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(right) as Gusti in 'A World Without Men' (1914)

'A World Without Men' ('Die Welt ohne Mnner') is a 1914 silent film made in Germany just before the start of World War IJames Lyon, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vMkfCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT31&lpg=PT31&dq 'Serbia and the Balkan Front, 1914: The Outbreak of the Great War'], Bloomsbury (2015) - Google Books James Lyon, [https://www.warhistoryonline.com/articles/the-shots-that-started-world-war-one-franz-ferdinand-and-sophie-in-sarajevo-part-1-by-james-lyon-phd.html The Shots That Started World War One: Franz Ferdinand and Sophie in Sarajevo], War History Online and directed by Max Mack. A comedy, it was written by Alexander Engel and Julius Horst.

The popular British entertainer Madge Lessing appeared at the Berlin Metropol in Berlin for four years before the start of World War I and during that period she made a number of films for Max Mack including 'The Blue Mouse' (1913), 'Where Is Coletti?' (1913) and 'A World Without Men' (1914).[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba7e38340 Madge Lessing] - British Film Institute database

Synopsis



A comedy in four acts, the film parodied the concerns at that time in Germany regarding women's emancipation and suffrage. The film centres on a young woman named Gusti (Madge Lessing), one of three sisters who refuse to consider any sort of a relationship with a man, believing that marriage simply confirmed the cruel dominance of men over women. However, Gusti meets a suitable suitor, Dr. Carl Waldeck (Otto Treptow) with whom she falls in love and their growing relationship leads to various comedic situations. She changes her mind about the beastly nature of men as she falls more for her handsome and near-perfect suitor.Rudolf Kuera, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MJEgCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq 'Rationed Life: Science, Everyday Life, and Working-Class Politics in the Bohemian Lands, 1914-1918'], Berghahn Books (2016) - Google Books pgs. 94-95

Cast



*Madge Lessing ... Gusti

*Ida Frey ... Paula

*Alvine Davis ... Christel

*Otto Treptow ... Dr. Carl Waldeck

*Herbert Paulmller ... Dr. Specht

*Erwin Fichtner ... Assistant Fritz

*Martha Hoffmann ... Ludmilla

*Willy Lengling ... Schreiber Sssmilch

References




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