The most popular serial in Germany, throughout World War I, influenced clothing styles, 6 chapters of 1-hour, actually totalled 401 minutes, Otto Rippert directed.Starred Friedrich Kuehne as the scientist and Olaf Foenss as the "perfect creature" he created, but which discovers it has no soul, seeks revenge by tyrannizing humanity, and is finally killed by a lightning bolt. One of Otto Rippert'sassistants was Fritz Lang, educated as an architect, who soon made his own mark on Science Fiction film history.