Freud

"Alone he fought against his own dark passions..."

Dec 12 1962 Approved 2h 20m
Biography, Drama

An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.

Plot

This pseudo biographical movie depicts five years from 1885 on in the life of the Czech-Austrian psychologist Sigmund 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 repeatedly by the same nightmare.

Written by

Charles Kaufman, Wolfgang Reinhardt, Jean-Paul Sartre

Directed by

John Huston

Cast

Montgomery Clift, Susannah York, Larry Parks

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures, Bavaria Film

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 9 nominations total

Trailers
Freud (1962) Original Trailer [FHD]
Featurettes
Howard Rodman on FREUD: THE SECRET PASSION
Freud
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