German Empire,
1926, 97 min
Directed by:
Georg Wilhelm PabstScreenplay:
Hans NeumannComposer:
Giuseppe BeccePlots(1)
Werner Krauss stars as a scientist who is tormented by an irrational fear of knives and the irresistible compulsion to murder his wife. Driven to the brink of madness by fantastic nightmares, he encounters a psychoanalyst who offers to treat the perplexing malady. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Werner Krauss](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496909_9926f3.jpg)
Werner Krauss
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![Jack Trevor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/819/159819192_358575.jpg)
Jack Trevor
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![Hertha von Walther](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/819/159819185_9d2812.jpg)
Hertha von Walther
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![Lili Damita](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270984_b34aaa.jpg)
Lili Damita
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![Ruth Weyher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/927/162927354_6e96b6.png)
Ruth Weyher
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Ilka Grüning
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