The basics of Einstein's theory of relativity
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The basics of Einstein's theory of relativity |
| Country of production | Germany |
| Publishing year | 1922 |
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| Director | Hanns Walter Kornblum |
The Basics of Einstein's Theory of Relativity is a silent film from 1922, with which Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity should be brought closer to a broad audience . It was premiered on April 2, 1922 at the Frankfurt fair. The short title Einstein film suggested that Einstein himself be involved; but it is based on manuscripts and " the collaboration of Otto Buek , Otto Fanta ( Prague ), Rudolf Lämmel ( Zurich ) and Georg Friedrich Nicolai " ( Berlin ). After Einstein's clarification in the Berliner Tageblatt of June 2, 1922, the film was only shown under its factually correct title.
With over 80,000 individual pictures drawn, it is not only the first major science film ; as such, it is also the film with the longest trick sequences to date. The director was Hanns Walter Kornblum , and it was produced by his company Colonna Filmgesellschaft Berlin . The film was a hit with the audience; it was received quite controversially by the criticism and even ridiculed by the negative Einstein German national press.
The approximately two-hour film was shown in Germany with an accompanying lecture. During this time it could also be interrupted, so that a demonstration often lasted more than three hours.
The film consisted of three parts and 4 acts: 1. The principle of relativity (488 m); 2. The light theory (460 m); 3. The special theory of relativity (477 m and 620 m).
The original version of the film is lost . In the course of research by the station 3sat , an English copy of the film was found at the British Film Institute in 2005 , with subtitles and "speech bubbles" in English. A booklet accompanying the English version is also received.
Individual evidence
- ^ After Hubert Goenner : Einstein in Berlin. 1914-1933. Beck, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-406-52731-0 , p. 160 f. ( Buek and Nicolai had known Einstein personally since at least 1914, with whom - according to this source ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link accordingly Instructions and then remove this note. ) Also active as an illusionist or magician - Otto Fanta could even have been known to Einstein since his time in Prague, at least he had had it from his mother, the pharmacist Berta Fanta, in his Prague year from 1911 to 1912 in the city-famous salon (1866–1918 - see ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. And ) wrong, where he also worked with artists like Max Brod , Franz Kafka and others. a. (Einstein was also known to Otto Fanta's wife, the librarian Johanna Fantova and was friends in Princeton in the last years of his life ).
Web links
- The basics of Einstein's theory of relativity in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- List of participants with "Prof. Einstein with his wife and a close relative " from the" Experimental session ... of the Berlin Medical Society for Parapsychic Research on February 15, 1930 ... "with a detailed report on the reaction of" Metagraphologist Otto Reimann-Prague "to a sample of Einstein's writing, the Reimann was presented at the time by the well-known psychiatrist and psychotherapist Arthur Kronfeld . (starting on p. 608 to p. 610 ; the entire article is here )