Menschen

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.

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

60 min

Cast:

Grete Ly, Eugen Klöpfer, Ilka Grüning

Quality:

HD

Director:

Martin Berger

Release:

1920

Country:

Germany

Rating:

9.0