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title: 'Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? (1932)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Slatan Dudow'
released: '1932-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 74
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Weimar Republic'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/kuhle-wampe-or-who-owns-the-world-1932'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023104/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? (1932)

1932 · 74 min · Drama · Weimar Republic, Germany

Original title: Kuhle Wampe oder: Wem gehört die Welt?

## Synopsis

Kuhle Wampe is a 1932 German feature film about unemployment, homelessness and left wing politics in the Weimar Republic produced by Prometheus Film. The film was conceived and directed by Slatan Dudow, who brought the idea to Bertolt Brecht, who wrote the screenplay in collaboration with Ernst Ottwalt. Brecht also directed the concluding scene: a political debate between strangers on a train about the world coffee market. The film music was composed by Hanns Eisler.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Slatan Dudow](https://cinepixo.com/people/slatan-dudow)
- **Screenplay:** [Slatan Dudow](https://cinepixo.com/people/slatan-dudow), [Bertolt Brecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/bertolt-brecht), [Ernst Ottwalt](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-ottwalt)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hanns Eisler](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanns-eisler)
- **Producer:** [Willi Münzenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/willi-munzenberg)
- **Director of Photography:** [Günther Krampf](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-krampf)

## Cast

- [Adolf Fischer](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolf-fischer)
- [Hertha Thiele](https://cinepixo.com/people/hertha-thiele)
- [Ernst Busch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-busch)
- [Lilli Schoenborn](https://cinepixo.com/people/lilli-schoenborn)
- [Helene Weigel](https://cinepixo.com/people/helene-weigel)
- [Erwin Geschonneck](https://cinepixo.com/people/erwin-geschonneck)
- [Hugo Werner-Kahle](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-werner-kahle)
- [Marta Husemann](https://cinepixo.com/people/marta-husemann)
- [Anna Müller-Lincke](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-muller-lincke)
- [Gerhard Bienert](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-bienert)
- [Willi Schur](https://cinepixo.com/people/willi-schur)

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