Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines describing steadily-rising unemployment figures. This is followed by scenes of a young man looking for work in the city and the family discussing the unpaid back rent. The young man, brother of the protagonist Anni, removes his wristwatch and throws himself from a window out of despair. Shortly thereafter his family is evicted from their apartment. Now homeless, the family moves into a garden colony of sorts with the name “Kuhle Wampe.”
Genre: Drama
Stars: Hertha Thiele, Ernst Busch, Max Sablotzki, Lilli Schoenborn, Martha Wolter, Adolf Fischer
Crew: Ernst Ottwalt (Screenplay), Günther Krampf (Director of Photography), Bertolt Brecht (Screenplay), C.P. Haacker (Art Direction), Robert Scharfenberg (Art Direction), Hanns Eisler (Original Music Composer)
Country: Germany
Language: Deutsch
Studio: Praesens-Film, Prometheus-Film-Verleih
Runtime: 74 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 14, 1932
IMDb: 4
Keywords:berlin, germany, pregnancy, socialism, underclass, republic of weimar, unemployment, communism
