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The Alchemist

1918 · 92 min

A slow, serious silent-era drama that feels distant and stagey, rewarding only viewers patient with old-fashioned storytelling.

Overview
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • obsession
    • science
    • ambition
    Places
    None
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance1
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Heinz Karl Heiland
    Written by
    Heinz Karl Heiland
    Starring
    Carl Auen, Rita Clermont, Ferdinand Bonn, Bruno Lopinski, Loo Holl, Eva Speyer
    Runtime
    92 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    No Language

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