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Suffering from hysteria, Sabina Spielrein is hospitalized under the care of Dr. Carl Jung who has begun using Dr. Sigmund Freuds talking cure with some of his patients. Spielrains psychological problems are deeply rooted in her childhood and violent father. She is highly intelligent however and hopes to be a doctor, eventually becoming a psychiatrist in her own right. The married Jung and Spielrein eventually become lovers. Jung and Freud develop an almost father-son relationship with Freud seeing the young Jung as his likely successor as the standard-bearer of his beliefs. A deep rift develops between them when Jung diverges from Freuds belief that while psychoanalysis can reveal the cause of psychological problems it cannot cure the patient.
In the early twentieth century, Zurich-based Carl Jung is a follower in the new theories of psychoanalysis of Vienna-based Sigmund Freud, who states that all psychological problems are rooted in sex. Jung uses those theories for the first time as part of his treatment of Sabina Spielrein, a young Russian woman brought to his care. She is obviously troubled despite her assertions that she is not crazy. Jung is able to uncover the reasons for Sabinas psychological problems, she who is an aspiring physician herself. In this latter role, Jung employs her to work in his own research, which often includes him and his wife Emma as test subjects. Jung is eventually able to meet Freud himself, they, based on their enthusiasm, who develop a friendship driven by their lengthy philosophical discussions on psychoanalysis. Actions by Jung based on his discussions with another patient, a fellow psychoanalyst named Otto Gross, lead to fundamental changes in Jungs relationships with Freud, Sabina and Emma. Those relationships are also affected by Freuds unbending views of psychoanalysis and its use, by Sabinas growing self-awareness of what drives her emotionally, regardless of their negative root causes, and by Emmas feelings of guilt over not being able to produce a male heir for her husband.
Michael Fassbender
Carl Jung
Keira Knightley
Sabina Spielrein
Viggo Mortensen
Sigmund Freud
Vincent Cassel
Otto Gross
Sarah Gadon
Emma Jung
André Hennicke
Prof. Eugen Bleuler
Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey
Sándor Ferenczi
Mignon Remé
Jung's Secretary
Mareike Carrière
Food Nurse
Franziska Arndt
Bath Nurse
Wladimir Matuchin
Nikolai Spielrein
André Dietz
Medical Policeman
Anna Thalbach
Bathtub Patient
Sarah Marecek
Orchard Nurse
Bjorn Geske
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Markus Haase
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Christian Serritiello
Ship's Officer
Clemens Giebel
Ship's Steward
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