Movie

Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?

1932★ 6.9 · 261h 14mDrama

Overview

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.”

Trailer

Trailer · Bertolt Brecht: Kuhle Wampe oder Wem gehört die Welt? (filmedition suhrkamp)

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Cast

Hertha Thiele
as Anni

Anna Müller-Lincke
as Sängerin

Ernst Busch
as Fritz

Erwin Geschonneck
as Arbeitersportler

Hugo Werner-Kahle

Gerhard Bienert
as Zeitungsleser

Adolf Fischer
as Kurt

Lilli Schoenborn
as Mutter Bönike

Helene Weigel
as Ballad singer (voice)

Martha Wolter
as Gerda