"Geheimnisse einer Seele" or "Secrets of a Soul" is a German black-and-white silent film from 1926, between World Wars I and II and it has its 90th anniversary this year. The director is the notable Georg Wilhelm Pabst and there are no less than four writers who worked on this one. It is a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth I must say as I developed little interest in the story or characters and I would not say this is the actors' fault. Some of the names will appear familiar to you if you care about German silent film from the 1920s, most of all lead actor Werner Krauss of course, who is playing the tormented scientist here. There are differing runtimes indicated for this one from slightly over an hour to slightly over 1.5 hours, so parts of the film may be lost or it is just a case of differing frames per second. Overall, I cannot say which version is best to watch, because I just did not care about the film or the characters at all. It's a shame as there was definitely more potential here looking at the cast, the director and basic story elements. But the premise was not fulfilled. Watch something else instead.
Review of Secrets of a Soul
