Willi Münzenberg was born on August 14, 1889 in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany as Wilhelm Münzenberg. He was a producer, known for Kuhle Wampe oder: Wem gehört die Welt? (1932), Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück (1929) and Jenseits der Straße - Eine Tragödie des Alltags (1929).