Summaries

Sigmund Freud's newest patient is a vampire fed up with his undying relationship with his wife.

Vienna 1932. One evening Sigmund Freud finds a new patient on his couch. A mysterious Count, burdened by the weight his great existential secret, haunted by the death of a lover 500 years in the past and tired of his eternally long life with his wife. What Freud does not know is that the patient is a vampire. The vain Countess incessantly complains about not being able to look at herself in a mirror, the count tells the professor. Unaware of the fact that the count and his wife are vampires, Freud introduces his mysterious patient to a young painter, Viktor, who paints portraits that express more than a mirror ever could. While visiting the painter, the count takes an instant shine to Viktor's girlfriend Lucy - more so than Viktor and the countess would like.—Ulf Kjell Gür

Trapped in a perpetually unhappy marriage, Count Geza von Közsnöm, a dejected creature of the night, visits the famous psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud, in melancholic 1932 Vienna. As a result, fed up with his eternal wife's idiosyncrasies, the neurotic vampire lies on the famous therapist's rug-draped sofa, hoping to deal with chronic trauma and the touchy vampiress Countess Elsa. Instead, metaphysical complications stand in the way of closure when the bohemian free spirit Lucy enters the equation. After all, the lady's uncanny resemblance to a long-lost love brings shivers down the spine. Usually, all couples swear to love and to hold. But the thing with eternity is that it lasts forever. Who said marriage is for keeps?—Nick Riganas

Details

Keywords
  • boyfriend girlfriend relationship
  • painter
  • therapist client relationship
  • psychiatrist patient relationship
  • sigmund freud
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Horror
Release date Dec 18, 2014
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Unrated
Countries of origin Switzerland Austria
Language German
Filming locations Vienna, Austria
Production companies Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) Film Institut Filmstandort Austria (FISA)

Box office

Budget $6000000
Gross US & Canada $30115
Opening weekend US & Canada $3361
Gross worldwide $209722

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 27m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

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