Synopsis
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.
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Cast
Montgomery Clift as Sigmund Freud
Susannah York as Cecily Koertner
Larry Parks as Dr. Joseph Breuer
Susan Kohner as Martha Freud
Eileen Herlie as Frau Ida Koertner