SPRENGBAGGER 1010 (1929) Heinrich George, Viola Garden & Ivan Koval-Samborsky |Drama|Nostalgic Flick

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Sprengbagger 1010 (which translates roughly as: Explodigger 1010 or Explosives Excavator 1010) is a 1929 German silent film directed by Carl Ludwig Achaz-Duisberg and starring Heinrich George, Viola Garden and Ivan Koval-Samborsky.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew.

Synopsis:

The story follows engineer Karl Hartmann, who designs a massive excavator for lignite coal mining. Upon discovering coal beneath his hometown, he decides to deploy his invention there. Despite objections from his fiancée and mother, who fear environmental degradation and loss of community, Hartmann proceeds. Tragically, a detonation causes a landslide that kills his fiancée, and his mother dies in a fire, symbolizing the personal costs of industrial progress. The film concludes with the transformation of the once-idyllic village into an industrial site, highlighting the personal and environmental costs of industrial progress.

Cast & Crew:

Heinrich George as Direktor March
Viola Garden as Olga Lossen
Ivan Koval-Samborsky as Ingenieur Karl Hartmann
Ilse Stobrawa as Camilla von Einerm
Gertrud Arnold as Die alte Hartmann
Paul Biensfeldt as Inspektor Bachmann
Paul Henckels as Gemeindevorsteher
Ilse Vigdor as Zofe

Director & Writer: Carl Ludwig Achaz-Duisberg
Producers: Carl Ludwig Achaz-Duisberg, Hans von Wolzogen
Production Company: Terra Film
Distributor: Terra Film
Release Date: November 25, 1929
Country: Germany
Language: Silent film with German intertitles