Wandering Souls
Wandering Souls (German: Irrende Seelen) is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Asta Nielsen, Alfred Abel, and Walter Janssen. It was based on the 1869 novel The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The film was the first of three to be made by Russo Film, a small production company set up by Decla-Bioscop to make literary adaptations.[1] It premiered on 3 March 1921 at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.[1]
| Wandering Souls | |
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 Theatrical film poster | |
| German | Irrende Seelen |
| Directed by | Carl Froelich |
| Written by | Walter Supper Carl Froelich |
| Based on | The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
| Produced by | Erich Pommer |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Axel Graatkjær |
Production company | Russo Film |
| Distributed by | Decla-Bioscop |
Release date |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
Cast
- Asta Nielsen as Nastassja Baraschkowa
- Alfred Abel as Parfen, Rogoschin's son
- Walter Janssen as Prinz Myschkin
- Guido Herzfeld as Semjon Rogoschin
- Lyda Salmonova as Aglaia Jepantschin, daughter
- Maria Connard as Gawril's mother Nina Alexandrowna
- Lili Donecker as Marie
- Eugenia Eduardova as solo dancer
- Leonhard Haskel as General Jepantschin
- Simon Konarski as Eugen Ratomsky
- Adolf E. Licho as Herr Lebedoff
- Lydia Potechina as old landowner
- Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg as Frau Rogoschin
- Frida Richard as Marie's mother
- Ernst Rotmund as Gawril Iwolgin-Ganja
- Lydia Savitzky as Tochter Adelaida Jepantschin
- Erika Unruh as Gawrils Schwester Warwara
- Marga von Kierska as Tochter Alexandra Jepantschin
- Vasilij Vronski as Trotzky
- Elsa Wagner as Frau Jepantschin
- Sylvia Torf
References
- Williams, Alan Larson (1992). Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. pp. 52–53, 223. ISBN 0674762673. OCLC 24106528.
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