Wandering Souls

Wandering Souls
Directed by	Carl Froelich
Written by	Walter Supper Carl Froelich
Based on	The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Asta Nielsen Alfred Abel Walter Janssen Guido Herzfeld
Cinematography	Axel Graatkjær
Production company	Russo Film
Distributed by	Decla-Bioscop
Release date	3 March 1921 (1921-03-03)
Running time	123 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Wandering Souls (German: Irrende Seelen) is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Asta Nielsen, Alfred Abel, and Walter Janssen. It was based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1869 novel The Idiot. 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.^[1] The 123-minute film was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. It premiered on 3 March 1921 at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.^[2]