Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free
2016Lou Andreas-Salomé, the woman who enraptured 19th century Europe’s greatest minds, recounts her life to Ernst Pfeiffer in this German film directed by Cordula Kablitz-Post. A published novelist, poet and essayist, Salomé’s desire to live a life free from convention scandalized society but spurred genius and passion in others, including Friedrich Nietzsche, Paul Rée and her lover, the poet Rainer Maria Rilke. Under the tutelage of Sigmund Freud, she became the first female psychoanalyst.
Acted in
Katharina Lorenz
as Lou Andreas-Salomé, jung
Julius Feldmeier
as Rainer Maria Rilke
Nicole Heesters
as Lou Andreas-Salomé (72J.
Merab Ninidze
as Friedrich Carl Andreas
Carl Achleitner
as Verleger
Katharina Schüttler
as Marie
Peter Simonischek
as Lous Vater
Liv Lisa Fries
as Lou Andreas-Salomé, jung
Alexander Scheer
as Friedrich Nietzsche
Philipp Hauß
as Paul Rée
Matthias Lier
as Ernst Pfeiffer
Harald Schrott
as Sigmund Freud
Daniel Sträßer
as Dr. Zemek
Petra Morzé
as Mutter von Lou
Katrin Hansmeier
Anton Algrang
as Fotograf
