Freud: The Secret Passion
“Alone he fought against his own dark passions...”
1962•2h 20m•6.5•Released
Drama
An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.
Director
John Huston
Writer
Wolfgang Reinhardt, Jean-Paul Sartre, Charles Kaufman, John Huston
Languages
English
Studio
Bavaria Film
Cast
Montgomery Clift
Sigmund Freud
Susannah York
Cecily Koertner
Larry Parks
Dr. Joseph Breuer
Susan Kohner
Martha Freud
Eileen Herlie
Frau Ida Koertner
Fernand Ledoux
Dr. Charcot
David McCallum
Carl von Schlossen
Rosalie Crutchley
Frau Amalia Freud
David Kossoff
Jacob Freud
Joseph Fürst
Herr Jacob Koertner
Alexander Mango
Babinsky
Leonard Sachs
Brouhardier
Eric Portman
Dr. Theodore Meynert
John Huston
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ol Abdou
(uncredited)
Production
Company
Bavaria Film
Company
Universal International Pictures
Producer
Wolfgang Reinhardt
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