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Wandering Souls is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Asta Nielsen, Alfred Abel, and Walter Janssen. It was based on the 1869 novel The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. 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. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. It premiered on 3 March 1921 at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.
Original Release
11/28/1921
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Alfred Abel | Parfen, Rogoschins Sohn / Parfen |
| Lili Donecker | Marie |
| Leonhard Haskel | General Jepantschin |
| Guido Herzfeld | Semjon Rogoschin |
| Walter Janssen | Prinz Myschkin |
| Simon Konarski | Eugen Ratomsky |
| Adolf E. Licho | Herr Lebedoff |
| Asta Nielsen | Nastassja Baraschkowa |
| Lydia Potechina | Alte Gutsbesitzerin |
| Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg | Frau Rogoschin |
Directors
Writers
Carl Froelich, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Walter Supper
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Alfred Abel | Parfen, Rogoschins Sohn / Parfen |
| Lili Donecker | Marie |
| Leonhard Haskel | General Jepantschin |
| Guido Herzfeld | Semjon Rogoschin |
| Walter Janssen | Prinz Myschkin |
| Simon Konarski | Eugen Ratomsky |
| Adolf E. Licho | Herr Lebedoff |
| Asta Nielsen | Nastassja Baraschkowa |
| Lydia Potechina | Alte Gutsbesitzerin |
| Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg | Frau Rogoschin |
| Frida Richard | Maries Mutter |
| Ernst Rotmund | Gawril Iwolgin-Ganja |
| Lyda Salmonova | Tochter Aglaia Jepantschin / Aglaia Jepantschin |
| Lydia Savitzky | Tochter Adelaida Jepantschin |
| Sylvia Torf | |
| Erika Unruh | Gawrils Schwester Warwara |
| Marga von Kierska | Tochter Alexandra Jepantschin |
| Vasilij Vronski | Trotzky |
| Elsa Wagner | Frau Jepantschin |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Erich Pommer | Producer |
