Freud: The Secret Passion

Overview:

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 a recurring nightmare.

Released: 1962-12-12

Duration: 02:00:00

Genre: Drama

Director: John Huston

Writer: Wolfgang Reinhardt, Charles Kaufman

Cast: John Huston, Stefan Schnabel, Susannah York, ...

Director: John Huston

Writer: Wolfgang Reinhardt Charles Kaufman

Cast: John Huston Stefan Schnabel Susannah York Rosalie Crutchley David McCallum David Kossoff Joseph Fürst Montgomery Clift Larry Parks Susan Kohner Fernand Ledoux Eileen Herlie Moira Redmond

Genre: Drama

Description

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.