24 Sep 1924
Aelita: Queen of Mars
A young man travels to Mars in a rocket ship, where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group with the support of Queen Aelita, who has fallen in love with him after watching him through a telescope.
Bookkeeper Kremke
In this realistic, unsentimental portrait of Germany’s dire economic situation, a middle-aged payroll clerk loses his job due to technological advances and, unable to find another, descends into despair. The film’s director, Marie Harder, was one of only a few women directors of the time and was also the head of the German Social Democratic Film Office. She made only two known films before her accidental death in exile in Mexico in 1936.
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Hermann Vallentin Kremke
Anna Sten Lene, Kremkes ältere Tochter
Ivan Koval-Samborskyi Erwin, junger Arbeiter
Else Heller Erwins Mutter
Wolfgang Zilzer Lenes Verlobter, Student
Inge Landgut Kremkes jüngere Tochter
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