Mesmer

  • Drama
8/25/1994
107

Charlatan, Fraud... or Genius

A biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal magnetism."

Director:
Roger Spottiswoode
Writer:
Dennis Potter

      Videos

      Cast

      • Alan Rickman
        Franz Anton Mesmer
      • Amanda Ooms
        Maria Theresia Paradies
      • Simon McBurney
        Franz Mesmer junior
      • David Hemblen
        Doctor Ingenhousz
      • Anna Thalbach
        Francesca
      • Donal Donnelly
        Doctor Vic d'Azyr
      • Gillian Barge
        Frau Mesmer
      • David Burke
        Doctor de Vauzesmes
      • Beatie Edney
        Marie Antoinette
      • Peter Dvorsky
        Doctor Deslon
      • István Szilágyi
        Coachman
      • János Gosztonyi
        Footman
      • Heinz Trixner
        Baron de Horka
      • Petra Köberl
        Baroness de Horka
      • Peter Janisch
        Chancellor von Kaunitz
      • Caroline Holdaway
        Felicity

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