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Partoftheartificial-creatureseriesencompassingDerGolem(1914and1920),Alraune(1918,1928,1930)andMetropolis(1926),'Homunculus'wasthemostpopularserialinGermanyduringWorldWarIeveninfluencingthedressofthefashionablesetinBerlin.Foenss,aDanishstar,istheperfectcreaturemanufacturedinalaboratorybyKuehne.Havingdiscoveredhisorigins,thathehasno'soul'andisincapableoflove,herevengeshimselfonmankind,instigatingrevolutionsandbecomingamonstruosbutbeautifultyrant,relentlesslypursuedbyhiscreator-fatherwhoseekstorectifyhismistake.<br/> Man’sattemptstocreateartificiallifehavelongbeenastapleofcinemasciencefiction.ThatplotdeviceachievedahighlevelofsophisticationwithdirectorOttoRippert’sHomunculusseries.NogrotesquepasticheofhumanbodypartslikehisnotoriouscounterpartFrankenstein’smonster,Homunculusisthebeloved“test-tubechild”ofaGermanscientistwholacksonlyonething—thecapacitytofeellove.Thefilmseenhereispreservedfromadecomposing35mmnitrateprintwithtintingandtoningthatmaybeacondensedversionoftheoriginalsix-episodeseries.Structurally,thestory(withItalianintertitles)isstillintact,andthecombinationofdecomposingnitratewiththeremainsoftheoriginalcolorscreatesanotherworldlybeautythatservestoheightenthedrama.HomunculuswaspreservedwithfundingfromTheLouisB.MayerFoundation.
