Overview
Scientist Martin Fellmann 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.
Director and cast
- G.W. Pabst Director
- Werner Krauss as Martin Fellman
- Ruth Weyher as Seine frau
- Ilka Grüning as Die Mutter
- Jack Trevor as Erich
- Lili Damita as (uncredited)
- Pavel Pavlov as Dr. Orth (as Pawel Pawloff)
- Hertha von Walther as Fellmans Assistentin
- Renate Brausewetter as Dienstmaedchen
- Colin Ross as Kriminalkommissar
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