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Freud (2020) is an Austrian crime, history, mystery, horror miniseries on Netflix. 8 x 44-57 min episodes. German with close captioning and available with dubbing. A firm 18 Cert U.K.
Premise:
âYoung Czech-Austrian psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud, investigates a murder conspiracy in 1880’s Vienna.â IMDb
Main Cast:
Robert Finster as Sigmund Freud
Ella Rumpf as Fleur SalomĂŠ
Georg Friedrich as Alfred Kiss
Christoph F. Krutzler as Franz Poschacher
Brigitte Kren as Lenore
Anja King as Sophia von SzĂĄpĂĄry
Philipp Hochmair as Viktor von SzĂĄpĂĄry
Bite-Sized Review:
I really liked Freud a lot. It is firmly in the horror genre and dark, disturbing, violent and genuinely frightening in places. It is also very sexually charged, this is Freud after all⌠and there is drug use⌠so the full house really.Â
The cinematography, costuming and sets are outstanding. I loved that it tied in so well with psychoanalysis (including the episode titles) and the actual history of the Austro-Hungarian Empire of the time.
Be sure to watch the opening credits every time as they change and match the title and focus of each episode. Each episode title and focus relates to an aspect of Freudâs psychoanalysis.
The cast are excellent, especially the aptly named Robert Finster (finster=dark) Ella Rumpf and Philipp Hochmair (Viktor) who never disappoints.
The atmosphere of this is somewhat Penny Dreadful. If you go into it expecting something biographical, or more typically âperiod dramaâ youâll most likely hate it, and/or be disappointed, shocked or quite possibly horrified because this is definitely NOT Jane Austen. Freud is very Central European and âArt Houseâ. Highly recommended.Â
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