@ 9*$ c ,am!era] m %en were i@\nvolved in the] p/ r*(oduction of this #[_f=]ilm which combin_.,es -$`^docume]:n!tary scenes, historical d.ocuments,/ fict(.ion!$ e?*(%lements, animation sce
n !es and educ^_\,at]ion% al im pact. It,/ ^its beaut^if$ully_= colore:%d, using:  tinting and toning * ]\*i-n a \=%very:= elabora#[ ted w:ay. Some visual ide/=as in )@the s
(((equen
ces # !),wi=.+th a^.- s)pa+.c:]e shu@^,ttle visitin*]g]# *=#differen.(t). planets in!^ the universe seem to ha=ve to be the ins@piration for St/._ anley  Kub`!=-ric\/k's 2001 A Spa%$ce Od%y (ssey.　　?-]I(n the $context of German:^-y'*$,s Kulturfilm phe?nomeno?:n, /-#W $u),`
nder der Schöpfung ?/wa,s a ` mong the gr=)%e\:+$atest achiev`e$#ments of the 1920s. Th.e p*ro!?duction was;! [:!,c;@!ons( @tructe,d, @;;rehearsed, and shot $over a p.!(eriod o@
f two ? and a*[ half years, un*

^de%(r.. the (su` *pervi]%./sion of Han@( ns?.;_
Walter !Kornb$lum.`$/= The% i(`dea to d
`;escribe #,_the universe and man 's pla%ce -in it ( well % $s%uit\ed UFA's Gross*f;?i?/lm ment^^)@alit(y, one ye
a$r \+before t\h,e M$et_]-/ropoli\^s% ca/tastrophe. +)\ -/Hundreds of skilled craftsmen participa,ted in the ^ proj;ec(t!, bui$/[!ldi/`!ng props and constructing,.( scale models drawn by -15 special e ffects draughtsmen,* whi %:l)/e 9 cameramen in\ separate units worked on the historical, doc/umentary, f+iction, an_/^imation, and scienc
\e-^-fict io/\`n sequen ces
]. Without st`;ar roles or even protagonists, th#e film's*; ]-,plot is crowded with meti^culous$[*ly struct)?ur$$(ed and skillf ully acted singl-e sce)nes an artful-$. mo` sa$*ic] o-f small vignettes. No l
ess/( than fou$r cr@$e di ,+te d univer sity =]prof?-)]e/ssors ensur\ed the$ f,actual;` backg]\round beh`ind th\,e=) + scien:,/ti]=) fi$
c a!=n=.d historical events portrayed.　　The). fi!lm^'*
s sy! ;mbo:#l of prog[)res/s \and t/ he ne?$^ (w scientific era %*is a s pacecraft, travelling throu(#gh the Milky Wa#=^#y, making all +
==t_he planet`s an(d t(^(!heir@[ ^]inspirin(+g worlds famil`iar to us`=, w[%)ith th/e ^!-]extravaganz+/^-a of their dist(inctiv;=/(e feat_ures. The film's=+ educatio
nal intentio ns, however, be/com e steadily :_ @more obscure, hu^moro@[?u]+\s/??, or even ca#-mpy as#!) t*#:-his po
pul)ar)  ization pro$j=ect p ) _ro/;ceeds. With= *the excus%e of presenting the end of th/e world a not-so-new )c@!+]oncep!t a@?s a n
^,?e+ w, undeniably ,? scientific trut h, the film veer)_s happily/ along a ]_ new pa!t$^-h +, ( !displ_-ay.ing \detai(led apocaly)ptic scenes of th)_e;%?[ end of m:= ankind. For today's aud^)iences, +;th\is amazing film demonstrate/_s how the /(.u: nivers(\/*e was comprehended in **-the 19`^;20s*`., and/ h]
ow that-: ..vi=\-ew was sold to contempor #.ary audien]ces.