Man Without a Name (1932)

Original title

Un homme sans nom

Directed by

Gustav Ucicky

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man who lost his memory and identity in World War I returns to society. He tries to reclaim his former life and family but faces obstacles in a modern Germany.

melancholicslow-burnsomberdatedrestrainedcharacter-driven

What happens

Man Without a Name (German: Mensch ohne Namen) is a 1932 German drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Werner Krauss, Helene Thimig and Mathias Wieman. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. It was produced and distributed by UFA and premiered on 1 July 1932. It is inspired by the 1832 novel Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac, updated to the modern era with the setting shifted from Restoration France to Weimar Germany. A separate French-language version Un homme sans nom was also produced. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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