The story
A biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal magnetism."
Watch trailerCast & crew
Alan RickmanFranz Anton Mesmer
Amanda OomsMaria Theresia Paradies
Simon McBurneyFranz Mesmer junior
David HemblenDoctor Ingenhousz
Anna ThalbachFrancesca
Donal DonnellyDoctor Vic d'AzyrGillian Barge
Gillian BargeFrau Mesmer
David BurkeDoctor de Vauzesmes
Beatie EdneyMarie Antoinette
Peter DvorskyDoctor Deslon
István SzilágyiCoachmanExplore the crew
- Director
- Roger Spottiswoode
- Editor
- Susan Shipton
- Producer
- Lance W. Reynolds
- Producer
- Robert D. Goodale
- Original Music Composer
- Michael Nyman
- Producer
- Wieland Schulz-Keil
- Director of Photography
- Elemér Ragályi
- Writer
- Dennis Potter