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DieSeelederPflanzeisoneoftheearlyshortsproducedbytheUfa-Kulturabteilung(UfaCulturalDepartment),foundedin1918topromotefilmswitheducationalcontent.TheproductionteamcountedseveralpeoplewhoworkedextensivelywiththeKulturabteilung,includingthecinematographerMaxBrinckandthescientificadvisorWilhelmBerndt,azoologistfromtheUniversityofBerlinwhohadorganizedthefirstfilmscreeningsattheUraniaInstitutein1911. PurportingtoofferamodernscientifictakeonancientGreekpantheisticviewsofnature,thefilmdrawsonalongtraditionofliteratureprobingthepotentialintelligenceandsensitivityofplants.ThatintereststretchesatleastasfarbackasJ.J.Grandville’sLesFleursanimées(1847)andGustavFechner’sNannaoderüberdasSeelenlebenderPflanzen(1848).Itwasparticularlyvibrantintheearly20thcenturyduetoawaveofpopularsciencebooksbyauthorssuchRaoulFrancé(e.g.,DieSeelederPflanze,1924).