Prendimi l'anima (2002)

Director:

Roberto Faenza

Writers:

Gianni Arduini (writer)
François Cohen-Séat (writer)

Release Date:

2 August 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Romance | War

Plot:

Seduced by Jung, killed by hate, redeemed by history. In 1905 a 19-year-old Russian girl suffering from...

Plot Keywords:

Russian Jew | Doctor Patient Sex | Mistress | Stalinism | Mental Hospital

Awards:

3 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Iain Glen	...	Dr. Carl Gustav Jung
Emilia Fox	...	Sabina Spielrein
Craig Ferguson	...	Richard Fraser
Caroline Ducey	...	Marie Franquin
Jane Alexander	...	Emma Jung
Viktor Sergachyov	...	Ivan Ionov
Ivan Igogin
Joanna David	...	Frau Spielrein - Sabina's Mother
Michele Melega	...	Pavel
Giovanni Lombardo Radice	...	Zorin
Daria Galluccio	...	Renate
Anna Tiurina	...	Concierge / Receptionist (as Anna Chiurina)
Bob Marchese
V. Nakonechny
Fiorenza Brogi	...	Woman in cake shop

Also Known As:

L'âme en jeu (France)
My Name Was Sabina Spielrein (Italy) (working title)
The Soul Keeper (International: English title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Italy | France | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

France:U | USA:Not Rated | Australia:MA (2008) | Finland:K-11 | Singapore:R(A) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Brazil:14

Filming Locations:

Moscow, Russia

Company:

Cowboy Films

Trivia:

The true story of Sabina Spielrein, a patient of both Freud and Jung, who was killed by Nazi troops in Russia in 1942.

Quotes:

Sabina Spielrein: What can grow without rain? What can burn for years without end? Stone can grow without rain. But only love can burn for years without end.

Unfulfilled promise

This movie *could* have been much more than it was. We have two historical figures, psychiatrist Karl Gustav Jung, and a gifted patient, Sabina Spielrein, who first becomes Jung's lover, and then a child psychiatrist in her own right. I had been hoping for deep psychological insight, instead I got a cartoonish loony (Sabina) and a starchy doctor (K.G. Jung). The characters are over-simplified, and their complex relationship is dumbed down to Harlequin Romance level. Furthermore, Sabina's life in Russia and her accomplishments are barely even mentioned in the movie. The subplot with Marie and Frazer (the present-day researchers) is 100% unnecessary, too. So, in the end you are left with a pleasant, if sleepy, non-controversial movie, suitable for airing on national tv at prime time. Come to think of it, maybe this is what they had in mind all along...