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A Dangerous Method (Original title)
Dates: 2011 (Copyright), 10 February 2012 (Release)

Countries: Germany, Canada, United Kingdom

Director: David Cronenberg

Synopsis: Drama exploring the relationship between Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, and Jung's affair with his patient Sabina Spielrein.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Psychiatry, Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939), Jung, Carl (1875-1961)
Releases
Date: 10 November 2011Country: GermanyRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound)Aspect ratio: 1.85:1Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Universal Pictures International
Date: 13 January 2012Country: CanadaRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound)Aspect ratio: 1.85:1Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Entertainment One
Date: 10 February 2012Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound)Aspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 99 mins 31 secs - Length: 8956 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Lionsgate UK

Credits (425)
©: Lago Film GmbH, ©: Talking Cure Productions Limited, ©: RPC Danger Limited, ©: Elbe Films GmbH, Production Company: Lago Film, Production Company: Prospero Pictures, Production Company: Recorded Picture Company, In association with: Millbrook Pictures, Produced in association with: Dangerous Method Film AG, With the participation of: Téléfilm Canada, With the participation of: Movie Central, With the participation of: Ontario Media Development Corporation, With the participation of: Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit Program, Produced in association with: Movie Network, Produced in association with: DFFF - Deutscher Filmförderfonds, Produced in association with: FFA - Filmförderungsanstalt, Produced in association with: Filmstiftung NRW, Produced in association with: Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg, Medienboard, Made with the support of: UK Film Council Development Fund, Developed with the support of: MEDIA Programme of the European Union, World Sales: HanWay Films, Executive Producer: Thomas Sterchi, Executive Producer: Matthias Zimmerman, Executive Producer: Karl Spoerri, Executive Producer: Stephan Mallmann, Executive Producer: Peter Watson, Produced by: Jeremy Thomas, Co-produced by: Marco Mehlitz, Martin Katz, Line Producer: Marco Mehlitz, Associate Producer: Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant, Development Executive: Alainée Kent, Legal and Business Affairs Executive: Chiara Gelardin, Unit Production Manager: Imke Sommerkamp, Unit Production Manager: Imke Sommerkamp, Unit Production Manager: Robert Opratko, General Manager SUPERFILM: John Lueftner, Production Co-ordinator: Heike Kerschgens, Production Co-ordinator: Heike Kerschgens, Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Anna Laura Bormck, Production Co-ordinator: Eva Cifrain, Production Controller: Bernhard Speck, Production Accountant: Nan Brown, Production Accountant: Kay W. Wiedemann, Production Accountant: Rachel James, Assistant Production Accountant: Uta Tscherne, Post-Production Accountant: Sara Holmes, Nadia Day, Location Manager: Sonja Fischer, Assistant Location Manager: Lilian Scharnhorst, Location Manager: Thomas Pascher, Location Manager: Thomas Pascher, Location Manager: Alex Koschier, Location Manager: Alex Koschier, Location scout NRW: Frank Meter, Location Scout/Production Services BW: Isis Hager, Location Scout: Bertram Reiter, Post-production Supervisor: Lori Waters, Post-production Co-ordinator: Emma Sanders Finlayson, Production Consultant: Sheila Fraser Milne, Production Consultant: Sheila Fraser Milne, Producer's Assistant: Luane Sandrin Gauer, Producer's Assistant: Luane Sandrin Gauer, Paul Zischler, Assistant to Mr Thomas: Karin Padgham, Assistant to Mr Watson and Mr Mallmann: Sharmila Kumar, Assistant to Mr Katz: Asim Khan, Eugene Henry, Production Secretary: Carolin Stolz, Production Secretary: Katja Strys, Office Runner/Set Production Assistant: Tristan Lentzen, [VFX] Production Assistant: Nick Colangelo, [VFX] Production Assistant: Michael DiCalro, [VFX] Production Assistant: Matt Pellar, Pierre-Luc Rioux, Construction: Fake-Filmconstruction, Construction Crew: Horst Hruska, Construction Crew: Sven Fuchs, Construction Crew: Franz Gebetsreiter, Georg Seibenbacher, 1st Assistant Director: Walter Gasparovic, 2nd Assistant Director: Patrick Arias, 3rd Assistant Director: Michaela 'Ela' Kluge, Assistant to Mr Cronenberg: Emma Sanders Finlayson, Assistant/driver to Mr Cronenberg: Marcel Winterscheid, Script Supervisor: Caroline Veyssière, Script Supervisor: Caroline Veyssière, Assistant Casting Director: Christopher Richards, Supporting Casting Director (Germany): Die Besetzer, Supporting Casting Director (Germany): Iris Baumüller-Michel, Marc Schötteldreier, Casting by: Deirdre Bowen, Extras Casting NRW: Agentur Eick, Extras Casting NRW: Delia Eick, Gregor Weber, Extras Casting BW: Atticastbodensee, Beate Seidel, Extras Casting: Austrocast, Extras Casting: Edith Fux, Extras Casting: Florian Wotruba, Extras Casting: Harry Reich, ADR Voice Casting: Jay Benedict, Phoebe Scholfield, Screenplay by: Christopher Hampton, Based on the stage play 'The Talking Cure' by: Christopher Hampton, Based on the book 'A Most Dangerous Method' by: John Kerr, Director of Photography: Peter Suschitzky, [VFX] Lighting: Dominic Remane, Matt Whelan, Steadicam Operator: Robert Patzelt, Steadicam Operator: Patrick de Ranter, 1st Assistant Camera: Christian Almesberger, 2nd Assistant Camera: Gero Neumann, 2nd Assistant Camera: Uwe Zegnotat, Clapper Loader: Greta Ehrhart, Gaffer: John Colley, Rigging Gaffer: Jochen Kratzheller, Best Boy Electrician: Emil Jevtic, Electrician: Stefan Hiegemann, Electrician: Martin Walocha, Electrician: Roland Scheidt, Assistant Electrician: Christian Kuschmitz, Additional Assistant Electrician: Phillip Jeromin, Rigging Electrician: Winifried Kircher, Ivan Smolcic, Additional Rigging Electrician: Stefan Schauerte, Additional Rigging Electrician: Michael Meusel, Additional Rigging Electrician: Lars Ostermann, Christian Scheppe, Electrician: Thomas Welz, Additional Assistant Rigging Electrician: Yanick Wohlgemuth, Electrician: , Electrician: Michael Tschager, Key Grip: Rudolf Kurth, Best Boy Grip: Patrick Nielsen, Best Boy Grip: Francisco Ochoa-Wagner, Grip: Alexander Zielke, Video Operator: Ulf Groote, Stills Photography: Liam Daniel, Additional Stills Photographer: Martin Coceres, Photographic Work: Peter Weihs, Visual Effects Supervisor: Wojciech Zielinski, Supervising VFX Producer: Dennis Berardi, Visual Effects Producer: Wilson Cameron, Visual Effects Production Manager: Michael Borrett, Visual Effects Co-ordinator: Sarah Barber, Visual Effects Co-ordinator: Chris Ross, Visual Effects Co-ordinator: Laetitia Seguin, Digital Visual Effects by: Mr X Inc., Special Effects Project Manager: Rolf Hanke, Special Effects Foreman: Jens Schmiedel, Special Effects Senior Technician: Norman Ernst, Special Effects Technician: Andreas Herberg, Special Effects Technician: Roland Weder, Graphic Artist: Ulrike Veit, Nele-Tabea Reineke, Animation: Dan Carnegie, Animation: Jason Edwardh, Animation: Chris de Souza, Animation: Peter Dydo, Animation: Ethan Lee, Animation: Tom Nagy, Frankie Stellato, FX Animation: Jeremy Dineen, Crown Simulations: Jim Price, [VFX] Rigging: Jon McCallum, [VFX] Rigging: Farrukh Khan, Jim Su, Tracking/Layout: Oliver Hearsey, Tracking/Layout: Derick Loo, Tracking/Layout: Matt Ralph, Gavin Soares, Digital Matte Painting: Mathew Borrett, Digital Matte Painting: Ken McCuen, Digital Matte Painting: Tracey McLean, Digital Matte Painting: Milan Schere, Matt Schofield, Digital Compositor: Wayne Briton, Digital Compositor: Ovidiu Cinazan, Digital Compositor: Jean-Francoise Houde, Digital Compositor: Mike Kwan, Digital Compositor: Sebastien Proulx, Jerry Seguin, Edited by: Ron Sanders, Assistant Editor: Sandy M. Pereira, VFX Editorial Assistant: Kelly Noordermeer, Production Designer: James McAteer, Visual Consultant: Carol Spier, Supervising Art Director: Sebastian Soukup, Art Director: Anja Fromm, Art Director: Nina Hirschberg, Art Director: Verena Wagner, Art Director: Francis 'Kiko' Soeder, Art Department Co-ordinator: Frauke Nelißen, Modelling: , Modeling and Texturing: Rob Caputi, Julio DelHierro, Set Designer: Itsuko Kurono, Set Designer: Michael Madden, Set Decorator: Gernot Thöndel, Assistant Set Decorator: Sybille Spindler, Set Decoration Helping Hand: Jakob Hauck, Ruben Thöndel, Set Dresser: Anuchai 'DoDo' Lilienthal, Set Dresser: Jutta Freyer, Set Dresser: Klaus Bienen, Additional Set Dresser: Dirk Wargalla, Draperies: Kalle Hähnel, Glazier: Georg Schneider, Draperies: Heike Steen, Set Dresser: Nanna Neudeck, Draughtsperson: Thorsten Klein, Draughtsperson: Irene Piel, Draughtsperson: Petra-Maria Wirth, Draughtsperson: Edda Staubach, Key Scenic Artist: Mieke Casal, Sculptor: Sabine Avenhaus, Set Decoration Buyer: Jan Rott, Prop Buyer: Birgit Esser, Additional Set Decoration Buyer: Georg Kuhn, Prop Master: Stefan Isfort, Michael Hochwarter, Prop Maker: Claus Rusicke, Assistant Prop Maker: Axel Scholz, Prop Assistant: Carolin Stolz, Prop Assistant: Flo Hanatschek, Gerhild Perl, Standby Props: Andrea Kessler, Assistant Stand-by Props: Heike Küpper, Construction Co-ordinator: Hendrik Labuhn, Construction Co-ordinator: Joachim Monninger, Construction Manager: Uli Langenberg, Construction Manager: Uwe Belke, Construction Manager: Andreas Walter, Construction Foreman: Markus Baum, Stand-by Painter: Achim Reimann, Painter: Uwe Brauer, Painter: Marcus Günther, Painter: Sebastian Maier, Painter: Katja Trambo, Painter: , Painter: Pierre Galic, Painter: Saskia von Klitzing, Painter: Sebastian Karbowiak, Painter: Gabi Mocair, Painter: Yoland Palazuelo, Painter: Ursula Strobler-Doszko, Painter: Lara Schmidt, Painter: Marlene Foltyn, Stand-by Carpenter: Lars Dicht, Carpenter: , Carpenter: Andre Knopp, Carpenter: Christian Weber, Carpenter: Dieter Schmidt, Carpenter: Doriano Quintavelle, Carpenter: Felix Montero, Carpenter: Hinnerk Ahrens, Carpenter: Klaus Bienen, Carpenter: Markus Baum, Carpenter: Michael Lindhammer, Carpenter: Ralf Eggebrett, Carpenter: Richard Steinberg, Carpenter: Stefan Dorsch, Carpenter: Wolfgang Hoffman, Carpenter: Jan Molsberger, Carpenter: Mike Heck, Carpenter: Daniel Peeck, Carpenter: Michael Wirth, Costume Designer: Denise Cronenberg, Assistant Costume Designer: Nigel Egerton, Costumes Supplied by: Cosprop London, Set Tailor: Thomas Zaepf, Wardrobe Assistant: Petra Fassbender, Principal Stand-by Wardrobe: Paulina Polom, Additional Wardrobe: Rosemarie Grant, Additional Wardrobe: Elisabeth Nagl, Additional Wardrobe: Harriet Kendall, Additional Wardrobe: Heike Ziegler, Additional Wardrobe: Hanya Barakat, Additional Wardrobe: Liu Tung-ying, Additional Wardrobe: Jean-Ding Lee, Additional Wardrobe: Evelyn Thell, Eva Maas, Wardrobe Mistress: Kathryn Blight, Wardrobe Mistress: Charlotte Child, Make-up and Hair designer: Stéphan Dupuis, Key Make-up and Hair Artist: Ulrich Ritter, Key Make-up and Hair Stylist: Barbara Kichi, Make-up & Hair Designer: Stéphan Dupuis, Make-up and Hair Artist: Nadia Homri, Additional Make-up and Hair Artist: Andrea Braun, Additional Make-up and Hair Artist: Katrin Silbernagel, Carla Hovenbitzer, Additional Make-up: Martina Mariacher, Additional Make-up and Hair Artist: Andrea Hecking, Additional Make-up: Gesa Gerersdorfer, Additional Make-up and Hair Artist: Manuela Antritter, Additional Make-up: Sonja Wimmer, Additional Make-up and Hair Artist: Mary Liebsch, Additional Make-up: Magret Payer, Additional Make-up and Hair Artist: Conny Ulatowski, Additional Make-up: Elisabeth Kaukal, Additional Make-up and Hair Artist: Ulrike Gass-Flakowski, Additional Make-up: Michaela Korger-Kilian, Additional Make-up and Hair Artist: Romy Voigtsberger, Additional Make-up: Adriane Graeff, Isabelle Koppensteiner, Wig Stylist: Gerhard A. Zeiss, Silka Lisku, Wig Designer: Erwin Kupitz, Titles Design Director: Justin Stephenson, Title Design: , Opening and Closing Titles by: Cuppa Coffee Studios Toronto, Titles Producer: Adam Shaheen, HD Dailies by: Arri Film and TV Services, HD Dailies Grader: Traudl Nicholson, HD Dailies Producer: Andreas Thomas, Digital Intermediate Colourist: Chris Wallace, Music Composed and Adapted by: Howard Shore, Featured Soloist: Nikolaus Resa, Music Orchestrated and Conducted by: Howard Shore, Music Editor: Jennifer Dunnington, Music Recorded and Mixed by: Simon Rhodes, Music recorded and Mixed at: Teldex Studio Berlin, Music Preparation by: Vic Fraser, Production Sound Mixer: Reinhard Stergar, Production Sound Mixer: Michal Holubec, Boom Operator: Roman Rigo, Additional Boom Operator: Bennet Switala, Project Manager, Re-recording Operations: Michael Paterson, Re-recording Mixer: Orest Sushko, Technical Director, Re-recording Operations: Ed Ballard, Re-recording Mixer: Christian Cooke, Re-recorded at: Deluxe Postproduction Toronto, Re-recording Mixer: Orest Sushko, Re-recording Mixer: Christian Cooke, Re-recording Assistant: Mark Zsifkovits, Jamie Gould, Production Sound Mixer: Reinhard Stergar, Michal Holubec, Optical Recordist: Finlay Braithwaite, Supervising Sound Editor: Wayne Griffin, Supervising Sound Editor: Michael O'Farrell, Assistant Sound Editor: Gren-Erich Zwicker, Dialogue and ADR Editor: Tony Currie, Alastair Gray, Sound Effects Editor: Rob Bertola, Loop Group: Sync or Swim, ADR Recordist (UK): Andy Stallabrass, ADR Recordist (Canada): Brandon Prodger, ADR Mixer (UK): Nick Foley, Peter Gleaves, Foley Artist: Andy Malcolm, Foley Artist: Goro Koyama, Foley Recordist: Jenna Dalla Riva, Foley Recordist: Stephen Muir, Foley Recording Mixer: Don White, Jack Heeran, Stand-in Sabina Spielrein: Sarah Ulrich, Stand-in Carl Jung: Christian Natter, Stand-in Sigmund Freud: Tim Bradel, Ms Knightley's Security/Assistant: Marcus Ward, Legal Advisors: Unverzagt von Have, Legal Adviser: Andreas Pense, Legal Adviser: Kai May, Gero Brugmann, Legal Advisers (Canada): Heenan Blaikie LLP, Legal Adviser (Canada): Ken Dhaliwal, Bob Tarantino, Production Financing by: Commerzbank AG, Production Financing by: Christine Wehrmann, Production Financing by: , Production Financing by: Achim Thielmann, Heiko Wsolak, Canadian Financing provided by: Aver Media L.P., Legal Advisers (Aver): Heenan Blaikie LLP, Legal Adviser (Aver): Hilary Goldstein, Paul Chodirker, Bridge Financing provided by: Goldcrest Special Opportunities Limited, Legal Adviser (Goldcrest): Laurence Brown Solicitor, Financial Consultant: Joe Iacono, Auditor: Weisbord Del Gaudio Iacono, Completion Guaranty provided by: Film Finances Canada Ltd, Film Finances Canada Ltd: Jim Sternberg, Film Finances Canada Ltd: Moira Holmes, Antonietta Presta, Dolby Sound Consultant: Steve F.B. Smith, Dialect Coach: Julia Wilson-Dickson, Dialect Coach for Keira Knightley: Jill McCullough, Publicity: , Unit Publicist: Rachel Kennedy, Behind-the-Scenes Producer: Philip Ayers, Behind-the-Scenes Cameraman: Jens Nolte, Additional Behind-the-Scenes Footage: Carolyn Zeifman, Behind-the-Scenes Soundman: Andreas Turnwald, Facilities Captain: Cain Lee, Transportation Co-ordinator: Jorg Kraft, Transportation Co-ordinator: Tim Schonefeld, Travel Co-ordinator: Archie Rodrigues, Digital Intermediate by: Deluxe Efilm Toronto, Digital Intermediate producer: Peter Armstrong, Digital Intermediate Project Manager: Lee Hughes, Digital Intermediate Editor: Dave Muscat, Digital Intermediate Assistant: Pietro Gallo, Kevin Downer, Scan/Record Supervisor: Nick Paulozza, Scanning/Recording: Tom Mayclim, Trevor Pickard, Dust Busting: Meghan Werner, Alison Schouten, Collection Account Management by: Fintage Collection Account Management BV, Catering: Hermann Koenen Catering, Catering: , Catering: Thomas Lechner, Foley Recorded at: Footsteps Post-Production Sound Inc., [ADR] Recorded at: De Lane Lea, Pepper Post Production, ADR recorded at: Urban Postproduction, Studio Facilities: MMC Studios, MMC Studios: Bastie Griese, MMC Studios: Eric Benz, MMC Studios: Rebecca Schröder, Carola Kündgen
Cast (34)
Keira Knightley (Sabina Spielrein), Viggo Mortensen (Sigmund Freud), Michael Fassbender (Carl Jung), Vincent Cassel (Otto Gross), Sarah Gadon (Emma Jung), André Hennicke (Professor Eugen Bleuler), Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey (Sándor Ferenczi), Mignon Remé (Jung's secretary), Mareike Carrière (food nurse), Franziska Arndt (bath nurse), Wladimir Matuchin (Nikolai Spielrein), Andre Dietz (medical policeman), Anna Thalbach (bathtub patient), Sarah Maracek (orchard nurse), Bjorn Geske, Markus Haase (orderly), Christian Serritiello (ship's officer), Clemens Giebel (ship's steward), Theo Meller (Karl Abraham), Jost Grix (Leonhard Seif), Severin von Hoensbroech (Johan van Ophuijsen), Torsten Knippertz (Ernest Jones), Dirk S. Greis (Franz Riklin), Katharina Palm (Martha Freud), Nina Azizi (Minna Bernays), Julie Chevalier (Anna Freud), Cynthia Cosima (Sophie Freud), Mirko Guckeisen (Ernst Freud), Julia Mack (Mathilde Freud), Andrea Magro (Jean Freud), Aaron Keller (Oliver Freud), Nadine Salomon (maid at Freud's house), Naike Jaszczyk (Agathe Jung), Sarah Adams (Gret Jung)