A World Without Men
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A World Without Men (Die Welt ohne Männer) is a 1914 silent film made in Germany just before the start of World War IJames Lyon, [https://books.google.com/books?id=vMkfCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT31 Serbia and the Balkan Front, 1914: The Outbreak of the Great War], Bloomsbury (2015) - Google Books {{ISBN|9781472580054}}James Lyon, [https://www.warhistoryonline.com/articles/the-shots-that-started-world-war-one-franz-ferdinand-and-sophie-in-sarajevo-part-1-by-james-lyon-phd.html The Shots That Started World War One: Franz Ferdinand and Sophie in Sarajevo], War History Online and directed by Max Mack. A comedy, it was written by Alexander Engel and Julius Horst.
The popular British entertainer Madge Lessing appeared at the Berlin Metropol in Berlin for four years before the start of World War I and during that period she made a number of films for Max Mack including The Blue Mouse (1913), Where Is Coletti? (1913) and A World Without Men (1914).[https://web.archive.org/web/20190627193108/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba7e38340 Madge Lessing] - British Film Institute database
Synopsis
A comedy in four acts, the film parodied the concerns at that time in Germany regarding women's emancipation and suffrage. The film centres on a young woman named Gusti (Madge Lessing), one of three sisters who refuse to consider any sort of a relationship with a man, believing that marriage simply confirmed the cruel dominance of men over women. However, Gusti meets a suitable suitor, Dr. Carl Waldeck (Otto Treptow) with whom she falls in love and their growing relationship leads to various comedic situations. She changes her mind about the beastly nature of men as she falls more for her handsome and near-perfect suitor.Rudolf Kučera, [https://books.google.com/books?id=MJEgCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA94 Rationed Life: Science, Everyday Life, and Working-Class Politics in the Bohemian Lands, 1914-1918], Berghahn Books (2016) - Google Books pgs. 94-95
Cast
- Madge Lessing ... Gusti
- Ida Frey ... Paula
- Alvine Davis ... Christel
- Otto Treptow ... Dr. Carl Waldeck
- Herbert Paulmüller ... Dr. Specht
- Erwin Fichtner ... Assistant Fritz
- Martha Hoffmann ... Ludmilla
- Willy Lengling ... Schreiber Süssmilch
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0447540/ A World Without Men] on Internet Movie Database
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Category:Films of the German Empire
Category:German silent feature films
Category:Films directed by Max Mack
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Silent German comedy films
Category:1910s German-language films
Category:German-language comedy films
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