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  • 2005
  • Facets Multimedia Distribution
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2005
  • Facets Multimedia Distribution
  • 1 h 30 m
Ich hiess Sabina Spielrein

Summary In 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 a...

Directed By: Elisabeth Márton

Written By: Yolande Knobel, Signe Mähler, Kristina Hjertén von Gedda, Elisabeth Márton

  • 2005
  • Facets Multimedia Distribution
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2005
  • Facets Multimedia Distribution
  • 1 h 30 m

Ich hiess Sabina Spielrein

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
66
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary In 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 a...

Directed By: Elisabeth Márton

Written By: Yolande Knobel, Signe Mähler, Kristina Hjertén von Gedda, Elisabeth Márton

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
5 Reviews
29% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
66
71% Positive
5 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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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.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
80
This evocative film is a poignant testament to the twin forces of love (however blighted) and the unconscious.
By Leslie Camhi FULL REVIEW
75
Hats off to Elisabeth Marton, who has taken a bunch of dry facts and fashioned them into the gorgeous My Name Was Sabina Spielrein.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
Engaging doc should stir psychologists and feminists.
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63
As complex as its subject's life and - like her - both flawed and fascinating.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
50
A fascinating historical tale is rendered with less than compelling results in this pseudo-documentary.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
50
However fascinating the source material, there's something less than cinematic about 90 minutes of watching people read letters in front of windows.
By Lawrence Van Gelder FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Haslund Film, Hysteria Film AB, Idéfilm Felixson, Les Films du Centaure, Maximage GmbH, Millenium Film Oy, Sveriges Television (SVT)
Release Date Dec 28, 2005
Duration 1 h 30 m
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Awards

Sochi International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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