"A biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal magnetism.""
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
István Szilágyi
as Coachman
János Gosztonyi
as Footman
Heinz Trixner
as Baron de Horka
Petra Köberl
as Baroness de Horka
Peter Janisch
as Chancellor von Kaunitz
Caroline Holdaway
as Felicity
Jan Rubeš
as Professor Stoerk
Martin Schwab
as Herr Paradies
Dorothea Parton
as Frau Paradies
Bence Kertész
as Young Mesmer
Herbert Prikopa
as Gregor
Joerg Biester
as Captain
Serge Ridoux
as King Louis
Shirley Douglas
as Duchess Dubarry
Mareile Geisler
as Hysterical Lady
Balázs Galkó
as Musician
Antal Leisen
as A Doctor
Tamás Dunai
as Doctor's Companion
Zoltán Gera
as Another Doctor
Herbert Moulton
as Liveried Attendant
Noël Simsolo
as Royal Dog Handler
Roger Spottiswoode
Director
Birgit Hutter
Costume Designer
Jan Schlubach
Production Designer
Susan Shipton
Editor
Michael Nyman
Original Music Composer
Elemér Ragályi
Director of Photography
András Hámori
Co-Producer
Susan Cavan
Dennis Potter
Writer
Wieland Schulz-Keil
Producer
Lance W. Reynolds
Robert D. Goodale
Joyce Nettles
Casting
Jon Comerford
Christoph Rüter
Karin Beewen
Ingrid Windisch
Executive Producer
Jan Fantl
Line Producer
Lacia Kornylo
Production Supervisor
Michael Zenon
First Assistant Director
Caroline Veyssière
Second Assistant Director
Blandine Liedermann
Third Assistant Director
Michael Hopfgartner
Joanne T. Harwood
Continuity