"In the film, Robert Reinert wanted to describe the atmosphere that prevailed in 1919 as a "nervous explosive"" "caused by war and misery." "The film was modified several times by the censors." "The copy distributed at first in 1919 was 2637 meters long." "In November 1920, the Office of Censorship in Berlin had a copy that was 2054 meters long." "Gosfilmofond in Moscow has a black and white copy 1646 meters long, and the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv has a colorized fragment 65 meters long." "Approximately 777 meters of a U.S. version, whose colors are deteriorating and have a solarized effect, are kept at the Library of Congress." "A third version of has been lost." "Our reconstruction efforts have tried to be faithful to the original concept of the film." "Therefore some shots and sequences were swapped and new headings added." "Colorization reconstruction meets models and conventions of the time." "Only a few of the "animated intertitles"" "spoken about by all the critics of the time were found in the U.S. fragment and near a German outtake." "Nerves you are the mysterious ways of the soul" "You, messengers of the most intense pleasure and suffering the deepest!" "When you come to fail," "Man is reduced to a beast," "Nerves are you not the essence of the soul?" "Prologue" "Prologue" "Mother!" "A thousand miles from home your son is now dying." "Mother!" "Mother!" "You sense thousands of miles away right now." "How is this possible?" "Murderer ..." "You who have nothing to fear ..." "Flee!" "You are lost!" "Your followers await outside." "Poor little beast ..." "She will die of thirst." "She dies." "Happychildrenunawareoftheexistenceofnerves." "Woe to you people, sinking crisis of nerves, generalized terror and panic" "or an unbridled sensuality." "End of prologue" "Act One" "The industrial magnate Roloff and his wife Elizabeth" "500 years of the Roloff house" ""You have followed me to this hour of success, this fame."" ""Our invention, the largest in living memory, will make us masters of the world!"" ""With our tools and machines designed to overcome resistance, we will conquer the whole Earth." "You hear me?" "The whole Earth." ""The fluttering flag symbolizes the beginning of our reign."" ""Start the machine." "Raise the flag!"" "The machine explodes and destroys the new plant." ""Like me, you must have nerves of steel." "Otherwise, all is lost."" "Panic" "Roloff will no longer dominate the world." ""I will continue to fight!"" "Professor Johannes, an apostle of the people." "Marja, Roloff's sister" ""A gap has widened between the haves and the have nots."" ""They seek power, while you ask for bread!"" ""People are crying from the bloody battlefields."" ""This is the culmination of this thirst for power," "This hideous monster who wanders the earth drunk with blood."" ""But you tremble ..."" ""Growing up, I had nerves of steel but since that time ..."" ""Since I see the dead coming back to take their revenge against us ... against me."" ""Hey, Marja, your wedding dress."" ""Happy child, tomorrow you'll be married!"" ""Don't you feel the air is filled with a mysterious power?"" ""Don't you feel the Earth vibrate with an unspeakable force?"" ""I have to go and see for myself."" ""Oh, if only the marriage would not take place."" ""Do you know what it means to marry someone you do not love?"" ""I want to belong to a man who has a soul:" "A man like Professor Johannes!"" "The assistant gardener" ""What's going on?"" "The street rises." ""And you, what are you doing?"" ""You coward!"" ""Butonlyyouinterestme!"" ""Let me go, I want to be with them!"" ""Have mercy, Marja!" ""These people are fighting for their lives." "And you know nothing else to do, only to turn around, sentimentally weeping, you coward!"" "Count Richard Colonna, Marja's fiance" ""Tomorrow morning, you will give the bouquet to the bride!"" ""Am I a coward?"" ""No, I am not a coward!"" ""Why?"" ""I do not know."" ""Shoot him!"" ""We have also lost our second son!"" ""How could this happen?"" ""I didn't know this would happen!"" ""Blood flows on my wedding day!"" "End of Act One." "Act Two" "Marja's wedding day" "Richard: "Did the assistant gardener finally hand her my bouquet?"" "Marja: "This is not a murderer." "Give him a religious burial."" "Richard: "He does not deserve it."" "The blind sister of Professor Johannes." ""Your little sister is looking for you, Professor Johannes!"" ""Mother, why you are no longer alive?" "You could advise me?"" "Matthew 5.28: "And I tell you:" "Whoever looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her, in his heart." ""My brother, I cannot see you, but I feel how much you suffer."" "The wedding guests" ""Professor Johannes" " I'm getting married today."" ""IthinkI'llbevery unhappy..."" ""Do you remember when you were my teacher?"" ""You gave me this animal" "When there are workers who die of hunger."" ""I was happy at the time." "Today I am in despair."" ""Marja, go!" "Please."" ""Marja has disappeared."" ""I will never marry Count Richard Colonna."" ""My God, what has happened to you?"" ""Richard, I cannot be your wife."" ""No man of honor can take me as a wife."" ""Anotherwouldhavetotake meby force ..."" ""Professor Johannes!"" ""We'll talk!"" ""My sister did not get married."" ""I'll explain later."" "Roloff urged Marja to tell him what happened." ""Marja, overcome your shame." "Tell me ..."" ""I lost consciousness in his arms ..."" "Roloff is sure her nerves are raw, having seen the scene with his own eyes." "The love I bear for him is unclean and full of sin." ""This professor must be destroyed!"" "How can love, the most beautiful of feelings, be so powerful?" ""Mr. Prosecutor, this dramatic incident has the advantage of destroying our most dangerous political opponent!"" "The faithful dog" ""This is not true!"" ""This cannot be true!"" ""I swear to God, I saw it with my own eyes."" "End of Act Two" "Act Three" ""Johannes?"" "The people" ""My faithful dog, tell me where to find our Johannes?"" "Night" ""Marja, for the love of Christ, tell me the truth!"" ""ProfessorJohannespossessedme. "" "Popular rally" "An argument broke out." "He: "Let us not be misled by ruthless fanatics!"" "Intuitively, the blind girl feels there was a relationship between the Bible and her brother." ""Who are you?"" ""I'm closer to you than you think ..."" ""On the day of trial I will prove his innocence."" "Thedayof thetrial" ""You will apologize for being ill." "The shame of your presence at court would be a disgrace to the family."" "No longer find peace" ""He was sentenced to six years in prison!"" ""I feel as if I have attended the execution of an innocent person!"" ""An unbearable tension reigned in the courtroom."" ""He refused to pronounce any word in his defense."" ""Given the terrible accusations, he remained silent."" ""Then his blind sister came forward."" ""My brother is a good man." "He reads the Bible every day."" "Whoever looks at a woman in lust has already committed adultery with her, in his heart." ""Thischildwhothoughtshewassaving herbrother unintentionallycondemnedhim."" "The love I bear him is unclean and full of sin." ""I assume you're referring to Marja Roloff!"" ""You confess then to an illicit love for Marja Roloff from long ago?"" ""Your silence will be fatal!"" ""Then I swore."" ""I swore I saw the scene with my own eyes."" ""The verdict pronounced, Johannes broke his silence."" ""I am wrongfully convicted, but I'll do my penance."" "End of Act Three" "Act Four" ""Professor Johannes was sentenced to six years in prison!"" ""Didn't you see him stare at me?"" ""It's unbearable!"" ""Why did he say anything?"" ""Why was he convicted?"" ""Herapedyou."" ""Johannes would never do such a thing."" ""But I saw it with my own eyes."" ""My poor brother." "You saw nothing."" ""Yes, I did see." "I even testified."" ""My poor brother." "It is impossible for you to have seen anything."" ""Tell me the truth?"" "Johannespossessedmy soul." "Hedidnotphysicallypossess me."" ""I saw it and I testifed to it." "And now she says ..." "What does this mean?" "Am I a fool or a criminal?"" ""What's going on there?"" ""We aren't saying anything." "Marja must be silent since I have testified so!"" ""But you cannot let an innocent man suffer!"" ""I committed perjury." "I am a notorious liar."" "Alone!" ""I went to the prosecutor." "You must do what your honor requires."" ""Another inquest will shed full light on this matter."" "Marja leaves the house, resolved to fight for the Johannes's ideas." ""What's going on there?"" ""Where am I?"" ""Is this my house?"" ""Help, help!"" ""Help me." "I'm afraid of going insane!"" "Wishing to have a clear conscience, Roloff consults a well-known psychiatrist." ""I have a friend who suffers strange hallucinations." ""The worst thing is that he blames himself."" ""He gives the impression of being very healthy."" ""Here, everyone seems in good health, but all are seriously ill."" ""What is the cause of their illness?"" ""The progress of civilization, the struggle for survival, fear and the horrors of war, the sins of the parents ..."" ""What do you want?" "What do you have against me?"" ""Why are you crying?"" ""You make us feel pity!"" ""Nonsense!" "You cry for your idol Johannes, whom I arrested."" "Our marriage, my dear son, was not happy." "Yourfathersufferedanervousillnessthathasledhimto sinkintoalcohol ." ""The doctor speaks of a hereditary disease."" "The prosecutor has Johannes freed." "Paranoia" ""You have killed me, Roloff!"" ""My God, I think that is Elizabeth, my wife."" ""If she is dead, it is your fault."" ""Nobody ever died as he did."" ""Nobody ever went to heaven as he did."" ""I am not a murderer." "He committed suicide."" ""Is he dead then?"" ""His body is visible?"" ""He was here, right here."" ""Do not cry, I cannot stand it when you cry."" ""Am I sick at this point?"" "End of Act Four" "Act Five" ""Nobody knows why I remained silent."" ""I wanted to atone for my sins."" ""Forgive me, Johannes!"" ""My responsibility for what happened to you is heavier than yours."" "Richard seeks Marja, his fiancee, and eventually finds her." "Richard: "Marja, just turn the page and move on." "Like you, I left everything." "Henceforth, I will also defend your noble ideas."" ""My nerves are frayed, just like those of the world."" ""Nerves are the disease of the world!"" "Our marriage, my dear son, was not happy." "Yourfathersufferedanervousillnessthatledhimtosinkintoalcohol ." ""His disease is incurable."" ""Onlydeaththatcan relievehissuffering."" ""I know you have forgiven me." "I have come to the end of my love for you."" ""Now I am Richard's wife."" ""His disease is incurable."" ""Why go on living now?"" ""Now I know why he was silent."" "A few days later" "Roloff's condition worsens." ""What unhappiness I brought."" ""Why are you laughing, you whore?"" ""Go as quickly as possible." "I want escape the images that haunt me."" ""I choked!" "Now death awaits me, too."" ""Elizabeth, are you alive?"" ""Save me, save me!"" ""Psychiatrists call these horrible images haunting hallucinations."" ""Do you understand that I am afraid of my inexorable fate?"" ""Iknowadoctorfriendleftyouapoison ." "Which shortens the suffering of the terminally ill." ""Help me from failing." "Respect the humanity in me."" ""As I feel good." "TheGreekscallediteuthanasia-the' beautifuldeath'." "Johannes,thankyou ."" ""He died of a stroke."" "AfterRoloff'sdeath,Elisabethretirestoone of his castles." "Johannes tries to calm the demonstrators." ""Humanity will not achieve its ideals throught violence."" ""Scatter!"" ""Back to work!" "You will earn power by working!"" ""The man who does not work deteriorates, physically and mentally." "A people that does not work is doomed to perdition!"" "End of Act Five" "Act Six" ""The lady is suffering."" "Later" "AfterElizabeth'srecuperation,theirfriendshipgrows stronger." "Thereisno questionofourlove." "Iamasimple man." "Marja: "We are ready tofightuntildeath."" "Johannes: "You pervert my ideas with violence."" "Richard: "Those who oppose the happiness of the people are our enemies."" ""I would like to remain with you." "Will you have me under your roof?"" "This unclouded happiness   ends in a strange and unexpected manner." "Roloff's newspaper" "I understand now." "His love for Elizabeth stops him." "Why remain living?" "I, the unlucky one, will sacrifice for their happiness." ""He knew." "That is why he chose death."" ""... and I killed him ..."" ""She never will learn of it!"" ""He no longer loves me." "He loves only you." "I cannot come between you two."" ""I'll explain everything to you." "He is haunted by a terrible secret."" "Hehasdoneittosavehimselffromahorribleend." "Believeme."" "I understand now." "His love for Elizabeth stops him." "Why remain living?" "I, the unlucky one, will sacrifice for their happiness." ""It was murder." "You never know, he could heal."" "Separation" ""It's your fault!" "You do not know how to hold your tongue."" ""We will leave this country forever."" "Regrets about the sudden departure." ""He wants us to leave, keep it!"" ""Iprayon my kneesuntilImeetthee,O Lord. "" "Elizabeth asked for advice from Marja." "Marja: "Only a magnanimous act will let you reclaim his heart."" "In her extreme confusion, Marja chose a terrible act." ""My poor sister is sure to perish in the flames!"" "Elizabeth dared not confess her act." "She disappears without a trace." "Richard dies in a street fight." "Richard: "I must make a confession." "For love of you, Marja, I defended ideas which I have never believed in."" "Marja:" ""Everything is a lie in this world?" "Even the ideals?" "Why go on living?"" "I set fire to the castle causing the death of your sister." "I entered the convent to do penance there." "Marja committed suicide." "Johannes was called to the side of the dying." ""Forgive me again, Johannes." "I pay with my life for that I made you undergo." "I never stopped loving you."" ""I think of the ideals that I have defended and for what I'm dying!"" "End of Act Six" "Epilogue" "Reunions" "Love" "The healing of humanity." "Thirst for beauty and truth, united in a pure love ... founders of humanity, new and happy." "Back to nature!" "Work!" "A new humanity with solid nerves!" "End"