Description: Based on the bestselling, award-winning novel by Irvin Yalom, "When Nietzsche Wept" tells the story of obsession, a drama of love, fate and will that formed the basis of modern psychoanalysis. Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Dr. Josef Breuer, Louise (Lou) von Salome and Anna O - these compelling characters cross paths when Breuer and Freud agree to treat Nietzsche; a sick, poor and unknown philosopher. The story follows the dramatic lives of two of the most important and enigmatic men who would change the course of Europe’s intellectual history and the intriguing women who inspired and ruined them.
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Rating: - QUALITY AND IMAGINATIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA
At first I was confused why this movie has received so many negative reviews and upon contemplation see that it is a definite aquired taste. It is an independant film in every sense of the word. I love ... Read More
Rating: - 45 minutes was enough for me
The actress playing Lou Salome acts as a modern American instead of a woman from the late 1800s as forward thinking, independent that she is suppose to be with a bad Russian accent. Anna O./Bertha has PINK ... Read More
Rating: - Positive example of men's work
"Grief is healed when it is witnessed by a caring other" and to access those lost memories, Nietzsche tells Freud's friend that lying down can make it happen. A fun introduction on the value introspection ... Read More
Rating: - Good enough... Armand does a great job!
First of all, this movie was probably not meant as a deep study on Nietzsche, or psychoanalysis for that matter. It was probably not produced to vindicate any highly sophisticated theory about the meaning of ... Read More
Rating: - Terrible
The acting is flat, the production awful, and the movie painful. Nietzsche and his ideas are interpreted at times obliquely and at times completely incorrectly. This movie was so bad that I was unable to finish ... Read More
- 45 minutes was enough for me