Im Jahr 1914: Sandor, ein ungarischer Offizier, erbt von seinem Onkel eine wertvolle Geige, bei der es sich, wie sich herausstellt, um ein Meisterwerk des berühmten Geigenbauers Stradivari handelt. Sandors Verlobte Maria findet heraus, dass sie Geige ihren Besitzern immer Unglück gebracht hat, aber Sandor hält nichts von derlei Aberglauben. Jedoch kurz bevor sie heiraten und gemeinsam nach Amerika aufbrechen wollen, bricht der Krieg aus. Sandor muss zurück zu seinem Regiment und kann vier Jahre lang kein Lebenszeichen von sich geben.

Die Stewardess Erika Berghoff verbringt bei einer Zwischenlandung in Zürich etwas Zeit mit dem Passagier Dr. Bordam

Pedro, a shepherd, is sleeping in his Pyrenean mountain hut when his herd is attacked by a lone wolf. He awakens to defend his sheep, and strangles the wolf. In the Catalan lowlands, the construction of a canal is completed and diverts water from the farms and fields of the peasants to support the prized bulls of the landowner, Don Sebastian, marquis of Roccabruno. The request of the peasants for water is arrogantly rejected. He has, however, significant debts and needs money. The rich Amelia plans to marry him, but he offends her. Martha, a “beggar dancer”, has come to the village, and entertains the people. Sebastian sees her and takes her to his castle, enchanted by her beauty and grace. He keeps her as his mistress in a "golden cage"...

The Master of the World (German: Der Herr der Welt) is a German science fiction movie made in 1934 (released in the US in 1935). Its themes are the replacement of human labor with robotic replacements, and the threat to humanity by robots used as war machines. It was directed by Harry Piel and made by Ariel production.
Walter Franck, playing "Wolf", as the half-crazy assistant to Walter Hanssen's "Dr. Heller", an inventor of robots, murders his master, and attempts to take over the world with his death-ray equipped robots.