The Artificial Man
- Released on
- Runtime
- 69 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Fern Andra
- Josef Bunzl
- Maria Carmi
- Aud Egede-Nissen
- Lia Borré
- Olaf Fønss
- Friedrich Kühne
- Theodor Loos
- Ernst Ludwig
- Adolf Paul
- Albert Paul
- Max Ruhbeck
- Mechthildis Thein
- Gustav von Wangenheim
- Lupu Pick
- Lore Rückert
Director
- Otto Rippert
Producers
- Hanns Lippmann
Screenwriter
- Robert Neuss
- Otto Rippert
