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Mesmer Directed by Roger Spottiswoode Produced by Robert Goodale Written by Dennis Potter Starring Alan Rickman
Donal Donnelly
Amanda Ooms
Simon McBurneyMusic by Michael Nyman Cinematography Elemér Ragályi Editing by Susan Shipton Release date(s) August 25, 1994 Running time 107 min. Country Austria, Canada, UK, Germany Language English Budget ~£5,600,000 Mesmer is a 1994 Biographical film directed by Roger Spottiswoode from a script by Dennis Potter. It stars Alan Rickman as Franz Anton Mesmer and depicts his radical new ways as a pioneering physician.
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Plot
In 18th century Vienna, Franz Anton Mesmer believes he is able to heal patients by drawing out something unique from inside his patients. However, the only ones who seem to have improvements are the young ladies he helps. His controversial methods and their consequences lead him to leave Vienna and head to Paris. However, once there, he takes advantage of his unique methods to provide entertainment, which he is censured for by other doctors.
Main cast
Actor Role Alan Rickman Franz Anton Mesmer Amanda Ooms Maria Theresa Paradies Donal Donnelly Doctor David Burke Doctor David Hemblen Dr. Ingehousz Simon McBurney Franz Gillian Barge Frau Mesmer Peter Dvorsky Dr. Deslon Anna Thalbach Francisca Movie Extras
The movie was released on videocassette by First Look and in Canada in 1994 by Cineplex Odeon and MCA. In 2000, the movie was released on DVD by Image Entertainment, but has been discontinued since. As of January 3, 2010, there have been no plans made to release a new DVD.
This movie was shot in Vienna, Austria with the interior shots filmed at Esterházy Palace in Fertõd, Hungary.
Mesmer was released in August 1994 in Canada, at the Montréal World Film Festival.
Movie Quotes
Franz Anton Mesmer: (with sarcasm) Professor Doctor Stoerk, can I help you at all? I deal with most derangements, sir.
Awards
Awards Award Year Result Award Recipient Montréal World Film Festival 1994 Won Best Actor Alan Rickman External links
- Mesmer at the Internet Movie Database
- Mesmer at AllRovi
- Mesmer at Rotten Tomatoes
The works of Dennis Potter Television
playsThe Confidence Course (1965) · Alice (1965) · Almost Cinderella (unproduced, 1965) · Stand Up, Nigel Barton (1965) · Vote Vote Vote for Nigel Barton (1965) · Emergency – Ward 9 (1966) · Where the Buffalo Roam (1966) · Message for Posterity (1967) · The Bonegrinder (1968) · Shaggy Dog (1968) · A Beast with Two Backs (1968) · Moonlight on the Highway (1969) · Son of Man (1969) · Lay Down Your Arms (1970) · Angels Are So Few (1970) · Paper Roses (1971) · Traitor (1971) · Follow the Yellow Brick Road (1972) · Only Make Believe (1973) · A Tragedy of Two Ambitions (1973) · Joe's Ark (1974) · Schmoedipus (1974) · Double Dare (1976) · Where Adam Stood (1976) · Blue Remembered Hills (1979) · Blade on the Feather (1980) · Rain on the Roof (1980) · Cream in My Coffee (1980) · Visitors (1987) · Brimstone and Treacle (1987)Television
serialsCasanova (1971) · Late Call (1975) · The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978) · Pennies From Heaven (1978) · Tender Is the Night (1985) · The Singing Detective (1986) · Christabel (1988) · Blackeyes (1989) · Lipstick on Your Collar (1993) · Karaoke (1996) · Cold Lazarus (1996)Films Pennies from Heaven (1981) · Brimstone and Treacle (1982) · Gorky Park (1983) · Dreamchild (1985) · Track 29 (1988) · Secret Friends (1991) · Midnight Movie (1993) · Mesmer (1993) · The Singing Detective (2003)Stage Sufficient Carbohydrate (1983)Select
publicationsThe Glittering Coffin (1960) · The Changing Forest: Life in the Forest of Dean Today (1962) · Hide and Seek (novel, 1973) · Waiting for the Boat: Dennis Potter on Television (1984) · Ticket to Ride (novel, 1986) · Potter on Potter (1993) · Seeing the Blossom: Two Interviews, A Lecture and A Story (1994)Films directed by Roger Spottiswoode 1980s Terror Train (1980) · The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper (1981) · Under Fire (1983) · The Best of Times (1986) · Shoot to Kill (1988) · Turner & Hooch (1989)1990s Air America (1990) · Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) · And the Band Played On (1993) · Mesmer (1994) · Hiroshima (1995) · Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)2000s The 6th Day (2000) · Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole (2003) · Spinning Boris (2003) · Ripley Under Ground (2005) · Shake Hands with the Devil (2007) · The Children of Huang Shi (2008)Categories:- 1994 films
- 1990s drama films
- American drama films
- Biographical films
- British drama films
- Canadian drama films
- German films
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