
107 minutes
8/25/1994
A biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal magnetism."

Alan Rickman
as Franz Anton Mesmer

Amanda Ooms
as Maria Theresia Paradies

Simon McBurney
as Franz Mesmer junior

David Hemblen
as Doctor Ingenhousz

Anna Thalbach
as Francesca

Donal Donnelly
as Doctor Vic d'Azyr
Gillian Barge
as Frau Mesmer

David Burke
as Doctor de Vauzesmes

Beatie Edney
as Marie Antoinette

Peter Dvorsky
as Doctor Deslon

István Szilágyi
as Coachman
János Gosztonyi
as Footman
Heinz Trixner
as Baron de Horka
Petra Köberl
as Baroness de Horka
Peter Janisch
as Chancellor von Kaunitz
Caroline Holdaway
as Felicity

Jan Rubeš
as Professor Stoerk

Martin Schwab
as Herr Paradies
Dorothea Parton
as Frau Paradies
Bence Kertész
as Young Mesmer
Herbert Prikopa
as Gregor
Joerg Biester
as Captain

Serge Ridoux
as King Louis

Shirley Douglas
as Duchess Dubarry
Mareile Geisler
as Hysterical Lady

Balázs Galkó
as Musician
Antal Leisen
as A Doctor

Tamás Dunai
as Doctor's Companion

Zoltán Gera
as Another Doctor
Herbert Moulton
as Liveried Attendant

Noël Simsolo
as Royal Dog Handler