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Freud: The Secret Passion, or simply Freud, is a 1962 American biographical drama film directed by John Huston and produced by Wolfgang Reinhardt. Based on the life of Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud, it stars Montgomery Clift as Freud and Susannah York as his patient Cecily Koertner.
Freud: Directed by John Huston. With Montgomery Clift, Susannah York, Larry Parks, Susan Kohner. An examination of Czech-Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.
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- Biography, Drama
- John Huston
- 1962-12-12
John Huston's biopic of Sigmund Freud (Montgomery Clift) follows the progress of the father of psychoanalytical psychiatry as he develops the notion that neurosis stems from sexual repression.
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- Montgomery Clift
- John Huston
- Biography
John Huston’s surrealist odyssey into the life of Freud is a reflection of the director through the theories of the psychoanalyst. Rather than depict fact; historical, or analytic, the film becomes a twisted menagerie of Huston’s own influences and obsessions.
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- John Huston
Aug 29, 2022 · Freud: The Secret Passion, or simply Freud, is a 1962 American biographical drama film directed by John Huston and produced by Wolfgang Reinhardt. Based on t...
Performances all around are solid enough, with a nearly brand-new Susannah York finding bold ways to sell a volatile composite of multiple Freudian case studies, and Imitation of Life's Susan Kohner deftly finding an ambiguous frequency between confidence and suspicion as Freud's wife.
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