Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? (1932)
Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? (1932) - Drama Movies 74 minutes. Ventres glacés, Whither Germany?, Who Owns the World?, Kuhle Wampe. 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.” berlin, germany, pregnancy, socialism, underclass, republic of weimar, unemployment, communism
Released: May 14, 1932
Runtime: 74 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Hertha Thiele, Ernst Busch, Max Sablotzki, Lilli Schoenborn, Martha Wolter, Adolf Fischer
Crew: Bertolt Brecht (Screenplay), Ernst Ottwalt (Screenplay), Hanns Eisler (Original Music Composer), Günther Krampf (Director of Photography), C.P. Haacker (Art Direction), Robert Scharfenberg (Art Direction)