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Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?

6.919321h 14mMovieDrama

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…

DirectorSlatan Dudow
WritersErnst Ottwalt·Bertolt Brecht

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Cast · Directed by Slatan Dudow

HTHertha Thiele
Hertha Thiele
Anni
EB
Ernst Busch
Fritz
MS
Max Sablotzki
Vater Bönicke
LS
Lilli Schoenborn
Mutter Bönike
MW
Martha Wolter
Gerda
AF
Adolf Fischer
Kurt
GBGerhard Bienert
Gerhard Bienert
Zeitungsleser
EGErwin Geschonneck
Erwin Geschonneck
Arbeitersportler
AMAnna Müller-Lincke
Anna Müller-Lincke
Sängerin
HW
Helene Weigel
Ballad singer (voice)
HK
Hermann Krehan
HW
Hugo Werner-Kahle

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Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? is streaming on BFI Player in United Kingdom, and available to rent or buy on Apple TV Store and Amazon Video. It's not currently on Netflix.

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