In 1885, 30-year-old neurologist Dr. Sigmund Freud quarrels with his superior, Professor Theodore Meynert, over the nature of hysteria and takes a leave of absence from the Vienna General Hospital. In Paris, he studies under Professor Charcot, a pioneer in the use of hypnosis to demonstrate that disease can be mentally induced. Following his marriage to Martha Bernays, Freud becomes the protégé of Dr. Joseph Breuer, another advocate of hypnotism, and together they treat Cecily Koertner, a semi-paralyzed young woman who also suffers from insomnia and impaired vision. As a result of his sessions with both Cecily and Carl von Schlosser, a young man who assaulted his father because of an incestuous love for his mother, Freud determines that all neuroses stem from repressed sexuality. His revolutionary theory, partially based upon his own childhood recollections, offends the entire medical profession, including Breuer. Nevertheless, Freud continues experimenting with Cecily and eventually drops hypnosis in favor of a new technique, "free association," in which he is able to analyze her dreams and interpret the meaning of chance remarks she makes during their conversations. As Cecily's mental health gradually improves, Freud develops his theory of the Oedipus complex and delivers a lecture on the subject; his colleagues react with derisive shouts, but psychoanalysis is born.

Director:
John Huston	Director
Ray Gosnell Jr.	Assistant Director
Laci von Ronay	Assistant Director
Cast:
Montgomery Clift	as Sigmund Freud
Susannah York	as Cecily Koertner
Larry Parks	as Dr. Joseph Breuer
Susan Kohner	as Martha Freud
Eric Portman	as Dr. Theodore Meynert
Eileen Herlie	as Frau Ida Koertner
Fernand Ledoux	as Professor Charcot
David McCallum	as Carl von Schlosser
Rosalie Crutchley	as Frau Freud
David Kossoff	as Jacob Freud
Joseph Fürst	as Jacob Koertner
Alexander Mango	as Babinsky
Leonard Sachs	as Brouhardier
Allan Cuthbertson	as Wilkie
Moira Redmond	as Nora Wimmer
Maria Perschy	as Magda
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel	as Frau Bernays
Ursula Lyn	as Mitzi Freud
Victor Beaumont	as Dr. Guber
Manfred Andrea	as Student doctor
Cinematography:
Douglas Slocombe	Director of Photography
Writer:
Charles Kaufman	Screenwriter
Wolfgang Reinhardt	Screenwriter
Charles Kaufman	Story
Producer:
Wolfgang Reinhardt	Producer
George Golitzen	Associate Producer
Editing:
Ralph Kemplen	Film Editor
Music:
Jerry Goldsmith	Music
Henk Badings	Electronic mus seq
Joseph Gershenson	Music Supervisor
Art Director:
Stephen Grimes	Art Director
Make-Up:
Robert Schiffer	Makeup
Raimund Stangl	Makeup
Costume-Wardrobe:
Doris Langley Moore	Costume Design
Sound:
Basil Fenton-Smith	Sound
Renato Cadueri	Sound
Production Companies:
John Huston	Company
Film Production - Main:
C. O. Erickson	Production Manager
Gladys Hill	Assoc to Mr. Huston
Earl A. Loomis Jr.	Technical Advisor
David Stafford-Clark	Medical cons
James Leong	Title backgrounds & forward paintings

Filmed in England. Also known as The Secret Passion.

1962 Academy Award Nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Score.

Voted One of the Year's Ten Best Films by the 1962 National Board of Review.

Released in United States Winter January 1, 1962

b&w

Re-released in Paris January 9, 1991.

Released in United States Winter January 1, 1962

AA-Best Score in 1962

AA-Best Writing, Screenplay in 1963