Imprisoned Soul

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
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Release dates
  • 31 August 1917
Country German Empire
Language Silent
German intertitles

Imprisoned Soul (German: Gefangene Seele) is a German silent drama film of 1917 directed by Rudolf Biebrach and starring Henny Porten, Paul Bildt, and Curt Goetz. A young woman, Violetta, falls under the hypnotic power of the villainous Baron von Groot. A young physician tries to rescue her from his clutches. She is finally released from 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]

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References

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

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