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.

Director: Otto Rippert

Cast

Fern Andra

o. A.

J

Josef Bunzl

o. A.

Maria Carmi

o. A.

Aud Egede-Nissen

o. A.

Lia Borré

Tochter des Generalprokurator Steffens

Olaf Fønss

Homunculus

Friedrich Kühne

Edgar Rodin

Theodor Loos

Sven Friedland