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Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?
Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines describing steadily-rising unemployment figures. This is followed by scenes of a young man looking for work in the city and the family discussing the unpaid back rent. The young man, brother of the protagonist Anni, removes his wristwatch and throws himself from a window out of despair. Shortly thereafter his family is evicted from their apartment. Now homeless, the family moves into a garden colony of sorts with the name “Kuhle Wampe.”
Top Billed Cast
Hertha Thiele Anni
Ernst Busch Fritz
Lilli Schoenborn Mutter Bönike
Martha Wolter Gerda
Adolf Fischer Kurt
Gerhard Bienert Zeitungsleser
Erwin Geschonneck Arbeitersportler
Anna Müller-Lincke Sängerin
Helene Weigel Ballad singer (voice)
Hermann Krehan Hugo Werner-Kahle Richard Hilgert Hans Sternberg Karl Wagner
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