Movies|Alchemy Amok in 'Gold' and Its Offspring, 'The Magnetic Monster' – New York Times

Movies|Alchemy Amok in ‘Gold‘ and Its Offspring, ‘The Magnetic Monster’
New York Times
Among the first popular films released in Germany following the Nazis’ consolidation of power, “Gold” (1934) is a movie of blithe contradictions: A high-tech criticism of industrial technology and a big-budget attack on human greed, it celebrates the …