Imprisoned Soul

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Imprisoned Soul
Directed by Rudolf Biebrach
Produced by Oskar Messter
Written by Robert Wiene
Starring Henny Porten
Paul Bildt
Curt Goetz
Music by Giuseppe Becce
Cinematography Karl Freund
Studio Messter Film
Release dates
  • 31 August 1917 (1917-08-31)
Country German Empire
Language Silent
German intertitles

Imprisoned Soul (German: Gefangene Seele) is a 1917 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Biebrach and starring Henny Porten, Paul Bildt and Curt Goetz. A young woman, Violetta, falls under the hypnotic power of the villanous Baron von Groot. A young physician tries to rescue her from his clutches. She is finally released from von Groot's power when he is found shot dead.[1] The film's theme of hypnotic domination is very similar to that of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) which the screenwriter Weine was to direct two years later.[2]

Cast

References

  1. Jung & Schatzberg p.36-37
  2. Jung & Schatzberg p.37

Bibliography

  • Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.

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