1919 (1984)
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Much of 1919 takes place in 1984, but the spectre of that year looms large over the proceedings. Paul Scofield and Maria Schell play two of the surviving patients of Sigmund Freud. Currently residing in the US, Schell happens to see Scofield being interviewed on a TV show. She decides to seek her fellow patient out and compare notes. As they recall their long-ago therapy, the film fades back to the past, with Colin Firth and Claire Higgins playing, respectively, the younger Scofield and Schell. Freud himself is never seen, though his voice is heard (courtesy of actor Frank Finlay). Concluding that Freud wasn't all that he was cracked up to be, Scofield and Schell emerge from their nostalgia session with a mutual affection and attraction. The first dramatic effort of documentary filmmaker Hugh Brody (whose recreation of Times Past is succinct and remarkably accurance), 1919 was originally a coproduction of Britain's Channel Four and the British Film Institute. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Paul Scofield - Alexander Scherbatov
- Frank Finlay - Sigmund Freud
- Clare Higgins - Young Sophie
- Sandra Berkin - Nina
- Maria Schell - Sophie Rubin
- Diana Quick - Anna
- Colin Firth - Young Alexander
- Alan Tilvern - Sophie's Father
- Director(s):
- Hugh Brody
- Writer(s):
- Michael Ignatieff, Hugh Brody
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