Superfluous People

Superfluous People
Directed by	Aleksandr Razumny
Written by	Anton Chekhov Aleksandr Razumny
Produced by	Willi Münzenberg
Starring	Eugen Klöpfer Camilla von Hollay Heinrich George
Cinematography	Karl Attenberger Otto Kanturek
Music by	Edmund Meisel
Production company	Prometheus-Film
Distributed by	Prometheus-Film
Release date	2 November 1926
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Superfluous People (German:Überflüssige Menschen) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Aleksandr Razumny and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Camilla von Hollay and Heinrich George. It was made by Prometheus-Film which was affiliated to the German Communist Party and the Moscow-based Mezhrabpomfilm.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Stefan Lhotka.

Cast

• Eugen Klöpfer as Andrej Karlowitsch Siganew
• Camilla von Hollay as Dunja Siganewa
• Heinrich George as Balagula
• Albert Steinrück as Bronsa
• Vera Pawlowa as Marfa
• Bruno Arno as Mendel Rothschild
• Fritz Rasp as Chirikov
• Emil Lind as Schachkes
• Werner Krauss as Ortspolizist Suka
• Philipp Manning as Bürgermeister Duboff
• Hedwig Wangel as Duboffs Frau
• Elza Temary as Ola, beider Tochter
• Illo Gutschwager as Wanja, beider Sohn
• Hans Brausewetter as Lukin
• Wilhelm Diegelmann as Brandmeister
• Fritz Kampers as Ben Span
• Jaro Fürth as Arzt
• Nikolai Malikoff as Bader
• Vera Sacharowa as Verlobungsgast
• Harry Nestor
• Clementine Plessner
• Sylvia Torf

Bibliography

• Murray, Bruce Arthur. Film and the German Left in the Weimar Republic: From Caligari to Kuhle Wampe. University of Texas Press, 1990.

External links

• Superfluous People at IMDb