

At the beginning of the 20th century, a junior resident takes an interest in a newly-arrived patient, a young Italian woman who has mysteriously developed schizophrenia. To identify the causes of her condition, he employs psychoanalytic methods to dig into her sexual past, despite objections by the old-fashioned chief physician.

Giuliana De Sio
Emilia

Julian Sands
Gustav

Erland Josephson
Prof. Brokner

Milena Vukotić
Annette

Didi Perego
Capo infermiera

Francesca Ventura
Mitzi
Stefano Lescovelli
Leopold

Massimo Venturiello
Enrico
Flaminia Lizzani
Anna

Luisa Maneri
Marta