The Artificial Man

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.

6.2

69 min

Cast

Fern Andra

as o. A.

Josef Bunzl

as o. A.

Maria Carmi

as o. A.

Aud Egede-Nissen

as o. A.

Lia Borré

as Tochter des Generalprokurator Steffens

Olaf Fønss

as Homunculus

Friedrich Kühne

as Edgar Rodin

Theodor Loos

as Sven Friedland

Ernst Ludwig

as Professor Ottmann

Adolf Paul

as o. A.

Albert Paul

as Dr. Hansen

Max Ruhbeck

as Generalprokurator Steffens

Mechthildis Thein

as Margot

Gustav von Wangenheim

as o. A.

Lupu Pick

as o. A.

Lore Rückert

as Margarete Hansen

Director

Otto Rippert