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Status
Released
Release
1962
Runtime
2h 20m
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"Alone he fought against his own dark passions..."
An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.
25 Cast Members
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 Amalia 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) (uncredited)
Ol Abdou
(uncredited)
Manfred Andrae
Student Doctor (uncredited)
Victor Beaumont
Dr. Guber (uncredited)
Allan Cuthbertson
Wilkie (uncredited)
Eduard Linkers
Dr. Torsch (uncredited)
Ferdy Mayne
Questioner at Final Lecture (uncredited)
