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Kuhle Wampe (full title: Kuhle Wampe, oder: Wem gehört die Welt?, translated in English as Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?, and released in the USA as Whither Germany? by Kinematrade Inc.) is a 1932 German feature film about unemployment, homelessness and left wing politics in the Weimar Republic produced by Prometheus Film.
Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?: Directed by Slatan Dudow. With Hertha Thiele, Ernst Busch, Martha Wolter, Adolf Fischer. During Great Depression, a family is evicted from their apartment and with no other option they move to a tent camp called Kuhle Wampe.
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- Drama
- Slatan Dudow
- 1933-04-23
Kuhle Wampe (full title: Kuhle Wampe, oder: Wem gehört die Welt?, released in English as Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?) is a 1932 German feature film about unemployment and left wing politics in the Weimar Republic. The script was conceived and written by Bertolt Brecht.
- 69 min
Anni's boyfriend Fritz helps them to move to the summer camp Kuhle Wampe that had become a homeless camp, in the outskirt of Berlin. When Anni gets pregnant, Fritz promises to marry her, but he calls off the wedding after the party.
The young man, brother of the protagonist Anni, removes his wristwatch and throws himself from a window out of despair. Shortly thereafter his family is evicted from their apartment. Now homeless, the family moves into a garden colony of sorts with the name “Kuhle Wampe.”
In the late 1920s, Kuhle Wampe emerged as a well-known tent city on the outskirts, giving birth to an entirely new element, a fresh force that stood ready to challenge the injustices and dishonor prevalent in the capitalist world.
At the height of the Great Depression, Anni’s brother commits suicide. Anni and her parents are evicted from their Berlin home and sent to Kuhle Wampe, a lakeside camp home to increasing numbers of unemployed. Eventually, Anni moves back to Berlin and gets involved in the workers’ youth movement.
