Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung’s weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud. Both men fall under Sabina’s spell.
Acting
Knightley's jaw work alone deserves awards. Mortensen's Freud is deliciously smug.
Direction
Cronenberg making a talky drama? Still body horror, just of the psyche.
Costume
Edwardian repression never looked this suffocatingly good.
Director
David Cronenberg
Keira Knightley
Sabina Spielrein
Viggo Mortensen
Sigmund Freud
Michael Fassbender
Carl Jung
Sarah Gadon
Emma Jung
Vincent Cassel
Otto Gross
André Hennicke
Professor Eugen Bleuler
Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey
Sándor Ferenczi
Mignon Remé
Jung's Secretary
Mareike Carrière
Food Nurse
Franziska Arndt
Bath Nurse
Wladimir Matuchin
Nikolai Spielrein
Anna Thalbach
Bathtub Patient
Sarah Marecek
Orchard Nurse
Björn Geske
Orderly
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Knightley practiced her jaw-jutting hysteria by studying actual asylum footage from the era. Method acting meets medical archive.
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