Influenced by Jean-Martin Charcot in Paris, Freud begins utilizing hypnosis . Eventually, alongside Dr. Joseph Breuer, this gives way to exploring repressed memories through the "talking cure" .
Susannah York plays Cecily Koertner, a character synthesized from several of Freud's real-life case studies (including the famous Anna O.) to dramatically demonstrate a wide array of neurotic symptoms . Freud(1962)
Directed by legendary filmmaker , the film is a pseudo-biographical drama that chronicles a pivotal five-year period (starting in 1885) in the life of the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud . Rather than a standard cradle-to-grave biography, it operates almost like a detective mystery, tracking Freud's transition from traditional neurology to the birth of psychoanalysis . Director: John Huston Lead Actor: Montgomery Clift as Sigmund Freud Influenced by Jean-Martin Charcot in Paris, Freud begins