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Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free

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2016 · 113 min Drama History
6.5 / 10 · TMDB

Lou 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.

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Original Title Lou Andreas-Salomé
Year 2016
Country Austria, Germany, Italy
Genre Drama, History
Director Cordula Kablitz-Post
Runtime 113 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.5/10 (31 votes)

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Director Cordula Kablitz-Post constructs the portrait not through chronology, but through the prism of memory and self-analysis, relying on Salomé's own diaries and letters. The film explores not so much the scandals as the inner world of a woman whose thirst for knowledge and freedom was stronger than social condemnation.

What lingers after the viewing is the atmosphere of intellectual ferment, where dialogues about philosophy, creativity, and love resonate like poetry. The film leaves an impression of a free spirit, not a 'femme fatale,' but a mind ahead of its time. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Cordula Kablitz-Post

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