Menschen (1920)

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.

Menschen ist ein Film aus dem Jahr 1920. Regie: Martin Berger. Hauptbesetzung: Eugen Klöpfer, Ilka Grüning, Alexander Ekert, Bernhard Goetzke, Charles Willy Kayser. Laufzeit: 60 Minuten. Die Durchschnittsbewertung beträgt 9,0 von 10, bei 1 Stimmen.