Freud
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
John Huston
Montgomery Clift
Susannah York
Larry Parks
Susan Kohner
Eric Portman
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In 1885, 30-year-old neurologist Dr. Sigmund Freud quarrels with his superior, Professor Theodore Meynert, over the nature of hysteria and takes a leave of absence from the Vienna General Hospital. In Paris, he studies under Professor Charcot, a pioneer in the use of hypnosis to demonstrate that disease can be mentally induced. Following his marriage to Martha Bernays, Freud becomes the protégé of Dr. Joseph Breuer, another advocate of hypnotism, and together they treat Cecily Koertner, a semi-paralyzed young woman who also suffers from insomnia and impaired vision. As a result of his sessions with both Cecily and Carl von Schlosser, a young man who assaulted his father because of an incestuous love for his mother, Freud determines that all neuroses stem from repressed sexuality. His revolutionary theory, partially based upon his own childhood recollections, offends the entire medical profession, including Breuer. Nevertheless, Freud continues experimenting with Cecily and eventually drops hypnosis in favor of a new technique, "free association," in which he is able to analyze her dreams and interpret the meaning of chance remarks she makes during their conversations. As Cecily's mental health gradually improves, Freud develops his theory of the Oedipus complex and delivers a lecture on the subject; his colleagues react with derisive shouts, but psychoanalysis is born.
Director
John Huston
Cast
Montgomery Clift
Susannah York
Larry Parks
Susan Kohner
Eric Portman
Eileen Herlie
Fernand Ledoux
David Mccallum
Rosalie Crutchley
David Kossoff
Joseph Fürst
Alexander Mango
Leonard Sachs
Allan Cuthbertson
Moira Redmond
Maria Perschy
Elisabeth Neumann-viertel
Ursula Lyn
Victor Beaumont
Manfred Andrea
Crew
Henk Badings
Renato Cadueri
C. O. Erickson
Basil Fenton-smith
Joseph Gershenson
Jerry Goldsmith
George Golitzen
Ray Gosnell Jr.
Stephen Grimes
Gladys Hill
John Huston
Charles Kaufman
Charles Kaufman
Ralph Kemplen
James Leong
Earl A. Loomis Jr.
Doris Langley Moore
Wolfgang Reinhardt
Wolfgang Reinhardt
Laci Von Ronay
Robert Schiffer
Douglas Slocombe
David Stafford-clark
Raimund Stangl
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Score
Best Writing, Screenplay
Quotes
Trivia
Montgomery Clift had so many health problems on the set of this film, that Universal sued him for the cost of the film's production delays. During the trial, the film opened and was such a huge hit that Clift's lawyers brought up the point that the film was doing well because of Clift's involvement. Clift won a lucrative settlement.
Notes
Filmed in England. Also known as The Secret Passion.
Miscellaneous Notes
Voted One of the Year's Ten Best Films by the 1962 National Board of Review.
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1962
Re-released in Paris January 9, 1991.
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1962
