HIMMELSKIBET (Reihe: FILM & MUSIK)

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DNK 1918, silent movie, 81 min

Directed by Holger-Madsen.

With: Nicolai Neiiendam, Gunnar Tolnæs, Lilly Jacobsson, Philip Bech, Alf Blütecher.

Language: without dialog (silent film with text panels in Danish and English subtitles).

What might people's dreams have been in 1918? Perhaps a world without war, everyone speaking the universal language of love, eating only fruit and vegetables and always being nice to each other. Well, maybe not everyone dreamed of this, but the Danish filmmaker Holger-Madsen certainly did. In "Himmelskibet", one of the forerunners of the sci-fi genre, he tells the story of mankind's first journey into space and sends his main character Avanti Planetarius straight to Mars in a self-built spaceship. Contrary to all the clichés about this planet, which was named after the god of war, Avanti and his team discover not only an atmosphere suitable for humans, but also a civilization that is pretty much the opposite of his fellow human beings on Earth - see the second sentence. So we travel to Mars with a lot of technical innovation, social criticism and forward-looking passion.

Music by Matthias Hirth

HIMMELSKIBET is the "debut work" of newsoundKINO. This music is characterized by elements of ambient. The result is a soft, floating and atmospheric sound aesthetic. This is created by sounds played backwards, filtered arpeggios, choir-like passages and various spatial elements. The restlessness and rawness of humans is musically contrasted with the wisdom and goodness of the inhabitants of Mars. Elements of sound design complete this first soundtrack.

ENG: What might people's dreams have been in 1918? Perhaps a world without war, everyone speaking the universal language of love, eating only fruit and vegetables and always being nice to each other. Well, maybe not everyone dreamed of this, but the Danish filmmaker Holger-Madsen certainly did. In "Himmelskibet", one of the forerunners of the sci-fi genre, he tells the story of mankind's first journey into space and sends his main character Avanti Planetarius on a self-built spaceship straight to Mars. Contrary to all the clichés about this planet, which was named after the god of war, Avanti and his team discover not only an atmosphere suitable for humans but also a civilization that is pretty much the opposite of his fellow human beings on Earth - see the second sentence. So we travel to Mars with a lot of technical innovation, social criticism and forward-looking passion. (Silent film with text sections in Danish and English subtitles)

Music by Matthias Hirth
HIMMELSKIBET is the "debut work" of newsoundKINO. This music is characterized by elements of ambient and results in a soft, floating and atmospheric sound aesthetic, which is created by sounds played backwards, filtered arpeggios, choir-like passages and various spatial elements. The restlessness and rawness of human beings is musically contrasted with the wisdom and kindness of the inhabitants of Mars.

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