Superfluous People

Produced byWilli MünzenbergStarringCinematographyMusic byEdmund MeiselDistributed byPrometheus-FilmCountryGermanyLanguages

Superfluous People (German:Überflüssige Menschen) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Aleksandr Razumny and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Camilla von Hollay and Heinrich George.^[1] It was made by Prometheus-Film which was affiliated to the German Communist Party and the Moscow-based Mezhrabpomfilm.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Stefan Lhotka.

Cast

• Eugen Klöpfer as Andrej Karlowitsch Siganew
• Camilla von Hollay as Dunja Siganewa
• Heinrich George as Balagula
• Albert Steinrück as Bronsa
• Vera Pawlowa as Marfa
• Bruno Arno as Mendel Rothschild
• Fritz Rasp as Chirikov
• Emil Lind as Schachkes
• Werner Krauss as Ortspolizist Suka
• Philipp Manning as Bürgermeister Duboff
• Hedwig Wangel as Duboffs Frau
• Elza Temary as Ola, beider Tochter
• Illo Gutschwager as Wanja, beider Sohn
• Hans Brausewetter as Lukin
• Wilhelm Diegelmann as Brandmeister
• Fritz Kampers as Ben Span
• Jaro Fürth as Arzt
• Nikolai Malikoff as Bader
• Vera Sacharowa as Verlobungsgast
• Harry Nestor
• Clementine Plessner
• Sylvia Torf

References

Bibliography

• Murray, Bruce Arthur. Film and the German Left in the Weimar Republic: From Caligari to Kuhle Wampe. University of Texas Press, 1990.

External links

• Superfluous People at IMDb