Gold (1934 film)

Gold is a 1934 German science fiction film directed by Karl Hartl. The film involves a British scientist who is attempting to create a device that turns base materials into gold. He later forces the German scientists assistant Werner Holk Hans Albers, who was working on a similar experiment, to come to his underwater nuclear reactor to help him.

In the United Kingdom, a British scientist is convinced that one can turn base materials into gold by using a giant underwater atomic reactor. A German scientist also works on a similar experiment but is killed by a mysterious explosion. His assistant Werner Holk Hans Albers is then taken in by the British scientist and forced to work on the project. The project eventually works but later malfunctions which leads to the British scientist to destroy his plant and all who remain in it. Holk manages to escape in the last minute with the alchemists daughter Florence Brigitte Helm before a flood destroys the area.Director Karl Hartl developed Gold after the international success of his previous science fiction film Der Tunnel. Gold was the studio Universum Film AGs superproduction of that time and reportedly tookmonths to shoot. Actor Hans Albers sued the production asking for nearly double his salary but lost the case. During this production time, a Frenchlanguage version of the film was also made which kept Brigitte Helm as the lead actress but changed many of the supporting characters roles. ........

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