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Two Souls

1930 · 108 min

A solemn, sorrowful melodrama of religious duty and doomed love, heavy with guilt and slow to unfold.

Directed by
Erich Waschneck
Starring
Charlotte Susa, Gustav Fröhlich, Friedrich Kayssler
Overview
Gustav Froehlich and Charlotte Susa play Rochus and Judith, the zwei menschen (two humans) of the title. Rochus' domineering mother insists that he enter the priesthood, but he is reluctant to break up his blissful romance with the fair Judith. A religious fanatic of the first order, the mother swears before God and her Church that Rochus will indeed take his vows. When this does not come about, she dies of grief, whereupon the guilt-stricken Rochus abandons Judith to become a priest. The girl subsequently commits suicide -- and it is Rochus who must officiate over her body during the funeral. This final scene was excised from the print of Zwei Menschen released in New York, leaving audiences hanging in regard to Judith's ultimate fate.

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Directed by
Erich Waschneck
Starring
Charlotte Susa, Gustav Fröhlich, Friedrich Kayssler
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    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • faith
    • guilt
    • love
    • death
    • parenthood
    Places
    • countryside
    • single country house
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour0
    Realism7
    Romance5
    Tension5
    Darkness7
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Directed by
    Erich Waschneck
    Written by
    Alfred Schirokauer, Hans H. Zerlett
    Starring
    Charlotte Susa, Gustav Fröhlich, Friedrich Kayssler, Fritz Alberti, Hermine Sterler, Karl Platen, Bernd Aldor, Harry Nestor
    Runtime
    108 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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