• Director: David Cronenberg
  • Release Year: 2011
  • Production Country: United Kingdom, Germany, Canada. Switzerland
  • Language: English, German

A Dangerous Method

Description

As the world is on the brink of war, two psychologists, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, debate the make-up of the human psyche and how best to treat its dysfunctions, but both men are distracted by the presence of the beautiful and insightful Sabina Spielrein, their fellow psychologist who becomes more than just another patient to them both.

Themes

Carl Gustav Jung (1875 – 1961), Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939), Sabina Naftulovna Spielrein (1885 – 1942), Scientific thought, Women's history, Gender roles, Judaism, Science, Medicine, Mental illness, Patriarchy