Homo Sapiens 1900
1998 · 88 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 226 VOTES · DIR. Peter Cohen
Overview
Homo Sapiens 1900 is a 1998 documentary directed by Peter Cohen, about various eugenics methods that were in practice in Europe during the first part of the 20th century. Eugenics is to be the scientific credo of the 20th century. The man credited with its invention, Francis Galton, says it is based on the concept that the evolution of man is crippled by the ill-conceived - those unfit to breed. The study of eugenics thus would concern itself with distinguishing the weed from the good flowers.
Dialogue Timeline — 783 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:04 The image of man betrays that which distinguishes him from all other beings:
00:03:43 ''It's alive!''
00:06:50 The Lamarckists...
00:10:40 And, like man himself...
00:13:47 his profession in real-life as well, Dr. Harry Haiselden.
00:16:46 Nowhere else does the practice of eugenics
00:20:41 A ''passion for social justice''...
00:24:18 According to the Institute's chairman, Eugene Fischer
00:27:47 is to assemble the brains of highly gifted individuals...
00:30:27 ''The yellow salamander becomes gloomy, when placed in the dark sand.
00:34:02 Notions of degeneration and decay...
00:37:49 ''Proportionate to the importance of the eugenics revolution...
00:41:02 Alexander Glazunov, composer.
00:45:00 its ugliness and beauty...
00:48:13 become arguments for methods of Race Hygiene.
00:51:26 The Mendelists protest that if the Lamarckists were right...
00:54:38 because love is a private matter...
00:57:26 The trajectory of the people cannot be stopped.
01:00:47 While convention and morality raised obstacles to positive eugenics
01:04:54 that X-rays cause genetic mutations.
01:08:06 shall bear eternal witness to the greatness of the October Revolution''.
01:13:25 has taken the form of an accelerated sterilization program.
01:17:54 Today, we know how heredity works.
01:22:00 The image of man sometimes reveals despair in the face of this reality.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed783
Dialogue density8.9 lines / min
First line00:00:04
Final line01:22:00
Production Record
DirectorPeter Cohen
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes226