Freud (1962)
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Filmed in Germany by American director John Huston, Freud is a sincerely felt but overly simplistic biopic of the pioneering psychotherapist. The brooding, introspective Montgomery Clift was a curious choice for the role of Sigmund Freud; at times he looks more off the beam than some of his patients (his comic-opera Viennese accent doesn't add to the credibility). The screenplay takes the shape of a detective mystery, attempting to link various crises in Freud's private and professional life with his theoretical conclusions, most often doing so within well-staged dream sequences. Less successful are the scenes with the poor unfortunates who come to Freud for help, notably an embarrassing sequence with a young man suffering from an Oedipus complex. Freud was at one point supposed to have been scripted by existentialist playwright Jean-Paul Sartre, who gave up after he realized that the subject would require a four- or five-hour film at the very least. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Montgomery Clift - Sigmund Freud
- Larry Parks - Dr. Joseph Breuer
- Eileen Herlie - Frau Ida Koertner
- David McCallum - Carl von Schlosser
- Rosalie Crutchley - Frau Freud
- Joseph Furst - Jacob Koertner
- Moira Redmond - Nora Wimmer
- John Huston - Narrator
- Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel - Frau Bernays
- Maria Perschy - Magda
- Susannah York - Cecily Koertner
- Susan Kohner - Martha Freud
- Eric Portman - Dr. Theodore Meynert
- Fernand Ledoux - Professor Charcot
- David Kossoff - Jacob Freud
- Leonard Sachs - Brouhardier
- Allan Cuthbertson - Wilkie
- Victor Beaumont - Dr. Gruber
- Alec Mango - Babinsky
- Director(s):
- John Huston
- Writer(s):
- Wolfgang Reinhardt, Charles S. Kaufman
- Producer(s):
- Wolfgang Reinhardt
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