Superfluous People Explained

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.^[1] 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

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