FREUD ON SCREEN
The production of dramas about him has only accelerated with the passage of time
Illustration by Austin Ratner
John Huston
Freud: The Secret Passion
Starring Montgomery Clift as Freud
Herbert Ross
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Alan Arkin as Freud in an adaptation by Nicholas Meyer of his novel expanding the Sherlock Holmes universe
Nanni Moretti
Sogni d’oro
Story of an Italian film student who makes a movie called Freud’s Mother, featuring a depiction of Freud in the film within the film
Moira Armstrong
Freud
BBC miniseries with Freud played by David Suchet
Hugh Brody
Nineteen Nineteen
Frank Finlay as voice of Freud
Felix and Percy Adlon
Mahler on the Couch
Karl Markovics as Freud
David Cronenberg
A Dangerous Method
Viggo Mortensen as Freud, Michael Fassbender as Jung
David Ruhm
Therapy for a Vampire
Karl Fischer as Freud
Marvin Kren
Freud
Netflix series starring Robert Finster as Freud investigating a murder conspiracy
Matthew Brown
Freud’s Last Session
Anthony Hopkins as Freud debating the existence of God with C. S. Lewis on the eve of World War II (in production)
Published in issue 57.3, Fall/Winter 2023