The Artificial Man
The Perfect Man… Without Soul!
Part of the artificial-creature series encompassing Der Golem (1914 and 1920), Alraune (1918, 1928, 1930) and Metropolis (1926), 'Homunculus' was the most popular serial in Germany during World War I even influencing the dress of fashionable Berlin. Foenss, a Danish star, is the perfect creature manufactured in a laboratory by Kuehne. Having discovered his origins, that he has no 'soul' and is incapable of love, he revenges himself on mankind, instigating revolutions and becoming a monstrous but beautiful tyrant, relentlessly pursued by his creator-father who seeks to rectify his mistake.
Top cast
Fern Andra
o. A.
Josef Bunzl
o. A.
Maria Carmi
o. A.
Aud Egede-Nissen
o. A.
Lia Borré
Tochter des Generalprokurator Steffens
Olaf Fønss
Homunculus
Friedrich Kühne
Edgar Rodin
Theodor Loos
Sven Friedland
Ernst Ludwig
Professor Ottmann
Adolf Paul
o. A.
Albert Paul
Dr. Hansen
Max Ruhbeck
Generalprokurator Steffens
Mechthildis Thein
Margot
Gustav von Wangenheim
o. A.
Lupu Pick
o. A.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 18, 1916
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- Original language
- DE
- Original title
- Homunculus, 1. Teil: Der künstliche Mensch
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