A 1918 German inventor chases alchemical gold to save the war effort — what could go wrong?
Walter Noss is ruined trying to find malleable copper to make material for German torpedoes. One day, in a secret compartment of an old chest, he finds a document from an ancestor describing the formula for this malleable copper.
Production
Rare surviving example of 1918 German war-time propaganda cinema.
Acting
Carl Auen's dual performance as doomed father and desperate son.
Director
Heinz Karl Heiland
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Produced during WWI's final year, the film weirdly blends nationalist industrial urgency with occult mysticism.
Nearly lost to time, surviving prints are incomplete — the ending you're watching may not be the original 1918 conclusion.
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