Superfluous People
{{short description|1926 film}}
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| name = Superfluous People
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| director = Aleksandr Razumny
| producer = Willi Münzenberg
| writer = {{ubl|Anton Chekhov|Aleksandr Razumny}}
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| starring = {{ubl|Eugen Klöpfer|Camilla von Hollay|Heinrich George}}
| music = Edmund Meisel
| editing =
| cinematography = {{ubl|Karl Attenberger|Otto Kanturek}}
| studio = Prometheus-Film
| distributor = Prometheus-Film
| released = {{Film date|1926|11|02|df=yes}}
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| country = Germany
| language = {{ubl|Silent|German intertitles}}
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Superfluous People (German:Überflüssige Menschen) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Aleksandr Razumny and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Camilla von Hollay and Heinrich George.Murray It was made by Prometheus-Film which was affiliated to the German Communist Party and the Moscow-based Mezhrabpomfilm.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Stefan Lhotka.
Cast
- Eugen Klöpfer as Andrej Karlowitsch Siganew
- Camilla von Hollay as Dunja Siganewa
- Heinrich George as Balagula
- Albert Steinrück as Bronsa
- Vera Pawlowa as Marfa
- Bruno Arno as Mendel Rothschild
- Fritz Rasp as Chirikov
- Emil Lind as Schachkes
- Werner Krauss as Ortspolizist Suka
- Philipp Manning as Bürgermeister Duboff
- Hedwig Wangel as Duboffs Frau
- Elza Temary as Ola, beider Tochter
- Illo Gutschwager as Wanja, beider Sohn
- Hans Brausewetter as Lukin
- Wilhelm Diegelmann as Brandmeister
- Fritz Kampers as Ben Span
- Jaro Fürth as Arzt
- Nikolai Malikoff as Bader
- Vera Sacharowa as Verlobungsgast
- Harry Nestor
- Clementine Plessner
- Sylvia Torf
References
{{Reflist}}
Bibliography
- Murray, Bruce Arthur. Film and the German Left in the Weimar Republic: From Caligari to Kuhle Wampe. University of Texas Press, 1990.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0017587}}
Category:Films of the Weimar Republic
Category:Films directed by Aleksandr Razumnyj
Category:German silent feature films
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Edmund Meisel
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