The Artificial Man
The Perfect Man… Without Soul!
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
Adolf Paul
o. A.
Max Ruhbeck
Generalprokurator Steffens
Gustav von Wangenheim
o. A.
Lia Borré
Tochter des Generalprokurator Steffens
Olaf Fønss
Homunculus
Fern Andra
o. A.
Theodor Loos
Sven Friedland
Lupu Pick
o. A.
Lore Rückert
Margarete Hansen
Aud Egede-Nissen
o. A.
Mechthildis Thein
Margot
Maria Carmi
o. A.
Friedrich Kühne
Edgar Rodin