The man who made moms everywhere uncomfortable — before he was famous.
This documentary retraces the life of the famous Austrian psychiatrist, Sigmund Freud, from his birth to the publication of his landmark book on dream interpretation. Dr. Freud revolutionary theories spawned the psychoanalytic school of psychology.
Direction
Grubin turns archive photos into living, breathing drama.
Acting
Schreiber's voice work makes cocaine-fueled monologues weirdly magnetic.
Production
Gorgeous 19th-century Vienna recreated through meticulous detail.
Director
David Grubin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Schreiber recorded his narration while starring in a completely unrelated play about Jewish identity, accidentally method-acting Freud's own cultural anxieties.
The documentary premiered right as Freud-bashing hit peak academia — making its sympathetic portrait quietly radical. Some critics called it 'apologist,' fans called it 'contextual.'
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