AKA - Explodigger 1010
After grueling nonstop work, Engineer Hartmann develops plans for a dynamite packing excavator.
Think gigantic strip mining machine.
Hartmann suffers burn out, so he heads to the bucolic countryside.
There farmers still harvest using scythes, horses draw wagons, and the windmill is the focus.
Relaxing, enjoying rural downtime, Hartmann discovers coal, a mountain of it, lies under the soil.
“Summon the explodigger!”
Film jerks back and forth between the stridency of machines and the lethargy of wheat.
To further hammer the message, our engineer is torn between his modern assistant and gentry lass.
Ham fisted tale, somewhat reminiscent of Metropolis, though lacking any subtlety. Music, based on original score, is extremely aggressive, even in the backwoods.
Acting is over the top, by 1929 or any standards.
