Der Fluch der Menschheit. Teil 2: Im Rausche der Milliarden
The content of the second part of 'Der Fluch der Menschheit' can only be partially reconstructed from press coverage of the period. The focus of the film is a rebellious working class leader whose rise and fall is soberly told in the form of a parable in five acts. A love story runs through the plot.
Adapted from sources presented on this website, with additional information from:
Michael Wedel, 'Kolportage, Kitsch und Können : das Kino des Richard Eichberg', Berlin: CineGraph Babelsberg, 2007
Screenplay: William Merkel, Arthur Teuber.
Director of Photography: Joe Rive.
Set Design: Willi A. Herrmann.
Cast: Felix Hecht, Wilhelm Kaiser-Heyl, Paul Ludwig, Bela Lugosi, Violette Napierska [aka Violetta Napierska], Lee Parry, Reinhold Pasch, Robert Scholz.
Production Company: Eichberg-Film GmbH, Berlin.
Producer: Richard Eichberg.
Distributor: Central-Film-Vertriebs GmbH, Berlin.
Length: 5 acts, 1598 m.
Format: 35 mm, 1:1.33.
Picture/Sound: b/w, silent.
Censorship Details: 16 July 1920, B.00132, ban for young people.
Première: 22 Sept 1920, Berlin (Schauburg).
