Freud (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Freud |
| Original title | Freud - The secret passion |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1962 |
| length | 118 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Huston |
| script |
Charles Kaufman , Wolfgang Reinhardt |
| production | Wolfgang Reinhardt |
| music | Jerry Goldsmith |
| camera | Douglas Slocombe |
| cut | Ralph Kemplen |
| occupation | |
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Freud is a film biography about Sigmund Freud , the founder of psychoanalysis , and primarily deals with his discovery and exploration of the unconscious .
action
The neurologist Sigmund Freud worked in the General Hospital in Vienna in 1885 and got into a dispute with his superiors over questions about hysteria .
Freud goes to Paris and becomes friends with Professor Jean-Martin Charcot , who familiarizes Freud with the nature of hypnosis . Through hypnosis, Freud discovers the unconscious , which is separated from rational thinking and is responsible for manifold disorders.
Back in Vienna, Freud finds Dr. To Meynert, who ridicules him and his theories. But Freud found in Dr. Josef Breuer has a proponent who supports him. The latter gives him two cases that will prove his theories: that of Cecily Kortner and that of Carl von Schlosser. Using these two patients, Freud et al. a. also the Oedipus complex .
background
- The original script came from Jean-Paul Sartre , but he produced a book several hundred pages thick, which the director rejected, so Sartre withdrew his name from this film.
- Huston and Clift did not get along on the set (the literature suggests Clift's alcoholism, depression due to his unaccepted homosexuality, and director Huston's generally quite macho demeanor on set, which is said to have at times turned into open bullying of the depressed actor), and Clift was sued for delays in the shooting process. Clift later sued the studio and won after a long legal battle, but died of a heart attack in 1966, four years after Freud's appearance , at the age of 45 after continued alcohol and drug use .
- Anna Freud , daughter of Sigmund Freud, was not satisfied with the result, as neither the person of her father nor his work were portrayed accordingly in the film.
- This film is still often shown in universities at introductory events in the study of psychology .
- Composer Jerry Goldsmith used parts of the film music for his later work in Alien .
Reviews
“ A novel-like, popularized biography of the Viennese neurologist and depth psychologist - limited to the period from 1885 to 1890 in which Sigmund Freud discovered his psychoanalytic method; in the treatment of mental problems simplified and coarsened. Director Huston commissioned Jean Paul Sartre with a script version that was not implemented, but determined the film in its most important ideas. "
publication
After its theatrical release in 1962, Freud was not publicly available for decades, apart from occasional TV broadcasts. It was not until fifty years after the cinema premiere in 2012 that a bare-bones DVD was released in Great Britain by the British retail label Transition Digital Media in Region 2, in the format 1.85: 1 with black bars in a 4: 3 picture, which, however, dated 1962 at around 45 Minutes shortened scenes reinserted. In 2016 the Pidax Film label released an uncut German DVD in anamorphic 16: 9 with German and English sound.
Awards
- In 1963 the film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Score (Jerry Goldsmith) and Best Original Screenplay (Charles Kaufman, Wolfgang Reinhardt) .
- Also in 1963, John Huston was nominated for the film at the 1963 Berlinale for the Golden Bear .
- In the same year there were Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress (Susan Kohner).
Web links
- Freud in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Freud in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Freud. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .