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Secrets of a Soul (1926)

Original title: Geheimnisse einer Seele

1926-03-24 · 1h 15m · DE
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A Psychoanalytic Thriller

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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G.W. PabstDirectorHans NeumannWriterColin RossWriterKarl AbrahamWriter

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Werner KraussWerner KraussMartin FellmanRuth WeyherRuth WeyherSeine frauIlka GrüningIlka GrüningDie MutterJack TrevorJack TrevorErichLili DamitaLili Damita(uncredited)Pavel PavlovPavel PavlovDr. Orth (as Pawel Pawloff)Hertha von WaltherHertha von WaltherFellmans AssistentinRenate BrausewetterRenate BrausewetterDienstmaedchenColin RossColin RossKriminalkommissar

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Mental illnessTraumaDream interpretation

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Genre affinityThriller · DramaTheme affinityMental Illness · Trauma · Dream InterpretationDialogue densityDramaPacingShortDirector preference353377Actor preference569808 · 217148 · 243091

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What is Secrets of a Soul about?

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.

How long is Secrets of a Soul?

Secrets of a Soul has a runtime of 75 minutes.