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The Artificial Man (1916)
Directed by Otto Rippert
Overview
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.
Length 69 minutes
Actors
Fern Andra | Josef Bunzl | Maria Carmi | Aud Egede Nissen | Lia Borré | Olaf Fønss | Friedrich Kühne | Theodor Loos | Ernst Ludwig | Adolf Paul | Albert Paul | Max Ruhbeck | Mechthildis Thein | Gustav von Wangenheim | Lupu Pick | Lore Rückert