  A modification of Kaluza-Klein theory is proposed in which, as a result of a
symmetry breaking, five-dimensional space-time is partially parallelized
implying the appearance of torsion fields. A naturally chosen action functional
leads to the Einstein-Cartan-Maxwell theory where the electromagnetic field
strength is represented by the fifth component of the torsion 2-form.
Incorporation of a scalar field reveals that four-dimensional space-time
torsion is not induced by the scalar field.
