The Soul Keeper

The Soul Keeper

90 mins | Drama, Romance, History | Jan. 17, 2003

Zurich, 1905. 19-year-old Russian Sabina Spielrein is put by her parents in a psychiatric hospital, suffering from a severe form of hysteria and refusing to eat. A compassionate doctor, Carl Gustav Jung, takes her under his care and, for the first time, experiments with the psychoanalytical method of his teacher Sigmund Freud. Thus is born a sweeping story of love and passion, of body and soul, soaring to the utmost heights, but also plunging to the darkest depths of the 20th century.

The Soul Keeper

90 mins | Drama, Romance, History | Jan. 17, 2003

The Soul Keeper
Zurich, 1905. 19-year-old Russian Sabina Spielrein is put by her parents in a psychiatric hospital, suffering from a severe form of hysteria and refusing to eat. A compassionate doctor, Carl Gustav Jung, takes her under his care and, for the first time, experiments with the psychoanalytical method of his teacher Sigmund Freud. Thus is born a sweeping story of love and passion, of body and soul, soaring to the utmost heights, but also plunging to the darkest depths of the 20th century.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Cowboy Films, Eurimages, Jean Vigo Italia, Medusa Film, Tele+, Film Commission Torino Piemonte, Les Films du Centaure, La Città di Torino, Presidenza del Consiglio del Ministri-Dipartimento dello Spettacolo
Original title Prendimi l'anima
Directors Maria Bisognin, Matteo Bellizzi, Valerio Valente, Melissa Strizzi, Roberto Faenza
Writers Hugh Fleetwood, Gianni Arduini, Giampiero Rigosi, François Cohen-Séat, Roberto Faenza, Elda Ferri

Cast

Iain Glen

as Carl Jung

Emilia Fox

as Sabina Spielrein

Craig Ferguson

as Richard Fraser

Caroline Ducey

as Marie Franquin

Jane Alexander

as Emma Jung

Viktor Sergachyov

as Ivan Ionov

Ivan Igogin

as Ivan as a child

Joanna David

as Sabina's mother

Michele Melega

as Pavel

Daria Galluccio

as Renate

Bob Marchese

as Professor Bleuler

Anna Tiurina

as Receptionist

Fiorenza Brogi

as Bakery lady

Franco Olivero

as Sabina's father

V. Nakonechny

as Vasily Stalin

Loretta Borrelli

as Soprano

Stefania Luberti

as Nurse

Luisa Boccalatte

as Nurse

Luisa Riccio

as Nurse

Carola Ovazza

as Governess

Cristina Romagnolo

as Strings quartet

Alma Mandolesi

as Strings quartet

Marina Martinova

as Strings quartet

Claire Brandt

as Strings quartet

Massimo Franceschi

as Man at convention

Roberto Corno

as Young pianist

Carlantonio Dogliani

as Old pianist

Rebecca Innocenti

as Rebecca as a child

Marta Gaia Ceccotti

as Renate as a child

Davide Mazza

as Child

Georgi Timoshin

as Archivist

Tatyana Shchankina

as Librarian

Boris Kogan

as Rabbi

Svetlana Israileva

as Teacher