Prendimi l'anima (2002)

Director:

Roberto Faenza

Writers:

Gianni Arduini (writer)
François Cohen-Séat (writer)
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Release Date:

2 August 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Romance | War

Plot:

Seduced by Jung, killed by hate, redeemed by history. In 1905 a 19-year-old Russian girl suffering from...

Plot Keywords:

Stalinism | Russian Revolution | Psychoanalysis | Russian Jew | Mistress

Awards:

3 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Iain Glen	...	Dr. Carl Gustav Jung
Emilia Fox	...	Sabina Spielrein
Craig Ferguson	...	Richard Fraser
Caroline Ducey	...	Marie Franquin
Jane Alexander	...	Emma Jung
Viktor Sergachyov	...	Ivan Ionov
Ivan Igogin
Joanna David	...	Frau Spielrein - Sabina's Mother
Michele Melega	...	Pavel
Giovanni Lombardo Radice	...	Zorin
Daria Galluccio	...	Renate
Anna Tiurina	...	Concierge / Receptionist (as Anna Chiurina)
Bob Marchese
V. Nakonechny
Fiorenza Brogi	...	Woman in cake shop
Loretta Borrelli
Cristina Romagnolo
Alma Mandolesi
Marina Martinova
Claire Briand
Gheorgy Timoshin
Tatiana Sciankina	...	Librarian
Boris Kogan	...	Rabbi
Julia Bagdosarova
Svetlana Israileva	...	Teacher
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Luisa Boccalatte
Claudia Catani	...	(voice)
Marta-Gaia Coccotti
Roberto Corno
Carlantonio Dogliani
Massimo Franceschi
Rebecca Innocenti
Stefania Luberti
Davide Mazza
Franco Olivero
Carola Ovazza
Roberto Pedicini	...	(voice)
Francesco Prando	...	(voice)
Luisa Riccio
Emanuela Rossi	...	(voice)

Directed by
Roberto Faenza

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gianni Arduini		writer
François Cohen-Séat		writer
Alessandro Defilippi		writer
Roberto Faenza		writer
Elda Ferri		writer
Hugh Fleetwood		writer
Giampiero Rigosi		writer

Produced by
Gianni Arduini	....	line producer
Giulio Cestari	....	executive producer
François Cohen-Séat	....	co-producer
Elda Ferri	....	producer
Olivia Sleiter	....	executive producer
Charles Steel	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Andrea Guerra

Cinematography by
Maurizio Calvesi

Film Editing by
Massimo Fiocchi

Casting by
Galina Andreeva
Lucy Boulting
Kate Dowd
Nina Dymoyebov
Shaila Rubin

Production Design by
Giantito Burchiellaro

Art Direction by
Giantito Burchiellaro
Vladimir Trapeznikov

Set Decoration by
Stefano Paltrinieri

Costume Design by
Francesca Sartori
Serghei Strucioy

Makeup Department
Massimiliano Gelo	....	assistant hair stylist
Giorgio Gregorini	....	assistant hair stylist
Olga Konovalova	....	makeup artist
Vincenzo Mastrantonio	....	makeup artist
Ferdinando Merolla	....	hair stylist
Antonello Resch	....	assistant makeup artist
Rosabella Russo	....	assistant makeup artist
Viktoria Sapojnikova	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Franco Casellato	....	post-production supervisor
Katia Franco	....	production manager
Dmitry Korje	....	production manager
Paolo Pioggia	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matteo Bellizzi	....	assistant director
Ludmila Kazuiutova	....	assistant director: Russia
Fedor Smirnov	....	assistant director
Valerio Valente	....	assistant director
Alexander Zelenkov	....	assistant director

Art Department
Olga Baranova	....	assistant propman
Fiorella Cicolini	....	assistant set decorator
Raffaella Cuviello	....	assistant set decorator
Luisa Iemma	....	art department assistant
Ludmila Kotmina	....	propman
Maxim Maidanov	....	assistant set decorator
Fabrizio Moschini	....	assistant art director
Alexander Nekhaenko	....	assistant set decorator
Dmitry Suzakov	....	assistant propman

Sound Department
Vanessa Baker	....	adr coordinator
Gianluca Basili	....	sound effects
Sergio Basili	....	sound effects
Andrea Dallimonti	....	boom operator
Mario Dallimonti	....	sound
Danilo Moroni	....	sound mixer
Massimiliano Normanno	....	sound effects
Lillo Rosato	....	sound editor (as Lilio Rosato)
Antonio Tirinelli	....	sound effects
Michele Zaccagnini	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Nikolay Neyaglov	....	special effects
Andrei Pakholkov	....	special effects
Andrei Udaltsov	....	special effects
Sergey Vorobiev	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Stefano Ballirano	....	digital artist
Rob Hodgson	....	visual effects supervisor
Fay McConkey	....	visual effects producer: Double Negative
John Moffatt	....	digital compositor
Paul Riddle	....	digital compositor
Gian Luca Rizzo	....	visual effects producer

Stunts
Igor Laptev	....	stunts
Dmitri Tarasenko	....	stunts
Ludmila Terekhova	....	stunts
Alexander Ushanov	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Salvatore Anversa	....	steadicam operator
Andrea Arnaud	....	grip
Antonio Ascione	....	grip
Vito Brunetti	....	electrician
Alfio D'Agata	....	second assistant camera
Nina Dultseva	....	generator operator
Cesare Emidi	....	key grip: Turin
Patrizio Emidi	....	grip
Alessandro Gentili	....	camera operator
Andrei Kupriushin	....	grip
Roman Lashkov	....	grip
Antonio Leurini	....	gaffer
Emanuele Leurini	....	first assistant camera
Paolo Leurini	....	gaffer
Alessandro Marucco	....	electrician
Saverio Moggio	....	grip
Daniele Musso	....	still photographer
Nikolay Okhry	....	still photographer: Russia
Pioter Sedikh	....	grip
Andrei Slepnev	....	gaffer: Russia
Gino Stocchiero	....	electrician

Casting Department
Nick Alexander	....	adr voice casting: Rome
Vanessa Baker	....	adr voice casting
Brendan Donnison	....	adr voice casting: London

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Francesca Brunori	....	assistant costume designer
Grazia De Marinis	....	wardrobe
Maddalena Gentile	....	wardrobe
Valentina Issava	....	assistant costume designer
Ludmila Lomova	....	assistant costume designer
Mara Masiero	....	assistant costume designer
Massimo Cantini Parrini	....	assistant costume designer
Maria Pia Rossi	....	wardrobe
Laura Zoccali	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Francesco Bilotti	....	first assistant editor
Gianni Cerniglia	....	color timer
Pasquale Cuzzupoli	....	color supervisor
Anna del Dotto	....	second assistant editor

Music Department
Luca Salvadori	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Natalia Pankova	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Fabiola Basilotta	....	production assistant
Stefano Bassetti	....	accountant
Maria Bisognin	....	continuity
Maura Cuda	....	production assistant
Enrico De Lotto	....	production assistant
Loredana De Simone	....	accountant
Viktor Efremov	....	production assistant
John Fonseca	....	dialogue coach
Joseph Geminale	....	location manager
Daria Lluova	....	production assistant
Sandra Melly	....	production assistant
Olga Nesterova	....	location manager
Olga Sheika	....	production assistant
Tatiana Smirnova	....	production assistant
Melissa Strizzi	....	continuity
Victor Zuykov	....	animal wrangler

Production Companies

• Cowboy Films
• Eurimages (funding)
• Jean Vigo Italia
• Leandro Burgay Publishing Company
• Les Films du Centaure
• Medusa Produzione
• Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (financial support)
• Presidenzia del Consiglio del Ministri-Dipartimento dello Spettacolo (financial support)
• SCRF
• SND

Distributors

• Adriana Chiesa Enterprises (2002) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Arccades Vidéo (2007) (France) (DVD)
• Best Hollywood (2003) (Hungary) (theatrical)
• De Filmfreak (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Delta Pictures (2002) (Italy) (DVD)
• DeltaVideo (DV) (2002) (Italy) (DVD)
• Független / Best Hollywood (200?) (Hungary) (VHS)
• Independent Artists (I) (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• K-tel Video Inc. (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Kamras Film Group (2004) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Kamras Film Group (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• Les Films du Centaure (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Medusa Distribuzione (Italy)
• Medusa Home Entertainment (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
• Medusa Home Entertainment (2007) (Italy) (DVD)
• Scandinavian Entertainment Group (2006) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2006) (Finland) (TV)
• Özen Film (2005) (Turkey) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Peerless Camera Company (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Ditta Pompei  footwear
• Forum Music Village  music mixed at
• Lyps Inc.  adr
• Medusa Film  music publishing company
• New Digital S.r.l.  sound effects
• Sound On Line S.r.a.  sound editing

Also Known As:

Âme en jeu, L' (France)
The Soul Keeper (International: English title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Italy | France | UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Black and White | Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

France:U | USA:Not Rated | Finland:K-11 | Singapore:R(A) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Brazil:14

Filming Locations:

Moscow, Russia

Company:

Cowboy Films

Trivia:

The true story of Sabina Spielrein, a patient of both Freud and Jung, who was killed by Nazi troops in Russia in 1942.

Quotes:

Sabina Spielrein: What can grow without rain? What can burn for years without end? Stone can grow without rain. But only love can burn for years without end.

Nice photography, but bad direction and even worse screenplay

Very confused and confusing movie... as if the director (served by a terrible screenplay) couldn't decide what to do with it... Reflections on the healing power of love (and on its destroying power as well?)? Passionality and personality against social rules? Historical glimpse on the late 800 and early 900's psychiatry and the birth of dynamic psychoterapies (on which nothing short that a vague attention to the unconscious and the enphasis on the human relationship - as an attempt to humanize said psychiatry - is said... )? Moreover the counterpoint story in contemporary times, short of clarifying those themes, seems only to add cliché to cliché...

I'd say Emilia Fox could have worked as Sabine Spielrein, BUT in another movie with another director... Not so bad Iain Glen as the esteemed young Carl Gustav Jung, even if the real one was a much more complex person, deserving to be treated with respect and care by able hands...

Thumbs down to Jane Alexander, who should return to host TV games on Italian TV where she started...