Freud (TV series)

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Television series
Original title Freud
Freud series logo.png
Country of production Austria , Germany , Czech Republic
original language German , Hungarian , Viennese
year 2020
Production
company		 Satel Film ,
Bavaria Fiction
length ⌀ 52:48 minutes
Episodes 8 in 1 season ( list )
genre Psychological thriller , crime thriller
Director Marvin Kren
script Marvin Kren ,
Stefan Brunner ,
Benjamin Hessler
production Heinrich Ambrosch ,
Moritz Polter ,
Sonja Hoffmann ,
Marvin Kren ( showrunner )
music Stefan Will ,
Marco Dreckkötter
camera Markus Nestroy
cut Olivia Retzer ,
Jan Hille ,
Bettina Mazakarini ,
Christoph Loidl
First broadcast March 15, 2020 on ORF 1
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Freud is an eight-part Austrian-German-Czech television series by Marvin Kren with Robert Finster as Sigmund Freud , Ella Rumpf as medium Fleur Salomé and Georg Friedrich as police officer and war veteran Alfred Kiss. The premiere was on February 24, 2020 at the 70th Berlinale , where the Berlinale Series sectionopenedwith three 55-minute episodes. It is the first joint project between ORF and the streaming provider Netflix .

The first broadcast on ORF took place on March 15, 2020 as a double episode and on March 18, 2020 and March 22, 2020 as a triple episode. The series was released on Netflix on March 23, 2020.

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A fictional criminal case is told in Vienna in 1886, which marked the start of a major conspiracy. The 30-year-old Sigmund Freud recently returned from a study trip from France. Among other things, he is enthusiastic about hypnosis and strives for recognition. However, his theories and theses met with rejection in the Viennese medical profession.

At the side of the police inspector Alfred Kiss, traumatized in an unspecified war, and the well-known medium Fleur Salomé, Freud soon finds himself in the midst of a murderous conspiracy.

No. Original title First broadcast in Austria Playing time (min.)
1 hysteria March 15, 2020 57:38
Freud is preparing for a presentation to the Viennese medical community. He would like to report on his study trip, which had taken him to the psychiatric clinic at the Hôpital Salpêtrière to see Jean-Martin Charcot , and to demonstrate the effectiveness of hypnosis with his housekeeper Lenore . Freud's presentation was received negatively by the Viennese medical community, including Theodor Meynert and Leopold von Schönfeld.

Inspector Kiss and his colleague Poschacher find Steffi Horvath covered in blood in Heinz Konrad's house. Dr. Freud tries to save her life, but any help comes too late and she succumbs to her stab wounds. Kiss finds a uniform button in her room with the regiment number 5 - the regiment in which he served himself. However, his superior Oskar Janecek does not want to investigate the case further. Kiss continues on his own, his investigations lead him to Oberleutnant Riedl and Georg von Lichtenberg.

With his friend Arthur Schnitzler , Freud attends festivals in the Szápáry Palace of the Hungarian Countess Sophia von Szápáry and Count Viktor von Szápáry. There he got to know the medium Fleur Salomé at a séance in which Freud's critic Leopold von Schönfeld also took part . She is plagued by dark visions about little Clara von Schönfeld. Salomé would like to be examined and treated for intermittent failures by Freud. Freud tries to hypnotize them and to analyze what Salomé experienced at the séance. In her vision, Salomé sees Clara von Schönfeld disappearing into the Viennese sewer system .

2 trauma March 15, 2020 55:08
When Freud learns that Clara von Schönfeld has actually disappeared, he is alarmed. An anonymous telegram takes the police officers Kiss and Poschacher, who are also investigating this case, to the underground in Vienna, where they first find Clara’s dog and later Clara herself. Freud and Schnitzler save Clara’s life, they find in her mouth a toe that has been severed from her foot, on which she almost suffocated. Freud asks Clara's brother Dr. Schönfeld to take over the psychological treatment of the severely traumatized Clara, Dr. However, Schönfeld refuses.

Kiss believes Georg von Lichtenberg was the perpetrator in both cases due to a testimony and a blow . He accuses Georg von Lichtenberg in front of his comrades, who then challenges him to a duel on the line wall . War veteran Kiss has suffered from severe tremors since his military service and asks Freud for help. Freud leads Kiss back to the war in a hypnosis session, where he had to kill prisoners on the orders of Lichtenberg.

Fleur Salomé convinces Clara's mother Henriette von Schönfeld to hand over the treatment of Clara to Freud. Salomé follows Clara in another hypnosis session in the Vienna Underground, where she identifies Leopold von Schönfeld as the kidnapper of Clara.

3 Somnambul March 18, 2020 55:56
Alfred Kiss duels Georg von Lichtenberg, Lichtenberg is hit and dies. Kiss himself remains unharmed, when the fatal shot is fired he calls out for Otto . Georg's father, Field Marshal Franz von Lichtenberg, is disappointed in his son, the most important thing for him is the honor of the army. Together with his colleague Josef Breuer , Freud treats the blind Elise. While Freud tries to prove Leopold von Schönfeld's kidnapping of his sister Clara, Countess Sophia von Szápáry orders Leopold, under the influence of hypnosis, to kill himself. However, this does not finish the job.

The ambitious Szápárys want to penetrate the highest social circles and hope to be invited to the Ball of Nations . Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary is also present at one of their séances with Fleur . During the session, Fleur had another bloody vision; after she recovers from it, she goes to Freud again. Under his hypnosis, she can see further details from the vision and identify two dead people and their murderer, the opera singer Frantisek Mucha. Freud then alarms Kiss, together they find the two dead from Fleur's vision and in the next room the hypnotized Mucha.

After Fleur refuses to be touched and hypnotized by Countess Sophia, the Countess visits Freud under a pretext and, under hypnosis, gives him the order to kill himself.

4th Totem and taboo March 18, 2020 51:36
Freud manages to oppose Countess Sophia's order to commit suicide. Inspector Kiss, with the help of a witness, unmasked Leopold von Schönfeld as the kidnapper of his sister Clara. Kiss and Freud then find Schönfeld dead in his apartment covered in blood; in his room there is a symbol painted with blood on the wall.

In a flashback, we learn that Otto Kiss, Alfred's son and Fanny's husband, was in the army just like his father and was about to be convicted of desertion . Georg von Lichtenberg forced Alfred Kiss to shoot the prisoners in order to prove his loyalty and to save Otto's life. Otto then took his own life.

Under pressure from Field Marshal Franz von Lichtenberg, Oberleutnant Riedl goes in search of Inspector Kiss. Riedl is supposed to take revenge on Kiss for the death of Georg von Lichtenberg. Crown Prince Rudolf invites Fleur to his home under the pretext of a private séance, where he tries to rape her, while the Szápárys continue to hope for an invitation to the People's Ball in return .

5 Drive March 18, 2020 55:00
After the meeting with Crown Prince Rudolf, Fleur fled to Freud and seduced him. During the night she keeps shouting the word Táltos . Fleur has another vision, while she sees Countess Sophia, who keeps whispering the word Táltos into her. While making love, Fleur and Freud are caught red-handed by his future brother-in-law and wife Lenore.

Opera singer Frantisek Mucha is said to be executed for murder without the latter having made a confession. Inspector Kiss is attacked by two men in his apartment, but he overpowers them and kills them with a knife. Fanny calls in Poschacher to help cover up the crime and to make the bodies of the two men disappear. Kiss and Poschacher suspect Franz von Lichtenberg to be their client.

Emperor Franz Josef, Crown Prince Rudolf and Field Marshal Franz von Lichtenberg are told by Caspari of a conspiracy against the imperial family in the Szápáry Palace. Rudolf suggests that the Szápárys be invited to the People's Ball, so that we can see and observe the enemies in the vicinity. An ancestor of the Szápárys was one of the ringleaders of the revolution of 1848/1849 in the Austrian Empire .

Freud finds out the meaning of the word Táltos , a figure with supernatural powers from Hungarian mythology. He is disturbed by playing the piano in the neighboring apartment. According to Lenore, the apartment has been uninhabited for a long time, an inspection confirms this. The resident committed suicide after the ring theater fire, which, unlike all of his friends, he survived. In the Szápáry Palace, young men gather for a common ritual in which they bathe naked in blood.

6th Regression March 22, 2020 49:02
Freud tries to find out more about the musician Szpilman from the neighboring apartment, who was in a mental hospital and who committed suicide after the ring theater fire. He believed he had started the fire himself. Freud suspects a connection between Szpilmans and the Szápárys or Fleur Salomé. The Szápárys are invited to the Ball of the Nations by Crown Prince Rudolf .

Lieutenant Riedl learns from Heinz Konrad that Inspector Kiss survived the attack and that two of Konrad's men were killed. This leads to an argument and Riedl stabs Konrad to death. The whore Anneli tells Kiss about the incident, she can name Riedl as the perpetrator. Poschacher, however, warns him to turn the entire Riedl regiment against them. Oskar Janecek, Kiss's superior, decides to summon Riedl as a witness. During the fight with Konrad, Riedl was injured in the head and torn out his hair that was found at the crime scene. Based on the injury, Riedl is said to be convicted of Konrad's murder.

Theodor Meynert surprises Freud with the information that Fleur Salomé was admitted to the mental hospital after she had foamed and injured a policeman at the Mölker Bastei . Before Meynert, Freud accused the Szápárys, Fleur Salomé, Frantisek Mucha and Leopold von Schönfeld to have manipulated and instigated their acts. Meynert then threatens Freud to accept him as a patient if he does not leave the building immediately and never re-enter. Freud asks Josef Breuer for help, but he refuses it. During the night Freud sneaks back into the asylum to free Fleur. He receives support from his care wife Lenore and his friend Arthur Schnitzler. Together they bring Fleur home to Freud.

7th catharsis March 22, 2020 44:30
Freud hides Salomé in his apartment, but Meynert and Breuer are already on his track. During their visit, Freud and Salomé get to safety in the empty neighboring apartment, where Fleur has another vision. Lieutenant Riedl appears after the summons to testify at the police station with Colonel Janecek. However, according to Riedl's statement, he wants to arrest Kiss, and with Poschacher's help, Kiss manages to escape. The two find shelter with Freud.

In Georg von Lichtenberg's chamber, his father, Field Marshal Franz von Lichtenberg, finds the knife with which Georg Steffi stabbed Horvath. The field marshal tries to destroy all evidence. The Szápárys prepare for their final blow against the imperial house so that the peoples of the empire are free and independent.

In Freud's practice, Freud, Kiss and Fleur have to face their own inner demons. Freud learns that Fleur Salomé and Táltos are the same person. In a vision, Fleur sees an assassination attempt on the emperor.

8th displacement March 22, 2020 53:36
The aristocracy from all parts of the multi-ethnic state, including the Szápárys, gathered at the Ball of the Peoples of the Austrian Emperor Franz Josef in Schönbrunn Palace . Field Marshal Franz von Lichtenberg and Lieutenant Riedl find Kiss and Poschacher in Freud's apartment. While Lichtenberg threatens to shoot Kiss, he reports the planned assassination attempt on the Kaiser. There was slaughter at the ball, but the emperor managed to get to safety. Fleur / Táltos orders the insurgents to surrender. Count and Countess Szápáry be in place firing squad . In the palace gardens, the emperor is attacked by his son Rudolf, who is still under the influence of Táltos. However, the emperor succeeds in appeasing his son.

While Freud is finishing his supposed main work The Power of Hypnosis , Martha Bernays is preparing for her wedding to Sigmund. She forgives him for the affair with Fleur. Field Marshal Franz von Lichtenberg asks Freud to treat the Crown Prince, who is still under the influence of Táltos. Freud hypnotizes the Crown Prince; under the influence of hypnosis, Rudolf tells of Fleur's rape. Field Marshal Lichtenberg starts a secret service search for Fleur, in which he continues to see a danger for the emperor. He also wants to prevent Freud's publication from appearing. Freud is offered hush money and his old job so that he does not report anything about the events in the imperial family. After Freud refuses, Lichtenberg blackmailed him by threatening the life of his family.

When Kiss is promoted to district inspector, he stabs his superior Janecek. Sigmund and Martha announce that they are getting married with their families. Freud burns his unpublished book and quits his old job with Professor Meynert. Kiss goes into hiding in the Viennese sewer system. Fleur unexpectedly appears at Freud's to thank him for his help and to say goodbye to him.

production

The shooting took place from January 8th to May 21st, 2019 in Vienna and Prague . The series was produced by the Wiener Satel Film ( Heinrich Ambrosch ) and Bavaria Fiction (Moritz Polter) as well as the Czech Mia Film . Marvin Kren acted as a showrunner and executive producer throughout the first season .

The production was supported by the Vienna Film Fund , the Austrian TV Fund as well as Creative Europe MEDIA and the Czech Film Fund ; Austrian Broadcasting and Netflix were involved . ZDF Enterprises took over the international distribution.

Max Wohlkönig was responsible for the costume design, Verena Wagner for the production design, Daniela Skala and Martin Geissler for the make-up and Eva Roth for the casting.

Historical background

Both historical and fictional characters appear in the series, which is why it does not belong to the biopic genre . Based on this decision, the participants took a lot of artistic freedom in creating series. Freud and the writer Arthur Schnitzler were in correspondence, but were not friends in the strict sense. The serial figure of Arthur Schnitzler probably also unites Freud's, in reality, much more intimate relationship with Wilhelm Fließ from Berlin . The figure of Fleur Salomé alludes to Lou Andreas-Salomé . The titles of the episodes quote Freud's works and terms. He did not write a manuscript entitled The Power of Hypnosis .

The series does not take it too seriously about Freud's life and research and the historical circumstances in general. This begins with the chronological classification of the series in 1886. By 1885 Freud had devoted himself to studying medicine and subsequent neurophysiological research and, as correctly shown, had just returned from France in 1886 with new knowledge and ideas on hypnosis and suggestion therapy. But it would take several decades before he developed the theories and terminology for which he was mainly known in the following century. In the first episode, for example, there are numerous anachronisms:

  • The shown cathartic method and the affect trauma model were first presented by Freud in 1895 in his "Studies on Hysteria"
  • He only spoke of consciousness as “light”, which gives only a limited insight into the interior, while most of the rest remains hidden in the “shadow” in the “Draft of a Psychology”, also in 1895
  • The "unconscious" first came up in 1897 in a letter to Wilhelm Fließ and was only discussed in a public paper in 1899 in the seventh chapter of the "Interpretation of Dreams".
  • Freud also first spoke of "repression" in 1899 in his treatise on "Interpretation of Dreams"
  • The term "instinct" was first mentioned in his 3 essays on the theory of sex in 1905 and was described in more detail in 1915 in "instincts and instinct fates"
  • “Tabu” was first explored in 1912–1913 with “Totem and Tabu”
  • It was not until 1920 that "Beyond the Pleasure Principle" was about "Eros"
  • He got to the bottom of the role of fear in 1926 in "Inhibition, Symptom and Anxiety"

What made Freud's lecture on hysteria in men and the dominance of the psychological over the somatic so scandalous for Viennese doctors and almost led to Freud's exclusion from the psychiatric society was his theory of seduction. In it he postulated that hysteria emerged from the blockade of a sexual affect, which was preceded by sexual abuse. The scandal arose from the fact that the extremely numerous so-called hysterics came from wealthy families, from “middle-class families” and this postulate was seen as a massive affront to large parts of the upper middle class. Freud himself later moved away from this theory in view of the enormous number of hysterics and instead assumed compulsively suppressed ("unconscious") sexual fantasies (the only effective treatment method later became the manual gratification of women by gynecologists or masturbation, including the invention of the vibrator) . From today's perspective, however, his original theory again seems entirely plausible when one considers the enormous number of unreported cases of sexual abuse, especially within family associations, in combination with the extremely patriarchal worldview of his environment and his time.

Freud was never involved in a murder case, he did not work for the criminal investigation department.

reception

Barbara Unterthurner found in the Tiroler Tageszeitung that the narrative strands were skillfully interwoven, but with an extra dose of artificial fog. In part, the series is reminiscent of M - A city is looking for a murderer . As far as Vienna is concerned, Marvin Kren would remain authentic: The majority of the characters grantle in Viennese style , at the Heurigen or in the shop.

Björn Hayer described the production in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung as a “peculiar mixture of mystery thriller and portrait of society”. The actors' performance is mediocre at times, and the script is mixed. What appears to be the poorest is the artificiality that is inherent in every setting and montage. Figures are staged from strange perspectives, memory sequences are faded, in the transition between dream and waking episodes there is always a change between sharpness and blurring, crooked soundtracks dominate the soundscape. This is simply too much of a haunted atmosphere. The lack of clarity about what the format, staggering between crime thriller and fin-de-siècle panorama, actually wants to be, leaves the viewer at a loss.

Martin Schwickert wrote on Rp-online.de that Kren created his story “as a wild, hallucinogenic intoxication from dark dreams, repressed memories, perverse crimes and black magic”. That developed a suction, but with episode 5 the horses ran away. "It gets too much with dark forces, animal sex scenes and blood orgies". Freud is hardly recovering from this overdose of the genre .

The Süddeutsche Zeitung writes: The threatening within oneself is occasionally directly dramaturgy; one of the main characters turns into a man with a little mask and sound technology when the eerie, dominant in her breaks out. And in a scene of domestic peace, the good guys of the series fell asleep in Freud's living room, but each of them startles and descends into the basement, where they wrestle with their greatest fears or a doppelganger.

Der Tagesspiegel : "Freud" is screaming and screeching in the ghost train.

Oliver Junge described the series in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as a “dumb whisker operetta dipped in blood”. Not even Netflix can get the German-speaking film and series scene to deviate from their worn-out paths in order to narrate profoundly and innovatively. It is better to cling to conventions, let poorly disguised actors recite wooden dialogues, work with fluctuating blurring like in a school video group, bravely reach into the mothballed thriller bag of tricks and shower us with dreams that don't need a dream interpretation.

Jan Schlüter wrote on Oddsmeter.de that the series takes movies like Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunters or Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as role models that soak historical material in a distorted, insane story. Atmospherically, however, one feels reminded of Eyes Wide Shut , with all the secret societies, festivities and conspiracies. The viewer can expect a varied series, the craziness of which increases from episode to episode. Actually, the ensemble around Robert Finster is great. The series stirs a disturbing, often thoughtless cocktail without a bitter aftertaste.

An average of 475,000 viewers saw the first episode when it was first broadcast on ORF, the second episode reached 443,000 viewers.

Awards and nominations

Romy Awards 2020

  • Nomination in the Best TV Series category
  • Award in the category Best TV Fiction Production (Heinrich Ambrosch, Marvin Kren, Moritz Polter)

Web links

Individual evidence

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