Homunculus, produced by deutsche bioskop in 1916, is a sixpart serial science fiction film involving mad scientists, superhuman androids and sinister technology. Homunculus 810 a huge success upon its release, this german 1916 6part epic film series follows the exploits of the soulless supervillain homunculus, a creature created by science, as he wows to find love or destroy humanity. This listing is from the progressive silent film list by carl bennett. The only full episode of this serial that survives to this date. Homunculus was a serial released in germany at the height of the first world war, and its a pretty remarkable movie. That effort underscored the relatively large amount of text in the film. Voirhd the revenge of the homunculus streaming complet. Silent era home page psfl homunculus 1916 a growing source of silent era film information. Based on a novel by robert reinert which, itself, was inspired by shelleys classic, the serial was a huge success in.
That the sperm of a man be putrefied by itself in a sealed cucurbit for forty days with the highest degree of putrefaction in a horses womb, or at least so long that it comes to life and moves itself, and stirs, which is. Unless im mistaken this is the only surviving film from the series. Telecharger the revenge of the homunculus film streaming. Also the film was purported to be one of the granddaddies of the horror genre and therefore of special significance. During world war i, homunculus was the most popular and. Another lost film that has been at least partly restored is the german film homunculus 1916. A group of scientists, led by a professor ortmann, produce a living human child using scientific processes a homunculus. Homunculus, a sixpart horror series released from june 1916 january 1917, is a film many silent cinephiles have heard about particularly with such a memorable title, but which few have actually gotten a chance to see. An important difference from the frankenstein story is that homunculus does not come from dead tissue, rather he is created from the raw chemicals of life itself. The film is about the life of a being homunculus created by scientists in the laboratory. The hollywood film frankenstein 1931, with boris karloff as the monster, was based as much on the golem as on shelleys novel. We passed a couple of major milestones on 1st august.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Homunculus, 6chapter german scifi serial shown theatrically in germany in 1916 disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title homunculus. They are very well made and sure to have a lasting effect. A lot of people had read about it in books on horror films and once you have heard a name as evocative as this you are not likely to forget it again. The homunculus first appears by name in alchemical writings attributed to paracelsus 14931541. Homunculus 1916 film serial welcome to my magick theatre. This creature is human in every way, except that he cannot experience love. List of feature film series with six entries wikipedia. Telecharger the revenge of the homunculus film streaming hd, 1916 regarder the revenge of the homunculus hd streaming gratuit. Serial gems are painstakingly restored for the screen otto ripperts sixpart homunculus 1916 will be shown on nov. Robert reinert, nach seinem gleichnamigen roman kamera.
Robert reinerts multilayered script draws on frankenstein and faust, as well as freud, nietzsche and marx to create both a treatise. The third film special in our new weekly series is about homunculus otto rippert, 1916. Fragments exist here and there of the other parts, but they mostly make don. It was the most successful germanmade serial produced during world war i, and was theatrically shown in six separate installments, each part running approximately one hour.
Homunculus is a six chapter german science fiction silent serial directed by otto rippert and written by robert reinert. The revenge of the homunculus 1916 directed by otto. Directed by otto rippert screenplay by robert reinert. This film, television or videorelated list is incomplete. The plot was very similar to mary shellys frankenstein, wherein a living creature called a homunculus is created artificially in a laboratory and strives to develop emotions like a human being. Frankenstein had previously been filmed by thomas edison in the united states in 1909. Le film the revenge of the homunculus 1916 streaming bin. The script was written by robert reinert, and the film foreshadows various elements of fritz lang s 1927 metropolis, as well as serving as a model for later adaptations of mary. The love tragedy of the homunculus 1916 directed by. For many years, it remained exclusively the domain of film history books and pictures, apart from a shoddyquality print of part four. Two german films, the golem 1914 and homunculus 1916, dealt with a similar theme derived from jewish folklore. The end of the homunculus 1916 directed by otto rippert.
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