The Cult Collection Comparable to the Style of Once in a New Moon: ...

Dir: Yakov Protazanov

Engineer Mstislav Sergeyevich Los travels to Mars where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group of Elders with the support of Queen Aelita who has fallen in love with him after watching him through a telescope.

Dir: André Deed

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Mechanical Man perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

The story begins with a scientist creating a device shaped like a man that can be remote-controlled by a machine.

Dir: Bruno C. Becker

It is the year 1950; women have taken over men's jobs and have become the aggressors in romantic situations. Lizzie Hap stuffs the ballot box, defeats her opponent, Minnie Fish, and is thereby elected Fire Chief of the all female fire department, and succeeds in winning the hand of her fair loved one, Willie Wart.

Dir: Marcel L'Herbier

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Her First Flame perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Claire Lescot is a famous first lady. All men want to be loved by her and among them is the young scientist Einar Norsen. When she mocks at him, he leaves her house with the declared intention to kill himself.

Dir: Ashley Miller

After years of testing, a professor who is intent on building a ship that can travel into space finally succeeds and finishes a working model. After he launches himself into space, he realizes that he had forgotten to take into account that aerodynamic controls have no effect in outer space. He drifts through space and lands on a planet 50 light years away, and proceeds to build a giant telescope with which he can see Earth.

Dir: Harry A. Pollard

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of L'inhumaine perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A scientist discovers a death ray and locks it in a box, giving the key to his daughter, who soon finds herself hunted by criminals looking to steal the deadly mineral.

Dir: Eugenio Testa

The Italian adaptation of the famous novel about Dr. Frankenstein and his monstrous creation.

Dir: Luitz-Morat

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Sky Splitter perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A crazed scientist planning to rule the world decides to destroy the city of Paris with his lightning/ray gun.

Dir: Rasanjana Madhusanka

Yahangala Z50: The Classified Mission In 2050, the R2X Black-Ops team, led by Hansa and Rasanjana, enters the "Yahangala Z50" abyss to recover a lethal extraterrestrial cell. In a zone where physics fails and time warps, they must secure this infinite energy source-or witness the end of the world. Coming May 28 to Jana 13.

Dir: Harry Piel

Harry has to rescue the beautiful daughter of an inventor from the clutches of a madman and makes unpleasant encounters with sparking robots and mysterious submarines.