It’s 1910 and we’re in the duchy of Lauffenburg.  Everybody is celebrating the 600th birthday of the local hero, Otto the Ironman, who in his time saved the duchy from annexation and beat the enemy so badly, that he fled ... well, that’s what it says in the history books, at least.  Local gossip asserts, however, that Otto wasn’t even part of the battle and was spending his time having fun with a pretty girl.  When one day a piece is introduced at the court theatre, which tells the heroic story of Otto, the director rejects the mediocre story. 

1910 im Herzogtum Lauffenburg. Alle Welt feiert den 600. Geburtstag des Lokalhelden "Otto der Eiserne", der seinerzeit das Herzogtum vor der Annexion rettete und den Feind in die Flucht schlug – so steht es zumindest in den Geschichtsbüchern. Der Volksmund hingegen behauptet, Otto habe an der Schlacht gegen den Feind gar nicht teilgenommen, sondern habe sich lieber mit einem hübschen Mädchen amüsiert. Als eines Tages am Hoftheater ein Stück eingereicht wird, dass die heroische Geschichte Ottos erzählt, lehnt der Intendant das mittelmäßige Stück ab.

THERE IS A NEWSREEL ALONG WITH THE FILM, JUST AS GERMAN AUDIENCES MIGHT HAVE SEEN WHEN THE MOVIE WAS FIRST SHOWN (except this newsreel may not be contemporary to when the film was released).

DVD-R IS IN GERMAN WITH NO SUBTITLES (except for the Newsreel).

QUALITY (of feature film only): 

·        Sharpness of picture?  - good quality film with softness and indistinct features; especially when the subject matter is not close up in the frame

LENGTH OF FEATURE FILM:  86 mins

LENGTH OF NEWSREEL:  21 mins