Ferenczi & Freud, Intrigues around the Divan

Ferenczi and Freud, Intrigues around the Divan

Screening of a pre-recorded play

Sándor Ferenczi was Freud's colleague and friend, and later his chosen successor, becoming the first professor in psychoanalysis. Their relationship ended up in a fatal quadrangle when Ferenczi fell in love with Elma, the daughter of his partner Gizella who was eight years his senior (and already married). He couldn't choose between the two women, and finally turned to Freud for advice. The drama of this Ferenczi-Freud-Gisella-Elma quadrangle highlights the birth of psychoanalysis, its importance as well as its defects in its infancy.

Recorded in 2017. Performed in Hungarian with English subtitles.

Sponsored by Spinoza Theater, Budapest