The tension-filled, dialogue-heavy plot and character study (with many wordless reaction close-up shots), was beautifully filmed with Karl Freund""s B/W cinematography and supplemented with Max Steiner""s bombastic musical score.By contrast, Marguerite - with all her worldly possessions - admits that she has a diminished capacity to love:Marguerite: You seem to think that""s very fine of him.He vowed to remain silent (and that neither he nor his wife would leave the planet), but prepared a space-craft in his lab, with the knowledge of his wife Lara (Susannah York), to launch their infant son Kal-El (wrapped in a red, blue, and yellow blanket) toward distant Earth where there was primitive life.The film became a smash hit, featuring elaborate fighting and stunt sequences, as well as a convoluted screenplay that blurred the edge between reality and fantasy without losing the audience""s grasp of he story.