Directed by:
Carl Ludwig Achaz-DuisbergScreenplay:
Carl Ludwig Achaz-DuisbergCast:
Heinrich George, Ilse Stobrawa, Paul Biensfeldt, Paul Henckels, Ivan Koval-Samborskij, Viola GardenPlots(1)
Engineer Karl Hartmann has designed a monstrous strip mining machine. He initially refuses to build it, instead returning to his old home in the country for rest and recuperation. During a walk in the countryside, he finds a seam of lignite and tells his boss, who immediately makes plans to buy up the land. But two of the landowners resist his offer – Hartmann’s fiancée, a young noblewoman, and his grandmother, who runs a mill that has stood on the land for centuries. Meanwhile, Hartmann moves forward with the construction of his excavator. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
![Heinrich George](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496886_31f1d4.jpg)
Heinrich George
German Empire
Best movies:
Metropolis (1927)
Kolberg (1945)
Berlin-Alexanderplatz - Die Geschichte Franz Biberkopfs (1931)
![Ilse Stobrawa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278601_85eb26.jpg)
![Paul Biensfeldt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193865_7d406f.jpg)
Paul Biensfeldt
Germany
Best movies:
Destiny (1921)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
Madame DuBarry (1919)
![Paul Henckels](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/864/160864266_1da08f.jpg)
Paul Henckels
German Empire
Best movies:
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
The Punch Bowl (1944)
Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull (1957)
Ivan Koval-Samborskij
Best movies:
Mother (1926)
Viola Garden
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Living Corpse (1929)