A Dangerous Method
Why deny what you desire the most.
Country
Production
Budget
$15 000 000
Revenue
$30 286 325
Director
Actors
Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Gadon, Vincent Cassel, André Hennicke, Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey, Mignon Remé, Mareike Carrière, Franziska Arndt
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Jeremy Thomas, Stephan Mallmann, Peter Watson, Karl Spoerri, Thomas Sterchi, Matthias Zimmermann
Operator
Peter Suschitzky
Composer
Artist
James McAteer
Audition
Editing
Ronald Sanders
All team (70)
All team (70)
Short description
Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung’s weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud. Both men fall under Sabina’s spell.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on Christopher Hampton's play "The Talking Cure" (2002), which was adapted from John Kerr's book "A Most Dangerous Method: The story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein" (1993).
- While lying in bed, Keira Knightley's character mentions a poem by Lermontov; in reality, it is Alexander Pushkin's 1822 poem "The Prisoner."
- David Cronenberg taught Mortensen the "Jewish walk."
- While preparing for the role, Viggo Mortensen read all the literature on Sigmund Freud and visited his house-museum in Vienna.
- Christian Bale was considered for the role of Sigmund Freud.
- The film is based on Christopher Hampton's play "The Talking Cure" (2002), which was in turn adapted from John Kerr's book "A Most Dangerous Method: The story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein" (1993).
- Christoph Waltz was originally cast as Sigmund Freud, but he had to decline due to filming for the movie "Water for Elephants" (2011).
- Filming took place in Constance, Lucerne, Zurich, Überlingen and in the Belvedere Palace park in Vienna.
- In preparation for the role, Viggo Mortensen read all the literature about Sigmund Freud and visited his house-museum in Vienna.
- Christoph Waltz was initially chosen for the role of Sigmund Freud, but he had to decline due to filming commitments for "Water for Elephants" (2011).
- Sabina Spielrein and her daughters were shot (executed) by the Nazis in 1942, not in 1941 as stated at the end of the film.
- The character played by Keira Knightley, while lying in bed, references a poem by Lermontov, but in reality, it is a poem by A.S. Pushkin, “The Prisoner,” written in 1822.
- Christian Bale could have played Sigmund Freud.
- David Cronenberg taught Mortensen a "Jewish gait."
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