The Wicked (1991 film)

The Wicked
The Wicked
Directed by	Carlo Lizzani
Written by	Furio Scarpelli ; Francesca Archibugi
Produced by	Piero e Mario Begni per P.A.C.
Starring	Giuliana De Sio ; Julian Sands
Cinematography	Daniele Nannuzzi
Edited by	Franco Fraticelli
Music by	Armando Trovajoli
Distributed by	United International Pictures
Release date	1991;
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	English

Cattiva (internationally released as The Wicked) is a 1991 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani.^[1] The film is loosely based on real life events of Carl Jung, the founder of analytical psychology, and of Sabina Spielrein.^[2] For this film Giuliana De Sio was awarded a David di Donatello for Best Actress.^[3]

Plot

In the early twentieth century, the young Italian-born Emilia Schmidt leads a comfortable life in Switzerland, with her husband and little son Ludwig, but shows from time-to-time signs of mental imbalance.

She is admitted to a luxurious clinic in Zürich, where she receives the diagnosis of schizophrenia due to her behavior, thus being defined as "wicked". However, Professor Gustav, a young assistant to the clinic's head physician, Professor Brokner, becomes passionate about her case; using the innovative research of Dr. Sigmund Freud, he is able to partially cure her. This allows Emilia to leave the clinic, not completely cured, but released from her neuroses and confident in Gustav's promise to continue monitoring her health in the future.

Cast

Giuliana De Sio as Emilia
Julian Sands as Gustav
Erland Josephson as Prof. Brokner
Milena Vukotic as Annette, a patient in the clinic
Didi Perego as Chief nurse
Francesca Ventura [it] as Mitzi, Emilia's maid
Stefano Lescovelli as Leopold Schmidt, Emilia's husband
Luisa Maneri [it] as Marta, Emilia's sister
Massimo Venturiello as Enrico Carossi, Emilia's childhood friend
Flaminia Lizzani as Anna, Gustav's girlfriend
Eva Vanicek [it] as Emilia's mother

References

^ Irene Bignardi (1 June 1991). "Cattiva, ma brava..." La Repubblica. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
^ "UN FILME BASADO EN LAS MEMORIAS DE GUSTAV JUNG". Nuevo Herald. May 26, 1991. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 88-7742-221-1.