Overview

The history of psychoanalysis is littered with the discarded psyches of the women whose diagnoses were key to the fame of the great masters. One such woman was Sabina Spielrein. Unlike the rest, she didn't vanish forever from history. Elisabeth Márton's film relates, restages and remembers the tragic story of Spielrein's life as gleaned from a box of her papers discovered in 1977 in the cellar of Geneva's former Institute of Psychology.

Cast

Eva Österberg, Lasse Almebäck, Mercedez Csampai, Palle Granditsky, Natalia Usmanova, Katarina Rubensson, Jack Weil, Tove Wáhlin

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What is "My Name Was Sabina Speilrein" about?

The history of psychoanalysis is littered with the discarded psyches of the women whose diagnoses were key to the fame of the great masters. One such woman was Sabina Spielrein. Unlike the rest, she didn't vanish forever from history. Elisabeth Márton's film relates, restages and remembers the tragic story of Spielrein's life as gleaned from a box of her papers discovered in 1977 in the cellar of Geneva's former Institute of Psychology.

When was "My Name Was Sabina Speilrein" released?

My Name Was Sabina Speilrein was released in 2002.

Who stars in "My Name Was Sabina Speilrein"?

The cast includes Eva Österberg, Lasse Almebäck, Mercedez Csampai, Palle Granditsky.