Algol: Tragedy of Power (1920)
Algol - Tragödie der Macht
An alien from the planet Algol gives a man a device that creates enough energy to power the entire world.
- Date of release
- 1920-09-03
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Drama
- Director
- Hans Werckmeister
Casting
- Emil Jannings — Robert Herne
- Hanna Ralph — Maria Obal
- Hans Adalbert Schlettow — Peter Hell
- John Gottowt — Algol
- Erna Morena — Yella Ward
- Ernst Hofmann — Reginald Herne
- Gertrude Welcker — Leonore Nissen
- Käthe Haack — Magda Herne
- Sebastian Droste — Ein Tänzer
Interesting facts
Algol: Tragedy of Power is a 1920 German science fiction film about an alien from the star Algol.
Production background
The film was directed by Hans Werckmeister and stars Emil Jannings and John Gottowt. The sets for the movie were constructed by Walter Reimann, one of the set designers of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (released February 1920).
The film was produced by the Deutsche Lichtbild-Gesellschaft (German Light Play Company) in Berlin and was distributed by Universum Film AG (UFA). Its first release was on 3 September 1920 in Berlin, and was subsequently released worldwide including a launch in Finland on 7 November 1921.
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