Release, runtime and language

1916 · 69 mins

Directed by

Otto Rippert

Starring

Theodor Loos, Lupu Pick, Aud Egede-Nissen, Friedrich Kühne, Max Ruhbeck, Ernst Ludwig

Part of the early German artificial‑creature series that includes Der Golem, Alraune and Metropolis, Homunculus follows the laboratory‑created being Foenss, fashioned by Kuehne. When Foenss learns he lacks a soul and cannot love, he turns against humanity, inciting revolts and ruling as a beautiful yet monstrous tyrant, while his creator‑father pursues him to rectify his mistake.