Wunder der Schöpfung is an extraordinary, fascinating Kulturfilm trying to explain the whole human knowledge of the 1920s about the world and the universe. 15 special effects experts and 9 cameramen were involved in the production of this film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact. It its beautifully colored, using tinting and toning in a very elaborated way. Some visual ideas in the sequences with a space shuttle visiting different planets in the universe seem to have to be the inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey.　　In the context of Germany's Kulturfilm phenomenon, Wunder der Schöpfung was among the greatest achievements of the 1920s. The production was constructed, rehearsed, and shot over a period of two and a half years, under the supervision of Hanns Walter Kornblum. The idea to describe the universe and man's place in it well suited UFA's Grossfilm mentality, one year before the Metropolis catastrophe. Hundreds of skilled craftsmen participated in the project, building props and constructing scale models drawn by 15 special effects draughtsmen, while 9 cameramen in separate units worked on the historical, documentary, fiction, animation, and science-fiction sequences. Without star roles or even protagonists, the film's plot is crowded with meticulously structured and skillfully acted single scenes an artful mosaic of small vignettes. No less than four credited university professors ensured the factual background behind the scientific and historical events portrayed.　　The film's symbol of progress and the new scientific era is a spacecraft, travelling through the Milky Way, making all the planets and their inspiring worlds familiar to us, with the extravaganza of their distinctive features. The film's educational intentions, however, become steadily more obscure, humorous, or even campy as this popularization project proceeds. With the excuse of presenting the end of the world a not-so-new concept as a new, undeniably scientific truth, the film veers happily along a new path, displaying detailed apocalyptic scenes of the end of mankind. For today's audiences, this amazing film demonstrates how the universe was comprehended in the 1920s, and how that view was sold to contemporary audiences.

第一次世界大战的末期，美国派兵赴欧洲参战，富家子弟吉姆(约翰·吉尔伯特暂无内容饰)也加入了军队，在部队中跟建筑工人出身的斯利姆和酒保布尔很快成为了好友。部队在法国登陆，驻扎在一个小村庄里。在那里，吉姆认识了法国村姑梅丽桑德(蕾妮·阿多莉暂无内容饰)，两人很快燃起了爱火。不久，部队奉命开赴前线，吉姆被迫离去。梅丽桑德在军用卡车后紧追不舍，吉姆脱下军靴抛给她，表达自己对她的爱意。

吉尔•切恩（卡梅丽塔•杰拉蒂饰）是来应征天堂花园剧院的舞蹈演员，她和歌舞女郎帕齐•布拉德（弗吉尼亚•瓦利饰）成为了好朋友。后者说服剧院经理（格奥尔格•施内尔饰）给吉尔一个机会，吉尔凭借自己的勇气和才华被录取了，并成为了一位年长的俄国王子（卡尔•法尔肯贝格）的女友。吉尔的未婚夫休•菲尔丁（约翰•斯图尔特饰）和朋友莱维特（迈尔斯•曼德饰）来到剧院，然后休去远东淘金。帕奇被莱维特迷住想和他结婚，但莱维特抛弃她去找休。帕奇虽然难过，但得知莱维特生病的消息还是马上跑去照顾他，发觉他和当地一个女孩（妮塔•纳尔逊饰）住在一起。莱维特将女孩赶走要求帕奇留下，但帕奇拒绝了莱维特的无理要求，她转而照顾也在当地生病的休•菲尔丁。莱维特淹死了当地女孩，在幻觉中以为看到了鬼魂，当他用剑攻击帕奇的时候，为他们治病的英国医生及时用枪打死了莱维特。帕奇和休一起回到了伦敦。

讲述商人吉姆面临经济危机，幸好去世的祖父留下巨额财产给他，但条件是他必须在27岁生日晚上七点前结婚，结果引来全城妇女的求婚，当然，最后还是有情人终成眷属。

本片为苏联电影理论家兼导演爱森斯坦的处女作，用六个章节展示了一场罢工运动的始末。 　　繁忙的工厂里，工人们埋头工作。布尔什维克党在地下积极组织工人罢工，但表面上仍然一片平静……工厂里的一把工具失窃，当值工人被厂主调查侮辱，气忿不过的工人回到车间，上吊自杀。工人们与厂主爆发了冲突，工人冲出工厂，打倒工头，联络其他工厂的同志，一场大规模的罢工启动了。 　　工厂主与工人们的谈判陷入僵持，失去生活来源的工人们忍饥挨饿，工厂主又雇佣侦探抓捕工人领导、借助流氓势力破坏工人组织。在水龙和骑警的驱逐下，工人们四处奔逃，最终遭到血腥屠杀……

影片发生在1905年，一艘名为波将金号的战舰上，原本这是一艘沙皇海军的骄傲，可是因为连续数月的伙食太差，导致了一场哗变。沙皇海军波将金号战舰上，水兵的生活环境非常差，受着非人的待遇。一连数月，水兵的伙食很差，供应的牛肉甚至长满了蛆，引起了战舰上水兵们的极度不满。部分水兵策动起义，却受到了军官的镇压。指挥官下令枪杀叛乱者，但是由于起义之火在众人心中燃烧。行刑队拒绝开枪，起义者们拿起武器将军官丢入大海。波将金号被起义者们夺取，并驶入敖德萨石阶进行补给。敖德萨的群众对水兵们的遭遇非常同情，义愤填膺，纷纷声援起义的水兵。而群众的声援却遭致沙皇军队的镇压，一场血腥的屠杀就此展开……