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Master of the World (1934)

Master of the World poster
Original title
Der Herr der Welt
Directed by
Harry Piel
Genre
science fiction film
Country
Nazi Germany, Germany
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mad scientist uses powerful robots to try to take over the world. A group of people must stop him and his mechanical army.

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What happens

The Master of the World (German: Der Herr der Welt) is a German science fiction film first released in 1934. Directed by Harry Piel, the story features a villain who is trying to conquer the world using "Überrobots". The film was released in the U.S. in 1935. Its themes are the ethical replacement of human labor by robots, and the threat to humanity by robots used as war machines. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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