''Humanity Unleashed'' (german: Die entfesselte Menschheit) is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by

Joseph Delmont Joseph Delmont (8 May 1873 as Josef Pollak in Loiwein, Austria – 12 March 1935 in Píšťany, Slovakia) was an Austrian film director of some 200 films, largely shorts, in which he was noted for his innovative use of beasts of prey. He was ...

and starring

Eugen Klöpfer Eugen Gottlob Klöpfer (10 March 1886 in Talheim, Heilbronn – 3 March 1950 in Wiesbaden) was a German actor. Early life Born to Karl Klöpfer and his wife Karoline, née Hörsch, Eugen attended the Realschule ("secondary school") in Heilbro ...

, Paul Hartmann and Carl de Vogt. The film portrays a violent

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attempt to seize power. However, its location shooting in the streets of Berlin coincided with the

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Kapp Putsch.Rogowski p. 48 The film's sets were designed by the

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Willi Herrmann.

Cast

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 *

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as Franziskus Turenius, his son *

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as Camilla, Winterstein’s mistress *

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as leader of the mob, prostitute * Georg John as Fritz Breese, worker *

Clementine Plessner Clementine Plessner (7 December 1855 – 27 February 1943) was an Austrian stage and film actress. Plessner worked in the German film industry and appeared in over sixty films, mostly during the silent era. Plessner featured in Richard Oswald's ...

as hostess at Karenow's residence * Wolfgang Heinz as Kulicke, worker *

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as Lehmann, worker *

Leo Koffler Leo Koffler (1879—1931) (full name Leon Bernhard Koffler, also known as Oskar Koffler) was a screenwriter, actor and singer. Living and working in Berlin in the beginning of the 20th century, he was one of the pioneers of cinema. Life Koff ...

as second-hand dealer * Hella Thornegg as 1. prostitute, part of mob *

Lydia Potokaja Lydia ( Lydian: ‎𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern western Turkish provin ...

as 2. prostitute, part of mob * Maria Forescu as 3. prostitute, part of mob *

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as 4. prostitute, part of mob *

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as foreigner * Emil Linzen as Christof Jessen

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1920 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Joseph Delmont German black-and-white films 1920 drama films German drama films Films shot in Berlin Silent drama films 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub