Wandering Souls

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Wandering Souls
Wandering Souls.jpg
Directed by Carl Froelich
Written by
Based on The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Produced by Erich Pommer
Starring
Cinematography Axel Graatkjær
Production
company
Russo Film
Distributed by Decla-Bioscop
Release date
  • 3 March 1921 (1921-03-03)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryGermany
Languages

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 Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1869 novel The Idiot . 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] The 123-minute film was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. It premiered on 3 March 1921 at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. [2]

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References

  1. Hardt pp. 52-53
  2. Hardt p. 223

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