The Steel Animal
1935 · 71 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 76 VOTES · DIR. Willy Zielke
Overview
Klaassen receives a phone call, and he is happy with his transfer to head the railway line's controlling team. He accepts well his change of job, but when he meets his co-workers, uncultured and rough people, he starts having second thoughts. However, he takes it easy, recognizes that they're highly trained works, and teaches them a number of (flashback) stories of pioneers of the present steam train: the early invention by Denis Papin (1679); the three legendary land-surveyors of Caton Hill; the 1769 experiment by Nicolas-Joseph De Cugnot; the 1813 machine test of William Hedley; the 1829 developments by Robert Stephenson; and finally the grand opening of the first German steam railway line of Nürnberg-Fürth - stories in which man's will to conquer the machine was sometimes met with disaster.
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00:00:28 This german film is masterpiece of film art, a sensation of thought, of photography, of music
00:00:57 The new release after 20 years was made possible bei the Deutsche Bundesbahn
00:08:18 the frenchman Captain Cugnot built a steamcar.
00:10:52 Captain! Yes.
00:12:18 Stand back!
00:13:56 What a handsome guy.
00:15:13 One hundred
00:15:59 Just a little bit more.
00:16:37 Get him!
00:18:26 Hill, did you check the flywheel today?
00:19:59 Either it goes, or I will go.
00:21:10 In german "Paffender Wilhelm"
00:23:13 ...happened to Fergerson...
00:23:37 The crowd was eagerly awaiting the arrival of the first train.
00:27:33 Askinson!
00:29:06 It's the 'Adler' (eagle). -'Adler'?
00:32:44 the first german train between Nürnberg and Fürth
00:33:12 The conductor Mr. Bilsen.
00:35:25 These are the fists.
00:35:45 Elbow.
00:41:01 The version of 'The Steel Animal' you have just seen was a cut version. The original film is around 30 minutes longer.
00:41:37 At the end of the film he has to leave his new friends and go back to his officework.