

The Soul Keeper
2003-01-17 · 90 min · ★ 6.6
Zurich, 1905. Nineteen-year-old Russian Sabina Spielrein is put by her parents in a psychiatric hospital, suffering from a severe form of hysteria and refusing to eat. A compassionate doctor, Carl Gustav Jung, takes her under his care and, for the first time, experiments with the psychoanalytical method of his teacher Sigmund Freud. Thus is born a sweeping story of love and passion, of body and soul, soaring to the utmost heights, but also plunging to the darkest depths of the 20th century.
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- Directors
- Roberto Faenza
- Production companies
- Jean Vigo Italia, Les Films du Centaure, Cowboy Films, Medusa Film, Tele+, Presidenza del Consiglio del Ministri-Dipartimento dello Spettacolo, Film Commission Torino Piemonte, Eurimages, La Città di Torino
- Countries
- France, Italy, United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Iain GlenCarl Jung
Emilia FoxSabina Spielrein
Craig FergusonRichard Fraser
Caroline DuceyMarie Franquin
Jane AlexanderEmma Jung
Viktor SergachyovIvan Ionov
Joanna DavidSabina's mother
Michele MelegaPavel
Giovanni Lombardo RadiceZorin
Bob MarcheseProfessor Bleuler
Franco OliveroSabina's fatherTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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