Mesmer

Austria, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany

1994

107 Min

Color

English

Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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PROD Robert Goodale, Lance W. Reynolds, Wieland-Schulz Keil

CAST Alan Rickman, Amanda Ooms, Gillian Barge, David Hemblen, Jan Rubes, Anna Thalbach, Simon McBurney, Beatie Edney, Martin Schwab, Shirley Douglas, Peter Dvorsky, Bence Kertész, Donal Donnelly, David Burke

The 18th-century Viennese medical establishment is threatened by the radical yet successful healing methods of Austrian physician Franz Anton Mesmer. Blind pianist Maria Theresa Paradies, daughter of a well-to-do businessman, becomes Mesmer’s patient after he calms her seizure at a concert. As the two are drawn into an intimate relationship, the situation is used as an excuse to banish Mesmer from Vienna. Undaunted, he moves on, becoming a court favorite in Paris. —IMDb

Director

Roger Spottiswoode

Roger Spottiswoode (born January 5, 1945) is a Canadian-born film director and writer, who began his career as an editor in the 1970s. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He has directed a number of notable films and television productions, including Under Fire (1983) and the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies starring Pierce Brosnan. Spottiswoode was one of the writing team responsible for 48 Hrs. starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte. In 2000, he directed the science fiction action thriller The 6th Day starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Pop culture

Spottiswoode’s name and role in directing action-movie Tomorrow Never Dies was parodied in the movie Team America: World Police, which featured a dramatic character named “Spotswood”. —Wikipedia