Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?
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Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines describing steadily-rising unemployment figures. This is followed by scenes of a young man looking for work in the city and the family discussing the unpaid back rent. The young man, brother of the protagonist Anni, removes his wristwatch and throws himself from a window out of despair. Shortly thereafter his family is evicted from their apartment. Now homeless, the family moves into a garden colony of sorts with the name “Kuhle Wampe.”
Status: Released
Released Date: 1932-05-14
Runtime: 74 mins
Director: Slatan Dudow
Spoken language: Deutsch
Genres: Drama
Original title: Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?
Production Companies: Praesens-Film, Prometheus-Film-Verleih
Production Countries: Germany
Cast
Hertha Thiele
Ernst Busch
Max Sablotzki
Lilli Schoenborn
Martha Wolter
Adolf Fischer
Gerhard Bienert
Erwin Geschonneck
Anna Müller-Lincke
Helene Weigel
Hermann Krehan
Hugo Werner-Kahle
Richard Hilgert
Hans Sternberg
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