Freud (TV series)

*Freud*
Freud
	German-language poster
Genre	Psycho, Crime
Created by	Marvin Kren; Stefan Brunner; Benjamin Hessler;
Starring	Robert Finster; Ella Rumpf; Georg Friedrich; Stefan Konarske;
Country of origin	Austria; Germany;
Original language	German
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	45-55 minutes
Production companies	Bavaria Fiction; Satel Film; Mia Film;
Original release
Network	ORF ; Netflix
Release	23 March 2020

Freud is an Austrian-German crime television series re-imagining the life of a young Sigmund Freud. 8 episodes have been produced, with the first series airing first on ORF beginning 15 March 2020 and being released on Netflix on 23 March 2020.^[1]

Premise

Freud depicts a young Sigmund Freud (Robert Finster) solving various mysteries in 1886 Vienna, assisted by medium Fleur Salomé (Ella Rumpf) and policeman Alfred Kiss (Georg Friedrich).

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Hysterie"	Marvin Kren	Stefan Brunner, Benjamin Hessler	March 15, 2020 (2020-03-15)
2	"Trauma"	Unknown	Unknown	March 15, 2020 (2020-03-15)
3	"Somnambul"	Unknown	Unknown	March 18, 2020 (2020-03-18)
4	"Totem und Tabu"	Unknown	Unknown	March 18, 2020 (2020-03-18)
5	"Trieb"	Unknown	Unknown	March 18, 2020 (2020-03-18)
6	"Regression"	Unknown	Unknown	March 22, 2020 (2020-03-22)
7	"Katharsis"	Unknown	Unknown	March 22, 2020 (2020-03-22)
8	"Verdrängung"	Unknown	Unknown	March 22, 2020 (2020-03-22)

Production

Filming took place entirely in Prague, Czech Republic.^[2] The production consulted with Vienna-based psychoanalyst and hypnotherapist Juan José Rios.^[3]

Reception

Ratings

Over 400,000 viewers tuned in when the show premiered on the Austrian channel ORF in early March 2020.^[4]

Critical response

The first season of Freud holds a 50% rating at critical aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.^[5] Writing for The Guardian, Adrian Horton likened Freud to "other absurd revisions of famous stories" like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.^[6] The Daily Beast writer Nick Schager made the same comparison, writing that the series' "marrying truth with paranormal nonsense proves reasonably enlivening".^[1]

Awards and nominations

Freud has been nominated for two Romy Awards, in the categories of "Best TV Series" and "Best Production, TV Fiction".^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Schager, Nick (23 March 2020). "Netflix's 'Freud' Depicts Sigmund Freud as a Horny, Coked-Out Demon Hunter". Daily Beast.
^ Garvey, Marianne (23 March 2020). "Sigmund Freud hunts down a serial killer in new Netflix show". CNN.
^ Epstein, Sonia (30 April 2020). "Freud Consultant, Psychoanalyst & Hypnotherapist Juan Rios". Sloan Science and Film.
^ ^a ^b "Will Freud Return for Season 2? This Bonkers Series Is The Content You Deserve Right Now". 25 March 2020.
^ "Freud: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
^ Horton, Adrian (23 March 2020). "Freud review – Netflix revisionist drama is a ridiculous coked-up mess". The Guardian.

External links

Freud at IMDb

[Db-1] Schager, Nick (23 March 2020). "Netflix's 'Freud' Depicts Sigmund Freud as a Horny, Coked-Out Demon Hunter". Daily Beast.

[2] Garvey, Marianne (23 March 2020). "Sigmund Freud hunts down a serial killer in new Netflix show". CNN.

[3] Epstein, Sonia (30 April 2020). "Freud Consultant, Psychoanalyst & Hypnotherapist Juan Rios". Sloan Science and Film.

[Bs-4] "Will Freud Return for Season 2? This Bonkers Series Is The Content You Deserve Right Now". 25 March 2020.

[5] "Freud: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

[6] Horton, Adrian (23 March 2020). "Freud review – Netflix revisionist drama is a ridiculous coked-up mess". The Guardian.

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v t e Sigmund Freud
Books	On Aphasia (1891) Studies on Hysteria (1895) The Interpretation of Dreams (including On Dreams) (1899) The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (1901) Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious (1905) Totem and Taboo (1913) Introduction to Psychoanalysis (1916–17) The History of the Psychoanalytic Movement (1917) Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego (1921) The Ego and the Id (1923) The Question of Lay Analysis (1926) The Future of an Illusion (1927) Civilization and Its Discontents (1930) Moses and Monotheism (1939)
Essays	"The Aetiology of Hysteria" (1896) Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (1905) Delusion and Dream in Jensen's Gradiva (1907) Creative Writers and Day-Dreaming (1908) Leonardo da Vinci, A Memory of His Childhood (1910) On Narcissism (1914) The History of the Psychoanalytic Movement (1914) Some Character-Types Met with in Psycho-Analytic Work (1915) Thoughts for the Times on War and Death (1916) Mourning and Melancholia (1918) Beyond the Pleasure Principle (1920) Medusa's Head (1922) Dostoevsky and Parricide (1928)
Case studies	"Dora" (Ida Bauer) Emma Eckstein Herbert Graf ("Little Hans") Irma's injection "Anna O." (Bertha Pappenheim) "Rat Man" Sergei Pankejeff ("Wolfman") Daniel Paul Schreber
Original concepts	Psychoanalysis Id, ego and superego Libido Preconscious Ego ideal censorship Free association Transference Psychosexual development Oral stage Anal stage Phallic stage Latency stage Genital stage Oedipus complex Father complex Deferred obedience Reality principle Seduction theory
Related	Bibliography complete works Archives Vienna home and museum London home and museum 1971 statue Interment Freudian slip Humor Inner circle Neo-Freudianism Views on homosexuality Religious views
Cultural depictions	Freud: The Secret Passion (1962 film) The Visitor (1993 play) Mahler on the Couch (2010 film) A Dangerous Method (2011 film) Freud (2020 TV series)
Family	Martha Bernays (wife) Anna Freud (daughter) Ernst L. Freud (son) Clement Freud (grandson) Lucian Freud (grandson) Walter Freud (grandson) Amalia Freud (mother) Jacob Freud (father) Edward Bernay (nephew) Jofi (dog)