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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.

Top Cast

  • Fern Andra

    Fern Andra

    o. A.

  • Josef Bunzl

    Josef Bunzl

    o. A.

  • Maria Carmi

    Maria Carmi

    o. A.

  • Aud Egede-Nissen

    Aud Egede-Nissen

    o. A.

  • Lia Borré

    Lia Borré

    Tochter des Generalprokurator Steffens

  • Olaf Fønss

    Olaf Fønss

    Homunculus

  • Friedrich Kühne

    Friedrich Kühne

    Edgar Rodin

  • Theodor Loos

    Theodor Loos

    Sven Friedland

  • Ernst Ludwig

    Ernst Ludwig

    Professor Ottmann

Overview

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.

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