Talking of movies, here is a quaint movie from 1936. Be warned the last four minutes are missing.
Its an H.G. Wells story about an ordinary man who the Gods gave the power to work miracles.
I will tell you the ending because the ending is missing. I purchased the DVD of the film so I know how it ends, and it will not spoil the story to know the ending. But it will spoil it if you watch the film and can't see the ending.
So the ending is that after a lot of consultation with all kinds of people about what to do with his powers, the man who could work miracles becomes a complete megalomaniac and decides to rule the world himself. He creates a huge temple and teleports all the worlds leaders to it to tell them how he will run the world. One man says we need time to consider this. So the man who could work miracles says, I want this decided before the sun goes down. They say its not enough time. so he says, then I will stop the world from turning. Someone says 'no' you can't do that, so he says yes I can and stops the world turning. The result is everything and everyone is hurled into space.
But he had previously made himself invincible so he is still alive, and he realizes he does not know how to rule the world and wishes himself back to the point in time where he could not do miracles. The world is restored to normal and the Gods discuss their mistake, saying maybe if we give humans a small amount of power at a time they would do better.
