Secrets of a Soul
Alternate title(s):
Foreign Title: Geheimnisse einer Seele
Date: January 01, 1926 to December 31, 1926
Dates Note: 1926
Country of Origin:
Germany
Place of Origin: Germany
Languages:
German intertitles
Color: B&W
Silent: Yes
Based On:
Additional Info:
Written under the supervision of Doctors Hanns Sachs, Karl Abraham, and Nicholas Kaufmann.
Curator Notes
Film Series/Exhibition Title:
G. W. Pabst: Selected Films, 1925–38Description:
A fascinating early attempt to illustrate Freudian psychoanalysis on film, Secrets of a Soul follows the case history of a man (Werner Krauss) driven into a state of terror by a dream in which he attempts to stab his wife. The film illustrates elements of his fantasies and memories as they are revealed in interviews with an analyst. Though G. W. Pabst is already the “cool observer” of his later films, Secrets of a Soul is filled with strikingly beautiful images and bravura film technique: knives, doors, stairs, and ladders are presented in double and triple exposure, as examples of the contents of this afflicted mind.
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