Whilst attending a conference in Berlin, a man is involved in a car
accident and ends up in a coma. Once he has regained
consciousness, the man learns that someone else has stolen his identity
and sets out to kill him. Assisted by a young woman, he is
prepared to do anything to prove who he is.
In the 1910s, French cinema led the way with a new industry which actively encouraged innovation. From the serials of Louis Feuillade to the first auteur pieces of Abel Gance, this decade is rich in cinematic marvels.
Science-fiction came into its own in B-movies of the 1950s, but it remains a respected and popular genre, bursting into the mainstream in the late 1970s.