The Mechanical Man aka L'uomo meccanico - Black and White - Silent Film - 1921

The Mechanical Man aka L'uomo meccanico - Black and White - Silent Film - 1921 - Film converted into Digital Format by http://linktr.ee/TheBeltwayBandits

The Mechanical Man (Italian: L'uomo meccanico) is a 1921 Italian science fiction film directed by André Deed (who also starred in the film as the comedic character Saltarello). It was produced in 1920 and released in November 1921. It is one of the first science fiction films produced in Italy, and the first film showing a battle between two robots. The cinematographer was Alberto Chentrens.

The story begins with a scientist creating a device shaped like a man that can be remote-controlled by a machine. The mechanical man possesses super-human speed and strength. The scientist is killed however by a gang of criminals, led by a woman named Mado, who wish to obtain his secret of building a mechanical man. The criminals are captured before they are able to get them, and are brought to trial and condemned. Mado manages to escape and kidnaps the scientist's niece, forcing her to give her the blueprints which she uses to build a mechanical man.

The mechanical man is used to commit a variety of crimes including murder, all controlled by Mado. The scientist's brother (Gabriel Moreau) however is successful in creating a second mechanical man which he uses to combat the original. The two mechanical men fight each other in an opera house and end up destroying each other as well as the opera house. During the final battle, Mado frantically attempts to control the mechanical man and is electrocuted at the control panel by a short circuit.

CAST
André Deed: Modestino D'Ara, or Saltarello
Valentina Frascaroli: Margherita Donadieff, or Mado
Mathilde Lambert: Elena D'Ara
Gabriel Moreau: Professor D'Ara
Ferdinando Vivas-May
Giulia Costa