Overview:

The second installment of Anton Vidokle’s trilogy on Russian cosmism, The Communist Revolution Was Caused By The Sun, looks at the poetic dimension of the solar cosmology of Soviet biophysicist Alexander Chizhevsky. Shot in Kazakhstan, where Chizhevsky was imprisoned and later exiled, the film introduces Сhizhevsky’s research into the impact of solar emissions on human sociology, psychology, politics, and economics in the form of wars, revolutions, epidemics, and other upheavals. It aligns the life of post-Soviet rural residents and the futurological projects of Russian cosmism to emphasize that the goal of the early Soviet breakthroughs aimed at the conquest of outer space was not so much technical acceleration, but the common cause of humankind in their struggle against the limitations of earthly life.

DirectingAnton Vidokle WritingAnton Vidokle

Cast

Kristina Isaykina

Konstantin Bokarev

Max Lukashov

Vadim Zaharow

Details:

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List of countries:
1. Kazakhstan
2. United States of America
3. Russia
4. Germany
List of languages:
1. Russian
List of companies:
1. Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Vote Count: 1
Popularity: 0.5208
Status: Released
Original title:The Communist Revolution Was Caused By The Sun