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The Love Tragedy of the Homunculus

1916 · 64 min Horror Science Fiction
7.0 / 10 · TMDB

The homunculus and his companion Edgar Rodin make an invention that would allow the hateful homunculus to destroy the world. But first he wants to find out about love. When he observes how young Anna is rejected by her parents, he takes care of her and asks her parents for forgiveness - without success. He brings her to her seducer, who also rejects the girl. The homunculus then takes revenge by ruining the man financially and throwing Anna at his feet. But she still loves the villain and asks Homunculus for mercy. The homunculus cannot understand this feeling of love - he wants to try it out on himself. He puts a young woman who loves him to the hardest test, but she will do anything for him, sacrificing her fiancé and her parents. Only when he reveals his artificial nature to her, she leaves him. This experience confirms the homunculus in his intention to destroy mankind.

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Original Title Homunculus, 3. Teil: Die Liebeskomödie des Homunculus
Year 1916
Country Germany
Genre Horror, Science Fiction
Director Otto Rippert
Runtime 64 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.0/10 (3 votes)

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The film constructs a tragic parable about the futility of seeking humanity outside human nature. It relies on the contrast between the creation's cold intellect and the warm, irrational realm of feelings it desperately tries to possess.

What lingers after viewing is a haunting, hypnotic plunge into the early depths of cinematic sci-fi, where moral deformity outweighs the physical. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Otto Rippert

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In subdued lighting, surrendering to the aura of silent expressionism.

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