---
title: 'Freud: The Secret Passion (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Huston'
released: '1962-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 118
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/freud-the-secret-passion-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055998/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Freud: The Secret Passion (1962)

1962 · 118 min · Drama, History · United States


## Synopsis

Freud: The Secret Passion, or simply Freud, is a 1962 American biographical drama film directed by John Huston and produced by Wolfgang Reinhardt. Based on the life of Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud, it stars Montgomery Clift as Freud and Susannah York as his patient Cecily Koertner. Other cast members include Larry Parks, Susan Kohner, Eileen Herlie, Eric Portman, and David McCallum. The screenplay was by Charles Kaufman and Reinhardt, with some elements from a script by Jean-Paul Sartre, who withdrew his name from the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston)
- **Screenplay:** [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston), [Wolfgang Reinhardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-reinhardt), [Charles Kaufman](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-kaufman)
- **Producer:** [Wolfgang Reinhardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-reinhardt)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jerry Goldsmith](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-goldsmith)
- **Director of Photography:** [Douglas Slocombe](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-slocombe)
- **Editor:** [Ralph Kemplen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-kemplen)

## Cast

- [Rosalie Crutchley](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosalie-crutchley)
- [Stefan Schnabel](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-schnabel)
- [Eric Portman](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-portman)
- [Larry Parks](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-parks)
- [Paul Frees](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-frees)
- [Anita Gutwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-gutwell)
- [Friedrich von Ledebur](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-von-ledebur)
- [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston)
- [David Kossoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-kossoff)
- [Moira Redmond](https://cinepixo.com/people/moira-redmond)
- [Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-neumann-viertel)
- [Fernand Ledoux](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernand-ledoux)
- [Max Haufler](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-haufler)
- [David McCallum](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-mccallum)
- [Ferdy Mayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdy-mayne)

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