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01/01/1920 Drama 1h 0m
90
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Overview

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.

  1. Martin Berger

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Grete Ly

  2. Eugen Klöpfer

  3. Ilka Grüning

  4. Alexander Ekert

  5. Bernhard Goetzke

  6. Charles Willy Kayser

  7. A.L. Porttier

  8. Waldemar Pottier

  9. Marie von Bülow

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Status
Released

Original Language
German

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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