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Kuhle Wampe (full title: Kuhle Wampe, oder: Wem gehört die Welt?, released in English as Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?) is a 1932 German feature film about unemployment and left wing politics in the Weimar Republic. The script was conceived and written by Bertolt Brecht. He also directed the concluding scene: a political debate between strangers on a train about the world coffee market. The rest of the film was directed by Slatan Dudow. The film music was composed by Hanns Eisler. Kuhle Wampe itself was a tent camp on the Müggelsee in Berlin. Wampe is Berlin dialect for "stomach", so the title could be rendered "Empty Stomach". The film was banned in 1932 under the accusation that it depicted the president, the legal system, and religion in a poor way, but due to protests the ban was lifted on a recut version. The film remained unseen for many years after the Second World War. However, a restored print is now available and a video was released by the British Film Institute in 1999, along with a documentary video essay on the original film by Andrew Hoellering, son of the film's producer George Hoellering.
Original Release
05/14/1932
US Release
04/23/1933
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Hertha Thiele | Annie Bönike / Anni |
Ernst Busch | Fritz |
Martha Wolter | Gerda |
Adolf Fischer | Kurt, Anni's Bruder / Kurt |
Lili Schoenborn-Anspach | Mutter Bönike |
Max Sablotzki | Vater Bönike / Vater Bönicke |
Alfred Schaefer | Junger Arbeitsloser |
Gerhard Bienert | Zeitungsleser in der S-Bahn / Zeitungsleser |
Martha Burchardi | |
Carl Heinz Charrell |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hertha Thiele | Annie Bönike / Anni |
Ernst Busch | Fritz |
Martha Wolter | Gerda |
Adolf Fischer | Kurt, Anni's Bruder / Kurt |
Lili Schoenborn-Anspach | Mutter Bönike |
Max Sablotzki | Vater Bönike / Vater Bönicke |
Alfred Schaefer | Junger Arbeitsloser |
Gerhard Bienert | Zeitungsleser in der S-Bahn / Zeitungsleser |
Martha Burchardi | |
Carl Heinz Charrell | |
Helene Weigel | Ballad Singer |
Karl Kahmen | |
Fritz Erpenbeck | |
Josef Hanoszek | |
Richard Pilgert | |
Hugo Werner-Kahle | |
Hermann Krehan | |
Paul Kretzburg | |
Anna Müller-Lincke | |
Rudolf Pehls |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Willi Münzenberg | Producer |
Lazar Wechsler | Producer |