Das unsterbliche Herz (1939)
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Kristina Söderbaum, Heinrich George, Paul Wegener, Raimund Schelcher, Michael Bohnen, Paul Henckels, Ernst Legal, Eduard von Winterstein
After a pistol accident leaves craftsman Peter Henlein gravely wounded, he devotes his remaining time to creating a pocket watch.
The story
Nuremberg, 1517: inventive craftsman Peter Henlein is experimenting with pistols alongside his apprentice Konrad when one suddenly fires, seriously wounding him. Dr. Schedel is summoned and says an operation is necessary, but Henlein refuses because it is dangerous. With his wife Ev and the doctor urging him to reconsider, Henlein turns instead to a different ambition: inventing a pocket watch during the time he believes he has left.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Nuremberg, 1517. Peter Henlein, an inventive craftsman, is experimenting with pistols alongside his apprentice Konrad when a shot suddenly goes off from one of the handguns. Peter Henlein is seriously wounded. The summoned Dr. Schedel diagnoses that an operation is necessary. Because the operation is dangerous, Henlein declines it. He devotes the time he has left to inventing a pocket watch. His wife Ev and Dr. Schedel try to dissuade him from his plan. They want him to have the operation. By the end of the film, Henlein succeeds in constructing the pocket watch, but dies soon afterward. His funeral is staged as a mass procession.
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