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Algol: Tragedy of Power is a Allemand film of genre Drama with Emil Jannings

Algol: Tragedy of Power (1920)

Algol: Tragedy of Power
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Length 1h39
OriginGerman
Genres Drama,    Science fiction
Rating62% 3.144583.144583.144583.144583.14458

Algol: Tragedy of Power (German: Algol. Tragödie der Macht) is a 1920 German science fiction film about an alien from the planet Algol.

Synopsis

The story follows the life of Robert Herne, who works in a coal mine, and his friendship with Maria Obal. While working in the mine, he encounters an inhabitant of the planet Algol who gives him a prototype machine which can provide a virtually unlimited source of power. Over the next year Herne sets up a factory providing energy; however, instead of simply relieving workers of the difficult job of mining, the device creates massive economic upheaval throughout the world.

Actors

Emil Jannings

(Robert Herne)
John Gottowt

(Algol: An Alien presumably from the planet orbiting the Algol star. He gives Robert Herne an advanced alien machine allowing him to produce unlimited energy reserves. The motivations of Algol for providing such a technological device to a less advanced cu)
Käthe Haack

(Magda Herne)
Hanna Ralph

(Maria Obal)
Ernst Hofmann

(Reginald Herne)
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