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Score: 59.7%( 18 votes )

Overview: A biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal magnetism."

Cast:

Alan Rickman
Franz Anton Mesmer

Amanda Ooms
Maria Theresia Paradies

Simon McBurney
Franz Mesmer junior

David Hemblen
Doctor Ingenhousz

Anna Thalbach
Francesca

Donal Donnelly
Doctor Vic d'Azyr

Gillian Barge
Frau Mesmer

David Burke
Doctor de Vauzesmes

Beatie Edney
Marie Antoinette

Peter Dvorsky
Doctor Deslon

István Szilágyi
Coachman

János Gosztonyi
Footman

Heinz Trixner
Baron de Horka

Petra Köberl
Baroness de Horka

Peter Janisch
Chancellor von Kaunitz

Caroline Holdaway
Felicity

Jan Rubeš
Professor Stoerk

Martin Schwab
Herr Paradies

Dorothea Parton
Frau Paradies

Bence Kertész
Young Mesmer

Herbert Prikopa
Gregor

Joerg Biester
Captain

Serge Ridoux
King Louis

Shirley Douglas
Duchess Dubarry

Mareile Geisler
Hysterical Lady

Balázs Galkó
Musician

Antal Leisen
A Doctor

Tamás Dunai
Doctor's Companion

Zoltán Gera
Another Doctor

Herbert Moulton
Liveried Attendant

Noël Simsolo
Royal Dog Handler