Part of the artificial-creature series encompassing Der Golem (1914 and 1920), Alraune (1918, 1928, 1930) and Metropolis (1926), 'Homunculus' was the most popular serial in Germany during World War I even influencing the dress of fashionable Berlin. Foenss, a Danish star, is the perfect creature manufactured in a laboratory by Kuehne. Having discovered his origins, that he has no 'soul' and is incapable of love, he revenges himself on mankind, instigating revolutions and becoming a monstrous but beautiful tyrant, relentlessly pursued by his creator-father who seeks to rectify his mistake.
Fern Andra
as o. A.
Josef Bunzl
as o. A.
Maria Carmi
as o. A.
Aud Egede-Nissen
as o. A.
Lia Borré
as Tochter des Generalprokurator Steffens
Olaf Fønss
as Homunculus
Friedrich Kühne
as Edgar Rodin
Theodor Loos
as Sven Friedland
Ernst Ludwig
as Professor Ottmann
Adolf Paul
as o. A.
Albert Paul
as Dr. Hansen
Max Ruhbeck
as Generalprokurator Steffens
