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Secrets of a Soul
(1926)

G.W. Pabst directed the versatile Werner Krauss as the troubled sleeper who develops a knife phobia and must resort to psychoanalysis for help. The lovely Ruth Weyher, Ilka Grüning, Jack Trevor, Pawel Pawlow and Hertha von Walther support.

Kino International
2008 DVD edition

Secrets of a Soul (1926), black & white, 75 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, K571, UPC 7-38329-05712-1.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 7.6 Mbps average video bit rate, 192 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; 12 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 19 February 2008.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 7 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.

This DVD edition has been mastered from the 35mm restoration print prepared by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung. The picture is reasonably detailed, with a broad greyscale range and very little dust and speckling, scratches or other print defects. This may be the result of digital cleanup efforts.

The film is accompanied by a fine music score performed on piano by Ekkehard Wölk.

Highly recommended. Surprisingly, this remains the only known home video edition of the film.

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