"Humans are animals with inborn biological "drives" for sex and aggression.” according to Sigmund Freud, founder of Psychoanalysis. Hertha von Walther , Ruth Weyher and Werner Krauss In 'Geheimnisse einer Seele', from 1926, Martin Fellman (Werner Krauss), a very normal man, gets the inexplicable urge to kill his beloved wife. But his phobia for knives prevent him from doing so. It is good to hear that phobias are useful for something anyway, you would think. But the two have more to do with each other than initially seems. And here enters the psychoanalysis, which is the heart of the film. Ruth Weyher In 1885 the idea arose that some illnesses might result from psychological problems. Especially by suppressing previous experiences. It is, of course, a bit more complicated, but it is not my intention to give a comprehensive lecture on psychoanalysis here. That would be a bit boring. So the film is boring and theoretical? You might think. Nope.
Reviews of classic or obscure films. All reviews written by Anne-Marie Steenbergen.