''Superfluous People'' (German:''Überflüssige Menschen'') is a 1926 German

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directed by Aleksandr Razumny and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Camilla von Hollay and

Heinrich George Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz (9 October 1893 – 25 September 1946), better known as Heinrich George (), was a German stage and film actor. Early life George was born in Pomerania to August Friedrich Schulz, a former Deck Officer in t ...

.Murray It was made by Prometheus-Film which was affiliated to the German Communist Party and the

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-based Mezhrabpomfilm. The film's sets were designed by the

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s Andrej Andrejew and Stefan Lhotka.

Cast

* Eugen Klöpfer as Andrej Karlowitsch Siganew * Camilla von Hollay as Dunja Siganewa *

as Balagula * Albert Steinrück as Bronsa * Vera Pawlowa as Marfa * Bruno Arno as Mendel Rothschild * Fritz Rasp as Chirikov * Emil Lind as Schachkes * Werner Krauss as Ortspolizist Suka * Philipp Manning as Bürgermeister Duboff * Hedwig Wangel as Duboffs Frau * Elza Temary as Ola, beider Tochter * Illo Gutschwager as Wanja, beider Sohn *

Hans Brausewetter Hans Brausewetter (27 May 1899 – 29 April 1945) was a German stage and film actor of the silent film, silent era. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1945. He appeared in the 1923 film ''The Treasure (1923 film), The Treasu ...

as Lukin * Wilhelm Diegelmann as Brandmeister * Fritz Kampers as Ben Span *

Jaro Fürth Jaro Fürth (born Jaroslav Edwin Fürth; 21 April 1871 – 12 November 1945) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Early life Fürth was born to Jewish parents in Prague.Nikolai Malikoff as Bader * Vera Sacharowa as Verlobungsgast * Harry Nestor * Clementine Plessner * Sylvia Torf

References

Bibliography

* Murray, Bruce Arthur. ''Film and the German Left in the Weimar Republic: From Caligari to Kuhle Wampe''. University of Texas Press, 1990.

External links

* 1926 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Aleksandr Razumnyj German silent feature films German black-and-white films Films scored by Edmund Meisel {{1920s-Germany-silent-film-stub