The Immortal Heart

The Immortal Heart — Plot

Nuremberg durting the time of Albrecht Durer and the famous geographer Martin Behaim: the locksmith Peter Henlein is looking for a way to make bullets more accurate by designing a new form. Just as he welds together two round balls into an elongated shape, he believes he's discovered that his assistant Konrad is trying to alienate his wife from him. There is a struggle, during which Henlein's new kind of bullet strikes him in the chest. The doctor, unaware that there are two bullets lodged in his body, because there was only one shot, only removes one.

• Release date
• January 31, 1939
• Runtime
• 107 min
• Genres
• History, Drama
• Director
• Veit Harlan

The Immortal Heart — Cast

Kristina Söderbaum Ev Henlein Heinrich George Peter Henlein

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Paul Henckels Güldenbeck

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Eduard von Winterstein Richter Sixtus Heith Franz Schafheitlin Burghauptmann Zinderl Bernhard Minetti Martin Luther Paul Wegener Dr. Schedel Jakob Tiedtke Schöffe Weihrauch