Mesmer (film)

Mesmer
Directed by	Roger Spottiswoode
Written by	Dennis Potter
Produced by	Robert Goodale
Starring	Alan Rickman Donal Donnelly Amanda Ooms Simon McBurney
Cinematography	Elemér Ragályi
Edited by	Susan Shipton
Music by	Michael Nyman
Distributed by	First Look Studios Cineplex Odeon Films (Canada)
Release date	August 25, 1994 (1994-08-25)
Running time	107 minutes
Countries	Austria, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany
Language	English
Budget	~£5,600,000

Mesmer is a 1994 Austrian-Canadian-British-German 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.

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, for which he is censured by other doctors.

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.

Franz Anton Mesmer: (with sarcasm) "Professor Doctor Stoerk, can I help you at all? I deal with most derangements, sir."

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