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The Hypnotist

  • Episode aired Sep 21, 1984
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David Suchet in Freud (1984)
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Freud goes to Paris to study with Jean-Marin Charcot, who has been experimenting with hypnosis to treat patients with "hysterical" neuroses. Returning to Vienna, his advocacy of Charcot's te... Read allFreud goes to Paris to study with Jean-Marin Charcot, who has been experimenting with hypnosis to treat patients with "hysterical" neuroses. Returning to Vienna, his advocacy of Charcot's techniques is largely rejected, especially by his superior, Theodor Meynert. With the aid of... Read allFreud goes to Paris to study with Jean-Marin Charcot, who has been experimenting with hypnosis to treat patients with "hysterical" neuroses. Returning to Vienna, his advocacy of Charcot's techniques is largely rejected, especially by his superior, Theodor Meynert. With the aid of Josef Breuer he begins to use hypnosis to treat patients, in particular the (fictional) B... Read all

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    • Sophie Kind
    • Dinsdale Landen
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    • Director
      • Moira Armstrong
    • Writer
      • Carey Harrison
    • Stars
      • David Suchet
      • Sophie Kind
      • Dinsdale Landen
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    David Suchet
    David Suchet
    • Dr. Sigmund Freud
    Sophie Kind
    • Anna as a Child
    Dinsdale Landen
    Dinsdale Landen
    • Charcot
    Peter Blake
    • Darkschewitsch
    John Grillo
    John Grillo
    • Delboeuf
    Peter Mackriel
    Peter Mackriel
    • Prince Karl
    Suzanne Bertish
    Suzanne Bertish
    • Minna Bernays
    Helen Bourne
    • Martha Bernays
    David Swift
    David Swift
    • Joseph Breuer
    Anton Lesser
    Anton Lesser
    • Wilhelm Fliess
    Frederick Bartman
    • Professor Chrobak
    Glyn Houston
    Glyn Houston
    • Professor Meynert
    Miriam Margolyes
    Miriam Margolyes
    • Baroness von Lieben
    Frank Baker
    • Alexander Freud
    Eliza Hunt
    • Amalie Freud
    Howard Goorney
    • Jacob Freud
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      • Moira Armstrong
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      • Carey Harrison
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      Martha Bernays: Sigi you must understand: Mama will not countenance this marriage unless you learn the wedding ceremony, and the proper responses in Hebrew.

      [Irked sigh from Freud]

      Martha Bernays: Eli will teach you.

      Dr. Sigmund Freud: I'll say them in Sanskrit if that's what you require.

      Martha Bernays: [Amused] In Hebrew; and with a straight face.

      Dr. Sigmund Freud: [Recites Hebrew prayer and then a slight pause] I've already learned it.

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