Abwege / The Devious Path (Munich print GCM 1997)

G. W. Pabst: Abwege / The Devious Path (DE 1928) with Gustav Diessl (Rechtsanwalt Dr. Thomas Beck) and Brigitte Helm (Irene Beck).

015431 / 16 / DE / 1928 / Pabst, G. W. / / drama

Abwege / Harhateillä / Hett blod / Crisis / Desire / Crise / Crisi. PC: Erda-Film. D: G. W. Pabst. DP: Theodor Sparkuhl. CAST: Brigitte Helm, Gustav Diessl, Hertha von Walther. Silent b&w. Münchner Filmmuseum print /20 fps/ 96’. Pordenone, Cinema Verdi, Friday 17 October 1997. *** A discovery: a forgotten Pabst film that was 25 years ahead of its time, charting the same areas of alienated relationships as Rossellini and Antonioni in the 1950s. Brigitte Helm ”in her best performance”? Maybe.