An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.
Montgomery Clift
as Sigmund Freud
Susannah York
as Cecily Koertner
Larry Parks
as Dr. Joseph Breuer
Susan Kohner
as Martha Freud
Eileen Herlie
as Frau Ida Koertner
Fernand Ledoux
as Dr. Charcot
David McCallum
as Carl von Schlossen
Rosalie Crutchley
as Frau Amalia Freud
David Kossoff
as Jacob Freud
Joseph Fürst
as Herr Jacob Koertner
Alexander Mango
as Babinsky
Leonard Sachs
as Brouhardier