Secrets of a Soul

Scientist Martin Fellmann 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, he encounters a psychoanalyst who offers to treat the perplexing malady.

Cast

Werner Krauss

as Martin Fellman

Ruth Weyher

as Seine frau

Ilka Grüning

as Die Mutter

Jack Trevor

as Erich

Lili Damita

as (uncredited)

Pavel Pavlov

as Dr. Orth (as Pawel Pawloff)

Hertha von Walther

as Fellmans Assistentin

Renate Brausewetter

as Dienstmaedchen

Colin Ross

as Kriminalkommissar

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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...

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