Freud (1962) ( Freud: The Secret Passion )

Freud (1962) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Freud: The Secret Passion
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
134 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Documentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1962 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
John Huston
Wolfgang Reinhardt

Written By:
Charles Kaufman

Actors:
Montgomery Clift ..... Sigmund Freud
Susannah York ..... Cecily Koertner
Larry Parks ..... Dr. Joseph Breuer
Susan Kohner ..... Martha Freud
Eileen Herlie ..... Frau Ida Koertner
Fernand Ledoux ..... Dr. Charcot
David McCallum ..... Carl von Schlossen
Rosalie Crutchley ..... Frau Freud
David Kossoff ..... Jacob Freud
Joseph Fürst ..... Herr Jacob Koertner
Alexander Mango ..... Babinsky
Leonard Sachs ..... Brouhardier
Eric Portman ..... Dr. Theodore Meynert
John Huston ..... Narrator (voice)
Victor Beaumont ..... Dr. Guber

Synopsis:

This pseudo-biographical movie depicts 5 years from 1885 on in the life of the Viennan psychologist Freud (1856-1939). At this time, most of his colleagues refuse to cure hysteric patients, because they believe they're just simulating to gain attention. But Freud learns to use hypnosis to find out the reasons for the psychosis. His main patient is a young woman who refuses to drink water and is plagued by always the same nightmare.

The story compresses the many years it took Sigmund Freud to evolve his psychoanalytic theories into what seems like a few months. Almost every neurotic symptom imaginable conveniently manifests itself in one (composite) patient, Cecily Koertner. She is sexually repressed, hysterical, and fixated on her father. And so Freud goes to work, developing one hypothesis after another. Also shown is Freud's home life with his wife Martha, whom he alternately discusses his theories with and patronizes when she reads one of his papers.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 30 November, 2020.