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Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?

Original title: Kuhle Wampe oder: Wem gehört die Welt?
  • 19321932
  • 1h 11m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
722
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Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? (1932)
  • Drama
During Great Depression, a family is evicted from their apartment and with no other option they move to a tent camp called Kuhle Wampe.During Great Depression, a family is evicted from their apartment and with no other option they move to a tent camp called Kuhle Wampe.During Great Depression, a family is evicted from their apartment and with no other option they move to a tent camp called Kuhle Wampe.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
722
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  • Director
    • Slatan Dudow
  • Writers
    • Bertolt Brecht
    • Ernst Ottwald
  • Stars
    • Hertha Thiele
    • Ernst Busch
    • Martha Wolter
Top credits
  • Director
    • Slatan Dudow
  • Writers
    • Bertolt Brecht
    • Ernst Ottwald
  • Stars
    • Hertha Thiele
    • Ernst Busch
    • Martha Wolter
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    • 7User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Hertha Thiele
    Hertha Thiele
    • Annie Bönikeas Annie Bönike
    Ernst Busch
    Ernst Busch
    • Fritzas Fritz
    Martha Wolter
    • Gerdaas Gerda
    Adolf Fischer
    • Kurt, Anni's Bruderas Kurt, Anni's Bruder
    Lili Schoenborn-Anspach
    • Mutter Bönikeas Mutter Bönike
    • (as Lilli Schönborn)
    Max Sablotzki
    • Vater Bönikeas Vater Bönike
    Alfred Schaefer
    • Junger Arbeitsloseras Junger Arbeitsloser
    Gerhard Bienert
    Gerhard Bienert
    • Zeitungsleser in der S-Bahnas Zeitungsleser in der S-Bahn
    Martha Burchardi
    Carl Heinz Charrell
    Helene Weigel
    • Ballad Singeras Ballad Singer
    • (voice)
    Karl Kahmen
    Fritz Erpenbeck
    Josef Hanoszek
    Richard Pilgert
    Hugo Werner-Kahle
    Hermann Krehan
    Paul Kretzburg
    • Director
      • Slatan Dudow
    • Writers
      • Bertolt Brecht
      • Ernst Ottwald
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    • Trivia
      Bertolt Brecht, who wrote the screenplay, claimed that this was the only film made of his work not to distort his intentions.
    • Connections
      Edited into Ein Feigenblatt für Kuhle Wampe oder Wem gehört die Welt? (1975)

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    8/10
    The Difficult Life of the Working Class in Berlin
    In 1931, in Berlin, the desperate brother of Anni (Hertha Thiele) can not find a job and is pressed by his unemployed father Franz Bönke. He commits suicide and sooner his family is evicted for nonpayment of rent. Anni's boyfriend Fritz (Ernst Busch) helps them to move to the summer camp Kuhle Wampe that had become a homeless camp, in the outskirt of Berlin. When Anni gets pregnant, Fritz promises to marry her, but he calls off the wedding after the party. Anni aborts and moves back to Berlin, where she finds a job with other youths in an association that promotes sports.

    "Kuhle Wampe oder: Wem gehört die Welt?" is an interesting film that shows the difficult life of the working class in Berlin in times of the Great Depression. I have just watched this film on a DVD released by the Brazilian Distributor Versátil and I found difficult to understand parts of the narrative. However, the running time of the foregoing DVD is only 68:30 minutes and in accordance with the information of the IMDb, the original version has 80 minutes running time; the German censored version has 76 minutes; and the American version has 71 minutes. Therefore, it would be unfair to criticize the fragmented narrative that was cut from the film of the director Slatan Dudow. I read that this film was censored in 1932 and banned by the Nazis in 1933 accused of communist tendencies. My vote is eight.

    Title (Brazil): "Kuhle Wampe ou A Quem Pertence o Mundo?" ("Kuhle Wampe or To Whom the World Belongs")
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    • Release date
      • April 23, 1933 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • To whom does the world belong?
    • Filming locations
      • Berlin, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Prometheus-Film-Verleih und Vertriebs-GmbH
      • Praesens-Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 11 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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