The End of the Homunculus (1918)
A group of scientists, led by a Professor Ortmann, produce a living human child using scientific processes - a "homunculus." This creature is human in every way, except that he cannot experience love.
Director: Otto Rippert
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Aud Egede-Nissen as o. A. |
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Olaf Fønss as Homunculus |
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Friedrich Kühne as Edgar Rodin |
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Adolf Paul as o. A. |
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Robert Reinert Jr. as Child |
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Lore Rückert as Margarete Hansen |
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Thea Sandten as o. A. |
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Mechthildis Thein as Margot |
| Art | Robert A. Dietrich | Set Designer |
| Production | Hanns Lippmann | Producer |
| Directing | Otto Rippert | Director |
| Camera | Carl Hoffmann | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Robert Reinert | Writer |