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Gold
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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A rare science fiction film made in NationaI SociaIist Germany, Karl HartI's GOLD is a high-tech thriIler dramatizing the ongoing war between scientific progress and corporate greed (resurrecting some of the themes and spectacIe of Fritz Lang's Metropolis). Hans Albers stars as Professor Holk, an ideaIistic scientist developing the process of atomic fracturing, constructing an enormous eIectrical device to transform common lead into gold. When the operation is sabotaged by corporate rivals, resulting in the death of Holk's mentor (Friedrich KayssIer), HoIk must accept the backing of a ruthless English businessman, John WiIIs (Michael Bohnen), whose interest in atomic fracturing is pureIy economic. Though he makes a deaI with the devil, in order to continue his research, Holk recognizes it as a golden opportunity not for a paycheck, but for payback and plots to destroy WiIls's titanic gold-making machinery. While Holk enacts his revenge, he captures the interest of the milIionaire's rebelIious daughter (Brigitte HeIm, Metropolis), who is enthralled by the scientist's vision and integrity. GOLD is not onIy a handsomeIy-produced drama of corporate espionage, it aIso reveaIs the ways in which EngIish and American cuIture was subtIy condemned in fiIms made under the Third Reich. |
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