Mesmer

Charlatan, Fraud... or Genius

Duration: 107 min

Release date: 1994-08-25

IMDB

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

Drama

Mesmer

Videos

Mesmer

Casting arrow_drop_down

as Franz Anton Mesmer

as Maria Theresia Paradies

as Franz Mesmer junior

as Doctor Ingenhousz

as Doctor Vic d'Azyr

as Doctor de Vauzesmes

as Marie Antoinette

as Doctor Deslon

István Szilágyi

István Szilágyi

János Gosztonyi

János Gosztonyi

as Baron de Horka

as Baroness de Horka

as Chancellor von Kaunitz

Caroline Holdaway

Caroline Holdaway

as Professor Stoerk

as Herr Paradies

Dorothea Parton

Dorothea Parton

as Frau Paradies

as Young Mesmer

Herbert Prikopa

Herbert Prikopa

Shirley Douglas

Shirley Douglas

as Duchess Dubarry

Mareile Geisler

Mareile Geisler

as Hysterical Lady

as Doctor's Companion

as Another Doctor

Herbert Moulton

Herbert Moulton

as Liveried Attendant

as Royal Dog Handler

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Roger Spottiswoode

Roger Spottiswoode

Costume Designer

Production Designer

Original Music Composer

Elemér Ragályi

Director of Photography

András Hámori

Wieland Schulz-Keil

Wieland Schulz-Keil

Lance W. Reynolds

Lance W. Reynolds

Robert D. Goodale

Robert D. Goodale

Christoph Rüter

Christoph Rüter

Ingrid Windisch

Ingrid Windisch

Executive Producer

Production Supervisor

First Assistant Director

Caroline Veyssière

Caroline Veyssière

Second Assistant Director

Blandine Liedermann

Blandine Liedermann

Third Assistant Director

Michael Hopfgartner

Michael Hopfgartner

Third Assistant Director

Joanne T. Harwood

Joanne T. Harwood

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