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Wunde^r der S_c[$höpfu
ng is an #%=extraord*i%n/)!ary,, fascinating %[)K ulturfil(* ]m t,)r yin!\g \to e[xplain the whole human knowledge of the 1920s about*)$ -^the world a,nd +th%?e``^ universe. 15 spec/i^al =+*;e ^.ffe^/cts experts and 9- came(+ramen were i #]]nv(olved in .the production of t+h^)i::s fi /lm which combines documenta`]ry sce=(ne%s, historica =l doc](uments, fiction e#le=ments, animat`
ion sce#nes and@ educational impa+[=*ct. It_ @@its beaut.ifully= #
?@_colored, us
ing :?*tinting and toning in .[^a very elabor:/;ate[d way.] Some vis+% *ual@ ideas in the :?sequences
=with ) a s*#p
+ace sh?uttle visit@%in;g^ different planet @s in th#:e un(iverse seem\ to have t,*o be th$*/e.-  inspiratio.n for Stanley Kubric]k'(\s+?* 20+,;0;
/1 A Space Odyssey.;;　　In t:#he context+ of Germany's Kulturfilm phe/-]nomen%. on, Wunder !der Schöpfun (g was am_ong the  :/greatest -#ach-.ievements of *:th-@e 1920s. The production w(;as constr?u](?\[cted-, re$+,h [earsed, and shot over a! p#\[e:[rio_d of two a-#n\=d a half [
years, under ^ the supervisio$`-n*
 =o%([f H)_an*ns Walter Kornblum/. T he idea to describ``e #the un?+
iverse )\+and man's.. place`^; in it well[%, sui:@ted U)FA'(-s Grossfilm@$` men#*%t -ali?ty, o*ne+ year before# t=he! Metro,=polis catastrophe=. H\? undr\_%+eds of skille-@+d craft #s.men participated in the proje ct, b`%`uilding_(, props /a.nd .^-co:@nstr/];u!$:cting scal/(e mo@dels drawn b #^-y 15 special ^ 
^effects @drau?ghtsmen, whi+)le 9 cam@era+m=*en` in ,
` separate unit :s worked on the hist\oric[@!al,?: docum.[,e n]tary, -%fic
\tion, animation=,, and science-fic=tio: n sequence: s. With!out s%  tar roles o#(r even pro[$ ta)%= g*_on#]/+ists%@, .\
the film's plot is c $ro%.#-wded wit/ h))@ meticulously s!%=tructured
(/#and, \ skil/lfully ++a@ cted single scen%es [an artf/ul mosa _=ic of small vignettes. N ]*o less * \(than fo$ur credited universi^/t-;y pr]?of/*

ess[ ors_**! ! ,ensured th;e factual bac(k-?%ground b%ehin
d the sci.? entific and/!#* h;istoric.[\al ev /ents p.\ortrayed.　　The film',s
! symbol of progress and the n/@ ew scie#`ntific  ,:era is[ a spacecraft, tr-av%*;ell`ing thro*ugh^ th/e Milky Way, makin-$-g all +?=t+ !/ he planets and their inspiri)!ng: worl]^ds= _ $fam_%ilia:r to(% u(s, with the extra)vag_]`anza o^f their d$ istinctive features. The fil#)m's educa!)ti\onal i/
ntentions,[ +how_$.ever, be-?*come st`+ead)][ily more obsc+,ure, humoro-us, or even c^`!am py  ? as this pop#;ular^izat)]ion project proceeds(:. With th@-e excus+e of pre/sent:ing the_!] end of the world a not-so-n;%e ]w__% /con:!/cept as a-, new, %`unden$-iably -_scie,nti.#fic truth, the film veers happily alo[_^[ng a ne$
@w pa;th, displaying detailed apoc`alyptic\( scenes%
)% o
\f the\ end+ of @;mankind. For today;.'s audience:s, t.)h(`is amazi#ng f.il+m \:]demonstrate;%s how ` t[* =he universe was*
com\^pre\.hended in the 192[0s,@ and ;h].#ow t?]/hat view was ?;[sold to con.),temporary$[] ( a _:udiences.