SummaryIn 1977, a surprising find in Switzerland led to the re-discovery of one of the most important female figures in the early history of psychoanalysis. The found diaries and letters revealed an extensive relationship between the unknown Russian-Jewish psychiatrist Sabina Spielrein and two founding fathers of pyschoanalysis, Sigmund Freud and Carl J... Read More
Directed By:Elisabeth Márton
Written By:Yolande Knobel, Elisabeth Márton, Signe Mähler, Kristina Hjertén von Gedda
Ich hiess Sabina Spielrein
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Told mostly through haunting, often chilling visual fragments, this handsomely mounted and unusually gripping account amounts to an important exercise in biography: It faithfully restores Spielrein to her rightful place as a crucial contributor to the fields of child psychology and psychoanalysis.
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This evocative film is a poignant testament to the twin forces of love (however blighted) and the unconscious.
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Hats off to Elisabeth Marton, who has taken a bunch of dry facts and fashioned them into the gorgeous My Name Was Sabina Spielrein.
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Engaging doc should stir psychologists and feminists.
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As complex as its subject's life and - like her - both flawed and fascinating.
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A fascinating historical tale is rendered with less than compelling results in this pseudo-documentary.
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However fascinating the source material, there's something less than cinematic about 90 minutes of watching people read letters in front of windows.
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