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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.

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  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Fern AndraFern Andrao. A.
  • Photo of Josef BunzlJosef Bunzlo. A.
  • Photo of Maria CarmiMaria Carmio. A.
  • Photo of Aud Egede-NissenAud Egede-Nisseno. A.
  • Photo of Lia BorréLia BorréTochter des Generalprokurator Steffens
  • Photo of Olaf FønssOlaf FønssHomunculus
  • Photo of Friedrich KühneFriedrich KühneEdgar Rodin
  • Photo of Theodor LoosTheodor LoosSven Friedland
  • Photo of Ernst LudwigErnst LudwigProfessor Ottmann
  • Photo of Adolf PaulAdolf Paulo. A.

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