The Alchemist
1918, German. Directed by Heinz Karl Heiland.
Walter Noss is ruined trying to find malleable copper to make material for German torpedoes. One day, in a secret compartment of an old chest, he finds a document from an ancestor describing the formula for this malleable copper.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 1 January 1918
- Original title
- Der Alchimist
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Heinz Karl Heiland
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The Alchemist runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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The Alchemist isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1918. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Alchemist?
The Alchemist (1918) was directed by Heinz Karl Heiland and stars Carl Auen, Rita Clermont, Ferdinand Bonn.