Mahler on the Couch

Name: Mahler on the Couch
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: May 18, 2012
Duration: 98 min

2012

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National Center for Jewish Film (NCJF) | Release Date: May 18, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: Gustav Mahler snatched Alma under the noses of Vienna’s artistic elite, but ten years of marriage and the death of one child have exacerbated the strains caused by the 19 year gap in their ages, and Mahler’s refusal to allow Alma to write music (“I need a wife, not a colleague”). While staying at a spa resort, Alma falls in love withGustav Mahler snatched Alma under the noses of Vienna’s artistic elite, but ten years of marriage and the death of one child have exacerbated the strains caused by the 19 year gap in their ages, and Mahler’s refusal to allow Alma to write music (“I need a wife, not a colleague”). While staying at a spa resort, Alma falls in love with Walter Gropius, five years her junior. Tormented, Mahler seeks advice from Sigmund Freud. The encounter of the two giants of music and psychoanalysis is bumpy, temperamental, and not without humor. (National Center for Jewish Film) … Expand

Director: Felix O. Adlon and Percy Adlon

Genre(s): Biography, Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 98 min

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Kirk Honeycutt

May 23, 2012

The film's great gift, though, is Romaner. Unbelievably, this is the first film for the Bavarian stage actress. She fully inhabits the role of this complex personality whose passion for love and art collides with her role of wife and mother. Read full review

Eric Hynes

May 15, 2012

Eccentric and expressionistic reverie on love, loss, and the birth of modern marriage. Read full review

David DeWitt

May 18, 2012

The scenes with Karl Markovics, as Freud, are the lingering appeal of this artfully composed film. Read full review

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