Directed by:
Roger SpottiswoodeScreenplay:
Dennis PotterCinematography:
Elemér RagályiComposer:
Michael NymanCast:
Donal Donnelly, David Burke, Peter Dvorsky, Alan Rickman, Anna Thalbach, David Hemblen, Amanda Ooms, Jan Rubeš st., Konstanze Breitebner, Ági Margitai (more)Plots(1)
The story of Franz Anton Mesmer and his unconventional theories and practice in the world of medicine in the 18th century. After seeming to cure a beautiful pianist of blindness the couple fall into a forbidden love affair. A challenging look at a unique historical figure. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Donal Donnelly
UK
Best movies:
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
Waterloo (1970)
Young Cassidy (1965)
![David Burke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/526/162526214_f24256.jpg)
David Burke
UK
Best movies:
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
![Peter Dvorsky](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/543/165543052_42a7c8.jpg)
Peter Dvorsky
Best movies:
Sword of Gideon (1986) (TV movie)
The Dead Zone (1983)
Videodrome (1983)
![Alan Rickman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/679/163679115_83fed8.png)
Alan Rickman
UK
Best movies:
Die Hard (1988)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Love Actually (2003)
![Anna Thalbach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/955/157955291_08c613.jpg)
Anna Thalbach
East Germany
Best movies:
Frau Ella (2013)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Downfall (2004)
![David Hemblen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886369_04c04a.jpg)
David Hemblen
UK
Best movies:
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000) (series)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
M. Butterfly (1993)
![Amanda Ooms](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277708_f00301.jpg)
Amanda Ooms
Sweden
Best movies:
The Expendables 2 (2012)
Accused (2014)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (1999)
![Jan Rubeš st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270518_1063bc.jpg)
Jan Rubeš st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Incredible Journey (1963)
Witness (1985)
Mesmer (1994)
![Konstanze Breitebner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/176/160176115_80ddaa.jpg)
Konstanze Breitebner
Austria
Best movies:
Mesmer (1994)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Ági Margitai](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/058/162058243_67ba70.jpg)
Ági Margitai
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Diary for My Loves (1987)
Recovery (1974)
Max and Helen (1990) (TV movie)
![Susanna Simon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/177/169177905_ye8ttf.jpg)
Susanna Simon
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Mesmer (1994)
Flirt (1995)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Bella Tanay
Best movies:
The Fortress (1979)
Sindbad (1971)
Mesmer (1994)
![Zoltán Gera](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/467/467387_caf3a5.jpg)
Zoltán Gera
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Two Half-Times in Hell (1961)
My Way Home (1965)
![Lars Rudolph](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/358/160358749_9b3ec3.jpg)
Lars Rudolph
West Germany
Best movies:
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
No Place to Go (2000)
Run Lola Run (1998)
![Beatie Edney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/778/168778391_un01nh.jpg)
Beatie Edney
UK
Best movies:
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Wallander (2008) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Simon McBurney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/755/163755601_b02c48.jpg)
Simon McBurney
UK
Best movies:
Wolfwalkers (2020)
The Theory of Everything (2014)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Shirley Douglas
Canada
Best movies:
Lolita (1962)
Dead Ringers (1988)
The Christmas Shoes (2002) (TV movie)
Noël Simsolo
France
Best movies:
'Round Midnight (1986)
In Praise of Love (2001)
Série noire (1984) (series)
Dorothea Parton
Austria
![Michaela Rosen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/916/159916709_0753c1.jpg)
Michaela Rosen
Austria
Best movies:
Comedian Harmonists (1997)
St. Rita (2004) (TV movie)
Nichts als die Wahrheit (1999)