The read
It runs a compact 1h 0m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
TMDB9/10
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Key crew
- Martin BergerDirector
- Martin BergerWriter
Cast
- Grete LyCast
- Eugen KlöpferCast
- Ilka GrüningCast
- Alexander EkertCast
- Bernhard GoetzkeCast
- Charles Willy KayserCast
- A.L. PorttierCast
- Waldemar PottierCast
- Marie von BülowCast