Movie

Menschen (1920)

• January 1, 1920
• 1h 0m

• Drama

Overview

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.

Director

Martin Berger

Writers

Martin Berger

Starring

Grete Ly, Eugen Klöpfer, Ilka Grüning