Overview
A biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal magnetism."
Cast
- Alan Rickman as Franz Anton Mesmer
- Amanda Ooms as Maria Theresia Paradies
- Simon McBurney as Franz Mesmer junior
- David Hemblen as Doctor Ingenhousz
- Anna Thalbach as Francesca
- Donal Donnelly as Doctor Vic d'Azyr
- Gillian Barge as Frau Mesmer
- David Burke as Doctor de Vauzesmes
- Beatie Edney as Marie Antoinette
- Peter Dvorsky as Doctor Deslon