Algol: Tragedy of Power story
A 1920 German science fiction film about an alien from the planet Algol.
12 total · 9 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| alien overseers | major | alien from Algol gives Robert Herne machine that produces limitless power |
| greed for riches | major | So corrupted was Robert Herne by power and greed that he refuses to give the perpetual energy machine to the people for the betterment of humanity. |
| perpetual energy machine | major | Robert Herne given the secret of how to make a perpetual energy machine by Algol alien |
| power corrupts | major | Robert Herne is so corrupted by power that he refuses to give the perpetual energy machine for to the people for the betterment of humanity |
| rise to prominence from humble beginnings | major | Robert Herne went from toiling in a coal mine to virtually ruling the world. |
| seeing the error of one's ways | major | Robert Herne destroyed the perpetual energy machine in the end |
| social change due to new technology | major | world industrialization accelerates with the introduction of Robert Herne's power source with adverse consequences for workers |
| the lust for power | major | Reginald Hearn plots a coup to seize power from his father |
| workers replaced by machines | major | coal miners feared Robert Herne's bio-factory power would put them all out of work |
| boyfriend and girlfriend | minor | Robert Herne and Maria Obal had a falling out after Robert begins opening new bio-factories |