Humanity Unleashed (German: Die entfesselte Menschheit) is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Joseph Delmont and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Paul Hartmann and Carl de Vogt. The film portrays a violent leftist attempt to seize power. However, its location shooting in the streets of Berlin coincided with the rightist Kapp Putsch.[1]
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| Directed by | Joseph Delmont |
| Written by | Max Glass |
| Produced by | Max Nivelli |
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Production company | Nivo-Film |
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| Country | Germany |
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The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann.
Cast
- Eugen Klöpfer as Karenow, Russian agitator
- Paul Hartmann as Michael Klarenbach, engineer & director of chemical factory
- Gertrude (Trude) Hoffman as Rita, Clarenbach’s wife
- Carl de Vogt as Winterstein, former officer, Karenow’s supporter
- Emil Lind as Leutenholz, editor of the “Red Torch”
- Hermann Bachmann as Director Turenius, owner of ammunitions factory
- Arthur Bergen as Franziskus Turenius, his son
- Marion Illing as Camilla, Winterstein’s mistress
- Rosa Valleti as leader of the mob, prostitute
- Georg John as Fritz Breese, worker
- Clementine Plessner as hostess at Karenow's residence
- Wolfgang Heinz as Kulicke, worker
- Kurt Mikulski as Lehmann, worker
- Leo Koffler as second-hand dealer
- Hella Thornegg as 1. prostitute, part of mob
- Lydia Potokaja as 2. prostitute, part of mob
- Maria Forescu as 3. prostitute, part of mob
- Sylvia Torf as 4. prostitute, part of mob
- Alfred Fisher as foreigner
- Emil Linzen as Christof Jessen
References
Bibliography
- Rogowski, Christian. The Many Faces of Weimar Cinema: Rediscovering Germany's Filmic Legacy. Camden House, 2010.
