Homunculus

Year: 1916

Runtime: 360 mins

Language: German

Director: Otto Rippert

Horror

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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