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Secrets of a Soul( 1926)

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A Psychoanalytic Thriller

Overview

Werner Krauss, who had played the deranged Dr. Caligari six years earlier, stars as a scientist who is tormented by an irrational fear of knives and the irresistible compulsion to murder his wife. Driven to the brink of madness by fantastic nightmares (designed by Ernö Metzner and photographed by Guido Seeber in a brilliant mix of expressionism and surrealism), he encounters a psychoanalyst who offers to treat the perplexing malady.

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      Werner Krauß

      Martin Fellman

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      Ruth Weyher

      Seine frau

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      Ilka Grüning

      Die Mutter

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      Jack Trevor

      Erich

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      Lili Damita

      (uncredited)

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      Pavel Pavlov

      Dr. Orth (as Pawel Pawloff)

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      Hertha von Walther

      Fellmans Assistentin

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      Renate Brausewetter

      Dienstmaedchen

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      Colin Ross

      Kriminalkommissar

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 06 2022
    Werner Krauss made quite a few titles with GW Pabst, and I consider this to be one of their better silent efforts together. He is the happily married "Fellman" who suddenly, and inexplicably, finds him self desirous of killing his wife (Ruth Weyher) with a knife. Now it has to be said that she could certainly be doing with an haircut, but anything else might be a tad too severe... Terrified by his new obsession, and by the impending arrival of his best friend (her cousin "Erich" - Jack Trevor) he flees their home to live with his mother (Ilka Grüning) who is reduced to cutting his food as he, b...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • trauma
    • dream interpretation
    • mental illness
    • german expressionism