A Dangerous Method

A Dangerous Method (2011)

Timing: 1:39 (99 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2011-09-30

Country

Switzerland, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada

Production

The Movie Network, Lago Film, Prospero Pictures, Dangerous Method Film AG, Recorded Pictures Company, Millbrook Pictures

Genre

Drama, Thriller

Budget

$15 000 000

Revenue

$30 286 325

Website

http://www.sonyclassics.com/adangerousmethod/

Director

David Cronenberg

Actors

Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Gadon, Vincent Cassel, André Hennicke, Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey, Mignon Remé, Mareike Carrière, Franziska Arndt
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Scenario

Producer

Jeremy Thomas, Stephan Mallmann, Peter Watson, Karl Spoerri, Thomas Sterchi, Matthias Zimmermann

Operator

Peter Suschitzky

Composer

Howard Shore

Artist

Audition

Deirdre Bowen

Editing

Ronald Sanders
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• The film is based on Christopher Hampton's play 'The Talking Cure' (2002), which was in turn based on John Kerr's book 'A Most Dangerous Method: The story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein' (1993).
• Christoph Waltz was originally chosen for the role of Sigmund Freud, but he had to decline due to filming 'Water for Elephants' (2011).
• In preparation for the role, Viggo Mortensen read all the literature about Sigmund Freud and visited his house-museum in Vienna.
• David Cronenberg taught Mortensen a "Jewish walk".
• Christian Bale could have played Sigmund Freud.
• Filming took place in Constance, Lucerne, Zurich, Überlingen and in the Belvedere Palace park in Vienna.
• The character played by Keira Knightley, while in bed, mentions a poem by Lermontov, but in reality, it is a poem by A.S. Pushkin, "The Prisoner," from 1822.
• Sabina Spielrein and her daughters were shot (executed) by the Nazis in 1942, not in 1941 as stated at the end of the film.
• The film is based on Christopher Hampton's play "The Talking Cure" (2002), which was in turn adapted from John Kerr's book "A Most Dangerous Method: The story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein" (1993).
• Christoph Waltz was initially chosen for the role of Sigmund Freud, but he had to decline due to filming commitments for "Water for Elephants" (2011).
• David Cronenberg taught Mortensen a "Jewish gait."
• The character played by Keira Knightley, while lying in bed, references a poem by Lermontov, but in reality, it is a poem by A.S. Pushkin, “The Prisoner,” written in 1822.