Humanity Unleashed

Humanity Unleashed (German: Die entfesselte Menschheit) is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Joseph Delmont and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Paul Hartmann and Carl de Vogt. The film portrays a violent leftist attempt to seize power. However, its location shooting in the streets of Berlin coincided with the rightist Kapp Putsch.^[1]

Humanity Unleashed
Directed by	Joseph Delmont
Written by	Max Glass
Produced by	Max Nivelli
Starring	Eugen Klöpfer Paul Hartmann Carl de Vogt
Cinematography	Gustave Preiss Emil Schünemann
Production company	Nivo-Film
Release date	19 November 1920 (1920-11-19)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann.

Cast

• Eugen Klöpfer 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
• Arthur Bergen as Franziskus Turenius, his son
• Marion Illing as Camilla, Winterstein’s mistress
• Rosa Valleti as leader of the mob, prostitute
• Georg John as Fritz Breese, worker
• Clementine Plessner as hostess at Karenow's residence
• Wolfgang Heinz as Kulicke, worker
• Kurt Mikulski as Lehmann, worker
• Leo Koffler as second-hand dealer
• Hella Thornegg as 1. prostitute, part of mob
• Lydia Potokaja as 2. prostitute, part of mob
• Maria Forescu as 3. prostitute, part of mob
• Sylvia Torf as 4. prostitute, part of mob
• Alfred Fisher as foreigner
• Emil Linzen as Christof Jessen

References

1. Rogowski p. 48

Bibliography

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

External links

• Humanity Unleashed at IMDb