At the beginning of the 20th century, a junior resident takes an interest in a newly-arrived patient, a young Italian woman who has mysteriously developed schizophrenia. To identify the causes of her condition, he employs psychoanalytic methods to dig into her sexual past, despite objections by the old-fashioned chief physician.
Giuliana De Sio
as Emilia
Julian Sands
as Gustav
Erland Josephson
as Prof. Brokner
Milena Vukotić
as Annette
Didi Perego
as Capo infermiera
Francesca Ventura
as Mitzi
Stefano Lescovelli
as Leopold
Massimo Venturiello
as Enrico
Flaminia Lizzani
as Anna
Luisa Maneri
as Marta
Luciano Roffi
as Dott. Graziani
Giuseppe Marini
as Dott. Baer
