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Homunculus (1916) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1916 · 360 mins · German
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- Directed by
- Otto Rippert
- Starring
- Theodor Loos, Friedrich Kühne, Ernst Ludwig, Olaf Fønss
A team of researchers, headed by Professor Ortmann, succeed in creating a fully formed human child through laboratory methods—a so‑called homunculus. Though biologically identical to a normal human, the being is incapable of feeling love, raising profound questions about the limits of science and the nature of humanity.
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