Freud: The Secret Passion
Freud: The Secret Passion, or simply Freud, is a 1962 American biographical drama film directed by John Huston and produced by Wolfgang Reinhardt. Based on the life of Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud, it stars Montgomery Clift as Freud and Susannah York as his patient Cecily Koertner. Other cast members include Larry Parks, Susan Kohner, Eileen Herlie, Eric Portman, and David McCallum. The screenplay was by Charles Kaufman and Reinhardt, with some elements from a script by Jean-Paul Sartre, who withdrew his name from the film.
Theatrical poster
Early in the film, Freud spends time in Paris learning from Dr. Jean-Marin Charcotthe. The scene recreates the painting "A Clinical Lesson at the Salpêtrière" by Pierre Aristide André Brouillet.
Montgomery Clift and Susannah York in Freud
John Marcellus Huston was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and the BAFTA Fellowship in 1980.
Huston in Chinatown (1974)
Huston in U.S. Army uniform
Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen (1951)
Marilyn Monroe (center), Clark Gable (right), filming in 1961 for The Misfits