Wandering Souls

Wandering Souls
Wandering Souls
Directed by	Carl Froelich
Written by	Walter Supper; Carl Froelich;
Based on	The Idiot; by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Asta Nielsen; Alfred Abel; Walter Janssen; Guido Herzfeld;
Cinematography	Axel Graatkjær
Production; company	Russo Film
Distributed by	Decla-Bioscop
Release date	3 March 1921;
Running time	123 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent; German intertitles;

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]

Cast

Asta Nielsen as Nastassja Baraschkowa
Alfred Abel as Parfen, Rogoschins Sohn
Walter Janssen as Prinz Myschkin
Guido Herzfeld as Semjon Rogoschin
Lyda Salmonova as Tochter Aglaia Jepantschin
Maria Connard as Gawrils Mutter Nina Alexandrowna
Lili Donecker as Marie
Eugenia Eduardova as Solotänzerin
Leonhard Haskel as General Jepantschin
Simon Konarski as Eugen Ratomsky
Adolf E. Licho as Herr Lebedoff
Lydia Potechina as Alte Gutsbesitzerin
Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg as Frau Rogoschin
Frida Richard as Maries Mutter
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

^ Hardt pp. 52-53
^ Hardt p. 223

Bibliography

Hardt, Ursula. From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books, 1996.

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[1] Hardt pp. 52-53

[2] Hardt p. 223

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v t e Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Idiot (1869)
Characters	Prince Myshkin Nastasya Filippovna
Films	Wandering Souls (1921) The Idiot (1946) The Idiot (1951) The Idiot (1958) L'Amour braque (1985) Idiot (1992) The Idiot Returns (1999) Down House (2001) The Idiot (2011)
Television	The Idiot (2003)
Opera	The Idiot (1985) Der Idiot (1986/87)