Released:
1916-08-18

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.

Director:
Otto Rippert

Runtime:
1h 9min

Genre:
Horror, Science Fiction, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Fern Andra
  as
  o. A.
• 
  Josef Bunzl
  as
  o. A.
• 
  Maria Carmi
  as
  o. A.
• 
  Aud Egede-Nissen
  as
  o. A.
• 
  Lia Borré
  as
  Tochter des Generalprokurator Steffens