Freud (1984)

A portrait of the great psychoanalyst.

Freud, also known as Freud: The Life of a Dream, is a 1984 six-part BBC television serial dramatised by Carey Harrison, and starring David Suchet as Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. Each episode begins with Freud and his family in London, where they had fled from Vienna in 1938 following the Nazi Anschluss, leading up to Freud's death a little over a year later. The rest of the episodes are told mainly in flashbacks to key moments in Freud's life and career

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David Suchet
David Suchet
as Sigmund Freud
David Swift
David Swift
as Joseph Breuer
Helen Bourne
Helen Bourne
as Martha Bernays
Suzanne Bertish
Suzanne Bertish
as Minna Bernays
Anton Lesser
Anton Lesser
as Wilhelm Fliess
Alison Key
Alison Key
as Anna Freud
Howard Goorney
Howard Goorney
as Jacob Freud
Eliza Hunt
Eliza Hunt
as Amalie Freud
Frank Baker
Frank Baker
as Alexander Freud
Glyn Houston
Glyn Houston
as Professor Meynert
Michael Kitchen
Michael Kitchen
as Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow
Miriam Margolyes
Miriam Margolyes
as Baroness von Lieben
Michael Pennington
Michael Pennington
as Carl Jung
Amber-Jane Raab
Amber-Jane Raab
as Mathilde Freud
Dinsdale Landen
Dinsdale Landen
as Jean-Marin Charcot
Teddy Kempner
Teddy Kempner
as Ignaz Schoenberg
Allan Corduner
Allan Corduner
as Oscar Rie
Christopher Sandford
Christopher Sandford
as Dr Schur
Claire Davenport
Claire Davenport
as Teresa
Ian Thompson
Ian Thompson
as Rosannes
Corinna Schnabel
Corinna Schnabel
as Paula
Gordon Reid
Gordon Reid
as Koenigstein
Douglas Milvain
Douglas Milvain
as Professor Bruecke
Bruce Purchase
Bruce Purchase
as Professor Nothnagel
Rob Middleton
Rob Middleton
as Koller
Roy McArthur
Roy McArthur
as Dr Hollaender
Diana Payan
Diana Payan
as Excited Woman
Lynn Turnbull
Lynn Turnbull
as Woman with Tics
Niven Boyd
Niven Boyd
as Arm-Wrestler
Peter Blake
Peter Blake
as Darkschewitsch
John Grillo
John Grillo
as Delboeuf
Peter Mackriel
Peter Mackriel
as Prince Karl
Frederick Bartman
Frederick Bartman
as Professor Chrobak
Sophie Kind
Sophie Kind
as Young Anna
Juliet Stevenson
Juliet Stevenson
as Elizabeth von Rietberg
Clare Clifford
Clare Clifford
as Emma Eckstein
Aviva Goldkorn
Aviva Goldkorn
as Sophie Eckstein
Anna Sharkey
Anna Sharkey
as Anna Lichtheim
Harry Saks
Harry Saks
as Alois Pick
Gavin Harding
Gavin Harding
as Male Patient
Jeffrey Segal
Jeffrey Segal
as Male Patient
Unity Grimwood
Unity Grimwood
as Female Patient
Tom Caleb
Tom Caleb
as Young Sigmund
Peter Birrel
Peter Birrel
as Adler
David Hatton
David Hatton
as Stekel
Peter Jeffrey
Peter Jeffrey
as Federn
Kerry Shale
Kerry Shale
as Otto Rank
Hugh Thomas
Hugh Thomas
as Ferenczi
Jack Chissick
Jack Chissick
as Oppenheim
Clive Merrison
Clive Merrison
as Tausk
Leon Lissek
Leon Lissek
as Wittels
Raymond Brody
Raymond Brody
as Klemperor
Martin Lawton
Martin Lawton
as Meissl
Jeremy Clyne
Jeremy Clyne
as The Wolfman
Richard Hampton
Richard Hampton
as Gestapo Officer
Andrew Groves
Andrew Groves
as Post-Boy
Sally Mortemore
Sally Mortemore
as Young Anna (uncredited)
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Seasons

Season 1

Miniseries

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    In the name of the gods

  • 1x2

    The hypnotist

  • 1x3

    The secret of dreams

  • 1x4

    Madonna

  • 1x5

    Messiah

  • 1x6

    The world as dream

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