Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? (1932)
Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines describing steadily-rising unemployment figures. This is followed by scenes of a young man looking for work in the city and the family discussing the unpaid back rent. The young man, brother of the protagonist Anni, removes his wristwatch and throws himself from a window out of despair. Shortly thereafter his family is evicted from their apartment. Now homeless, the family moves into a garden colony of sorts with the name “Kuhle Wampe.”
Director:
Slatan Dudow
Writers:
Ernst Ottwalt, Bertolt Brecht.
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Hertha Thiele as Anni |
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Ernst Busch as Fritz |
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Max Sablotzki as Vater Bönicke |
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Lilli Schoenborn as Mutter Bönike |
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Martha Wolter as Gerda |
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Adolf Fischer as Kurt |
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Gerhard Bienert as Zeitungsleser |
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Erwin Geschonneck as Arbeitersportler |
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Anna Müller-Lincke as Sängerin |
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Helene Weigel as Ballad singer (voice) |
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Hermann Krehan as |
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Hugo Werner-Kahle as |
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Richard Hilgert as |
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Hans Sternberg as |
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Karl Wagner as |
| Writing | Ernst Ottwalt | Screenplay |
| Camera | Günther Krampf | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Bertolt Brecht | Screenplay |
| Art | C.P. Haacker | Art Direction |
| Art | Robert Scharfenberg | Art Direction |
| Sound | Hanns Eisler | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Slatan Dudow | Director |
