Menschen (1920)
Martin Berger’s 'Menschen' serves as a harrowing socio-cinematic autopsy of the human spirit, adrift in the wreckage of a post-war landscape. Far from the escapist fantasies that often dominated early Weimar screens, this 1921 opus delves into the penumbral existence of the disenfranchised. The narrative follows a fatalistic trajectory, where the characters—portrayed with a raw, almost primitive intensity—grapple with the crushing weight of systemic indifference and personal moral decay.
Director: Martin Berger
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Grete Ly as |
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Eugen Klöpfer as |
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Ilka Grüning as |
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Alexander Ekert as |
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Bernhard Goetzke as |
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Charles Willy Kayser as |
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A.L. Porttier as |
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Waldemar Pottier as |
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Marie von Bülow as |
| Directing | Martin Berger | Director |
| Writing | Martin Berger | Writer |