Mesmer
Aug 25 1994
•2h 47m
•Drama
A biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal magnetism."
Cast
See allAlan Rickman
Franz Anton Mesmer
Amanda Ooms
Maria Theresia Paradies
Simon McBurney
Franz Mesmer junior
David Hemblen
Doctor Ingenhousz
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