
Freud: The Secret Passion(1962)
An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.


“A Psychoanalytic Thriller”
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.

Werner Krauss
Martin Fellman

Ruth Weyher
Seine frau

Ilka Grüning
Die Mutter

Jack Trevor
Erich

Lili Damita
(uncredited)
Pavel Pavlov
Dr. Orth (as Pawel Pawloff)

Hertha von Walther
Fellmans Assistentin

Renate Brausewetter
Dienstmaedchen
Colin Ross
Kriminalkommissar
Secrets of a Soul is a drama film released in 1927 exploring themes of trauma, dream interpretation, mental illness, german expressionism. Directed by G.W. Pabst, it stars Werner Krauss, Ruth Weyher, Ilka Grüning. 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.
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