Freud: The Secret Passion
1962 · Movie · 2h 20m
Drama
"Alone he fought against his own dark passions..."
Overview
An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.
Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes
78%
Key crew
- John HustonDirector
- Wolfgang ReinhardtScreenplay
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- Jean-Paul SartreWriter
- Charles KaufmanScreenplay
- John HustonScreenplay
Cast
- Montgomery CliftSigmund Freud
- Susannah YorkCecily Koertner
- Larry ParksDr. Joseph Breuer
- Susan KohnerMartha Freud
- Eileen HerlieFrau Ida Koertner
- Fernand LedouxDr. Charcot
- David McCallumCarl von Schlossen
- Rosalie CrutchleyFrau Amalia Freud
- David KossoffJacob Freud
- Joseph FürstHerr Jacob Koertner
- Alexander MangoBabinsky
- Leonard SachsBrouhardier
Stills
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Themes
psychoanalysishypnosisbiographyhistorical figurevienna, austriadream interpretationpsychiatrydream sequencedream logicrepressed memoryoedipus complexsuppressed memory