Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?

About Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?

Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines describing steadily-rising unemployment figures.

Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? is a 1932 drama film directed by Slatan Dudow. Released in May 1932, it runs 74 minutes.

Hertha Thiele appears as Anni, Ernst Busch as Fritz, Max Sablotzki as Vater Bönicke, and Lilli Schoenborn as Mutter Bönike. Written by Bertolt Brecht and Ernst Ottwalt.

Shelv files it under working class, communism, unemployment, and socialism.

The Lives of Others, Modern Times, and The Death of Stalin make useful companions to Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?.