Homunculus, 1. Teil
“The Perfect Man… Without Soul!”
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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.
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Shot by Carl HoffmannDesigned by Robert A Dietrich
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15 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Olaf F Nss
as Homunculus
Ernst Ludwig
as Prof. Ortmann
Adolf Paul
as Dr. Hansen
Albert Paul
as Dr. Hansen
Lore Ruckert
as Tochter Margarete Hansen
Max Ruhbeck
as Generalprokurator Steffens
Lia Borre
as Tochter des Generalprokurator Steffens
Friedrich Kuhne
as Edgar Rodin
Theodor Loos
as Sven Friedland
Mechthildis Thein
as Margot
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