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    Menschen

    60'

    1920-01-01

    9

    Drama

    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.

    WritingMartin BergerDirectingMartin Berger

    Cast

    1

    Grete Ly

    1

    Eugen Klöpfer

    1

    Ilka Grüning

    1

    Alexander Ekert

    1

    Bernhard Goetzke

    1

    Charles Willy Kayser

    1

    A.L. Porttier

    1

    Waldemar Pottier

    1

    Marie von Bülow

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Germany
    • List of languages:
      1. No Language
    • List of companies:
      1. Grete Ly-Film GmbH
    • Vote Count: 1
    • Popularity: 1.0862
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Menschen

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