Directed by:
Henrik GaleenScreenplay:
Henrik GaleenCinematography:
Franz PlanerComposer:
Willy Schmidt-GentnerCast:
Brigitte Helm, Paul Wegener, Iván Petrovich, Mia Pankau, Valeska Gert, Wolfgang Zilzer, Louis Ralph, John Loder, Heinrich Schroth, Georg John, Agnes StraubPlots(1)
A genetiscs professor creates an artificial being, which then gets out of control and turns its rage against its "maker". This melodrama about genetic engineering, experiments on people and heredity looks for the answer to the question whether humaneness is the result of nature or nurture. (Summer Film School)
Cast
![Brigitte Helm](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270993_774fc1.jpg)
Brigitte Helm
German Empire
Best movies:
Metropolis (1927)
The Devious Path (1928)
L'Atlantide (1932)
![Paul Wegener](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272146_871c00.jpg)
Paul Wegener
German Empire
Best movies:
Madame DuBarry (1919)
The Loves of Pharaoh (1922)
The Student of Prague (1913)
![Iván Petrovich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276033_0b3beb.jpg)
Iván Petrovich
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Street of Sorrow (1925)
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
The Magician (1926)
Mia Pankau
German Empire
Best movies:
A Daughter of Destiny (1928)
![Valeska Gert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496850_93be6b.jpg)
Valeska Gert
German Empire
Best movies:
The Street of Sorrow (1925)
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
Coup de grâce (1976)
![Wolfgang Zilzer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/789/159789615_b8c627.jpg)
Wolfgang Zilzer
USA
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Ninotchka (1939)
Louis Ralph
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Spies (1928)
Der große König (1942)
Mary (1931)
![John Loder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505324_6c9721.jpg)
John Loder
UK
Best movies:
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Sabotage (1936)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Heinrich Schroth
German Empire
Best movies:
A Daughter of Destiny (1928)
Georg John
German Empire
Best movies:
Jealousy (1925)
Metropolis (1927)
M (1931)
Agnes Straub
German Empire
Best movies:
A Daughter of Destiny (1928)