https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_(1934_film) Gold (1934 film) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search 1934 film Gold Gold (1934 movie poster).jpg German theatrical poster for Gold Directed by Karl Hartl Written by Rolf E. Vanloo^[1] * Gunther Rittau * Otto Baecker Cinematography * Werner Bohne ^[1] Edited by Wolfgang Becker^[1] Music by Hans-Otto Borgmann Production Universum-Film AG^[1] company Release date * 29 March 1934 (1934-03-29) (Germany) Running time 120 minutes Country Germany 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 scientist's assistant Werner Holk (Hans Albers), who was working on a similar experiment, to come to his underwater nuclear reactor to help him. Gold was made in both German-language and French-language versions with Brigitte Helm reprising her role in both. [ ] Contents * 1 Plot * 2 Production * 3 Cast * 4 Release * 5 Reception * 6 See also * 7 Notes + 7.1 Sources * 8 External links Plot[edit] A German scientist has discovered a theoretical means of transforming lead into gold. Working with his engineer Werner Holk (Hans Albers), he is literally moments from proving his theory when the lab is blown up by a saboteur. Holk is then hired by the British capitalist who ordered the sabotage and goes to Scotland to see his friend's work recreated on a massive scale in a secret laboratory beneath the North Sea. Swearing revenge, he agrees to help the millionaire and even fraudulently "creates" a bit of gold to fortify the illusion that the machine works. Gaining the confidence of the millionaire's somewhat wayward daughter Florence (Brigitte Helm) as well as the workers, Holk puts together a plan to destroy the machine before the artificial gold it would create can wreak havoc on the world economy. The first day of the machine's operation, Holk manages to turn the workers against the millionaire (thus ensuring they'll all get away safely), then only barely escapes himself before the lab is blown up in a spectacular sequence of explosions and strobe lighting. Production[edit] Director Karl Hartl developed Gold after the international success of his previous science fiction film Der Tunnel.^[2] Gold was the studio Universum Film AG's superproduction of that time and reportedly took 14 months to shoot.^[3] Actor Hans Albers sued the production asking for nearly double his salary but lost the case.^[3] During this production time, a French-language version of the film was also made which kept Brigitte Helm as the lead actress but changed many of the supporting characters roles.^[4] L'Or was the French-language version of the film that was shot simultaneously with it.^[5] Serge de Poligny directed the scenes in French with the script adapted to French by Jacques Thierry.^[5] Cast[edit] German-language version French-language version * Hans Albers as Werner Holk * Brigitte Helm as Florence * Brigitte Helm as Florence Wills Wills * Michael Bohnen as John Wills * Pierre Blanchar as Francois * Lien Deyers as Margit Moller Berthier * Friedrich Kayssler as Prof. * Roger Karl as John Wills Achenbach * Rosine Derean as Helene * Ernst Karchow as Luders * Louis Gauthier as Lefevre * Eberhard Leithoff as Harris * Jacques Dumesnil as Malescot * Willi Schur as Pitt * Marc Valbel as Harris * Hans-Joachim Buttner as Becker * Robert Goupil as Le * Walter Steinbeck as Brann journaliste * Heinz Wemper as Vesitsch * Pierre Pierade as un * Rudolf Platte as Schwarz domestique * Heinz Salfner as Direktor * Raoul Marco as O'Kelly Sommer * Erich Haussmann as Sekretar ^[6] ^[1] Release[edit] Gold premiered in Berlin at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo theater on 29 March 1934.^[1] The French-language version was shown on 1 June 1934.^[6] When the film was reviewed by the Allied Censorship boards after World War II, the viewers pondered whether German scientists had been able to build a nuclear reactor long before it was originally thought they did.^[3] Parts of the stock footage scenes in Gold were later used again in the 1953 American film The Magnetic Monster.^[4] Reception[edit] In 1934, the New York Times gave the film a positive review stating "So well is this mixture of pseudo science, love and near-love photographed that persons ignorant of German need have no fear of inability to follow the action of "Gold" and "the audience is kept interested in the steps leading up to the denouement, despite the inordinate length of the film."^[7] Wonder Stories praised Gold as "a masterful scientifilm fantasy".^[8] Film Daily declared the film to be an "Entertaining drama [...] has good cast and is essentially interesting form the technical angle."^[9] Variety reviewed the French-language L'Or stating that the film "depends for is effect on sensational machinery - a Frankenstein electric machine to make synthetic gold - and such makes a certain impression.... Aside from that, pic is commonplace."^[5] See also[edit] * List of German films of 1933-1945 * List of science-fiction films of the 1930s Notes[edit] 1. ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Gold". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 4 November 2012. 2. ^ Hull, 1969. p.56 3. ^ ^a ^b ^c Hull, 1969. p.57 4. ^ ^a ^b Erickson, Hal. "Gold". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 November 2012. 5. ^ ^a ^b ^c Pitts 2018, p. 148. 6. ^ ^a ^b "L'Or". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 4 November 2012. 7. ^ "Gold (1934) A German Gold-Making Film". New York Times. 22 October 1934. Retrieved 4 November 2012. 8. ^ "Movie Review", Wonder Stories, February 1935, p.1147 9. ^ Pitts 2018, p. 94. Sources[edit] * Hull, David Stewart (1969). Film in the Third Reich. University of California Press. Retrieved 4 November 2012. * Pitts, Michael R. (2018). Thrills Untapped: Neglected Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1936. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476632896. External links[edit] * Gold at IMDb * Gold at Virtual History * v * t * e The films of Karl Hartl * A Student's Song of Heidelberg (1930) * Mountains on Fire (1931) * The Prince of Arcadia (1932) * The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932) * F.P.1 (1932) * Gold (1934) * So Ended a Great Love (1934) * The Gypsy Baron (1935) * The Emperor's Candlesticks (1936) * The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937) * Ride to Freedom (1937) * Whom the Gods Love (1942) * The Angel with the Trumpet (1948) * House of Life (1952) * The Wonder Kid (1952) * Everything for Father (1953) * A Musical War of Love (1953) * Walking Back into the Past (1954) * Mozart (1955) * Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gold_ (1934_film)&oldid=1112372987" Categories: * 1934 films * 1934 multilingual films * 1930s science fiction films * Films of Nazi Germany * 1930s German-language films * German science fiction films * German black-and-white films * Films directed by Karl Hartl * German multilingual films * Films set in Berlin * UFA GmbH films * 1930s German films Hidden categories: * Articles with short description * Short description is different from Wikidata * Use dmy dates from August 2018 * Template film date with 1 release date * IMDb ID same as Wikidata Navigation menu Personal tools * Not logged in * Talk * Contributions * Create account * Log in Namespaces * Article * Talk [ ] English Views * Read * Edit * View history [ ] More [ ] [Search] [Go] Navigation * Main page * Contents * Current events * Random article * About Wikipedia * Contact us * Donate Contribute * Help * Learn to edit * Community portal * Recent changes * Upload file Tools * What links here * Related changes * Upload file * Special pages * Permanent link * Page information * Cite this page * Wikidata item Print/export * Download as PDF * Printable version Languages * Deutsch * frsy * Francais * Italiano * Polski * Romana * Svenska Edit links * This page was last edited on 26 September 2022, at 01:28 (UTC). * Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply. 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