The Artificial Man (1916)
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.
Director: Otto Rippert
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Fern Andra as o. A. |
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Josef Bunzl as o. A. |
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Maria Carmi as o. A. |
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Aud Egede-Nissen as o. A. |
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Lia Borré as Tochter des Generalprokurator Steffens |
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Olaf Fønss as Homunculus |
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Friedrich Kühne as Edgar Rodin |
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Theodor Loos as Sven Friedland |
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Ernst Ludwig as Professor Ottmann |
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Adolf Paul as o. A. |
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Albert Paul as Dr. Hansen |
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Max Ruhbeck as Generalprokurator Steffens |
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Mechthildis Thein as Margot |
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Gustav von Wangenheim as o. A. |
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Lupu Pick as o. A. |
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Lore Rückert as Margarete Hansen |
| Camera | Carl Hoffmann | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Otto Rippert | Director |
| Production | Hanns Lippmann | Producer |
| Art | Robert A. Dietrich | Set Designer |
| Writing | Robert Reinert | Writer |
