Humanity Unleashed

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]

Humanity Unleashed
Directed byJoseph Delmont
Written byMax Glass
Produced byMax Nivelli
Starring
Cinematography
Production
company
Nivo-Film
Release date
19 November 1920
CountryGermany
Languages

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

  1. Rogowski p. 48

Bibliography

  • Rogowski, Christian. The Many Faces of Weimar Cinema: Rediscovering Germany's Filmic Legacy. Camden House, 2010.


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