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
Crew
Roger Spottiswoode
Director
Dennis Potter
Writer
Susan Shipton
Editor
Elemér Ragályi
Director of Photography
Michael Zenon
First Assistant Director
Caroline Veyssière
Second Assistant Director
Blandine Liedermann
Third Assistant Director
Michael Hopfgartner
Third Assistant Director
Ingrid Windisch
Executive Producer
Lacia Kornylo
Production Supervisor
Robert D. Goodale
Producer
Lance W. Reynolds
Producer
Wieland Schulz-Keil
Producer
András Hámori
Co-Producer
Susan Cavan
Co-Producer
Jan Fantl
Line Producer
Jan Schlubach
Production Designer
Jon Comerford
Casting
Christoph Rüter
Casting
Joyce Nettles
Casting
Karin Beewen
Casting
Birgit Hutter
Costume Designer
Michael Nyman
Original Music Composer
Joanne T. Harwood
Continuity
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