"This german film is masterpiece of film art, a sensation of thought, of photography, of music" "It tells the history of an invention made 100 years ago that changed the world" "Willy Zielke the director unleashed with his camera men and machines" "But the film was not released." "Extraordinary like the film was his destiny" "Banned in germany, praised in other countries, the Filmkunst GmbH Frankfurt found a filmprint in Paris" "The new release after 20 years was made possible bei the Deutsche Bundesbahn" "The Steel Animal" "Hello, this is Classen" "Work on the railway tracks?" "OK, tomorrow then." "In 1770," "when there were no locomotives, the frenchman Captain Cugnot built a steamcar." "In only one night it was finished." "But it worked only for a short time." "STOP!" "Quick, quick!" "Captain!" "Yes." "Captain, again there was someone there." "Did you get him?" "Unfortunately he escaped." "Varbleu, we must finish our steamcar this night." "Stand back!" "Hurry up, the captain will soon be here." "I'm so afraid." "Be careful!" "Who is this?" "This is Captain Cugnot." "What a handsome guy." "This is an example of lack of understanding:" "The peasant uprising of Carston Hill." "The peasants were against the train." "They feared for their land and their cattle." "So it happened one day in the year 1813" "One hundred" "The surveyors are there." "Are they behind the bush?" "Yes, right there." "So come on." "Just a little bit more." "Paul!" "Herold!" "Why are you running away?" "Come back!" "Go away from our land." "This is none of your business." "Get him!" "This strange machine just wouldn't work." "1812 was the first time it puffed smoke" "Walters put all his hope in the many cogwheels and the big flywheel." "But something dreadful happened." "Up here, daddy." "Hill, did you check the flywheel today?" "The flywheel is just fine Mr. Walters." "Damn brats." "Go away you mean people." "GO AWAY, GO AWAY!" "Either it goes, or I will go." "Mr. Walters!" "Let go, this is dangerous!" "Mr. Walters, please listen to me." "But still a step forward." "What is this, Classen?" "Puffing Billy" "In german "Paffender Wilhelm"" "It worked better than Walter's machine, pulling cars with coal for 40 years." "Heat the machine!" "Train departs." "The most bitter thing though happened to Fergerson..." "..one of the most ingenious inventors." "The greatest moment of his life also brought his greatest misfortune." "The train going from Liverpool to Manchester has just been finished." "The crowd was eagerly awaiting the arrival of the first train." "This happened in the year..." "What are these people doing?" "They're getting water." "By the way, may I introduce to you my friend Askison." "Miss Dickinson, my I show you my 'Rocket'?" "Most certainly, it is his most preciaous thing." "Askinson!" "Hello, Askinson!" "Mr. Pohl." "Oh my god, how could this happen." "Listen, what's there since 100 years of german train history?" "It's the 'Adler' (eagle)." "'Adler'?" "There the steamcar conductor." "Get in." "In the name of his Majesty the King our merciful patron" "I bring you his sincere congratulations." "the first german train between Nürnberg and Fürth" "May I introduce Mr. Karl." "I plead your Excellency to allow myself to introduce to you the responsible people of the city of Nürnberg." "The engineer Mr. Denik," "The conductor Mr. Bilsen." "We want to propose a toast to the first german train." "That was the fate of 100 years of steam and its taming." "A steel animal." "These are the scales." " Oh no, these are just bolts." "9000 pieces." "These are the fists." "This is the heart." "The pump." "This is the lung." "Injection pump." "Elbow." "The eyes." "These are just lamps." "Lamps or eyes." "It depends on how you look at it." "The version of 'The Steel Animal' you have just seen was a cut version." "The original film is around 30 minutes longer." "It focuses much more on the relationship between the engineer Classen and the workers." "Classen is introduced as a clumsy, rather theoretical thinking man." "Nevertheless he is accepted by the workers." "In moments of rest he tells them episodes from the history of the train." "These episodes are the main part of the shorter cut." "They are more conventional in style than the parts that were cut out showing the men resting from their work." "The cutout parts are very calm and poetic with very unusual framing showing how the engineer and the workers become friends." "At the end of the film he has to leave his new friends and go back to his officework." "The rest of this rip will be black for technical reasons." "Subbed and ripped by GöTTERSTURM"