Gefangene Seele

DE 1917. PC: Messter Film. D: Rudolf Biebrach. SC: Robert Wiene. DP: Karl Freund. Starring Henny Porten, Paul Bildt, Curt Goetz. 60 min announced, actually 75 min. Presented by Stefan Drössler, introduced by Jean-Francois Rauger. Viewed at La Cinémathèque francaise, Salle Henri Langlois, Paris, 21 April 2008. Premiere of the restored print by Münchner Filmmuseum preserved from a tinted and toned print. - Too slow at the speed projected. - A fascinating pre-Caligari film featuring many of the future talents of the golden age of German cinema. Visually fascinating. Striking mise-en-scène in several shots. Interesting pantomime. Strong Stimmung.