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A Dangerous Method (2011)

Where A Dangerous Method says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Zurich on screen is mostly Lake Constance, and Vienna is the one place the crew really went

Scenes and places

Spielrein arrives at the Burghölzli (1904)

Sabina Spielrein arrives at the hospital suffering from hysteria, and young Dr. Jung begins treating her with word association and dream interpretation. He traces her condition to a childhood humiliation by her father.

Set in Burghölzli psychiatric hospital, Zürich — The Zürich psychiatric hospital where Sabina Spielrein arrives for treatment under Carl Jung. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Zürich's best-known psychiatric hospital of the period, where Jung worked under chief of medicine Eugen Bleuler.

Jung's house on the lake

Jung resists the idea of cheating on his wife Emma, but the confidences of his patient Otto Gross weaken his resolve. He finally begins an affair with Spielrein.

Set in Jung's villa on Lake Zurich — The lakeside home Carl Jung shares with his wife Emma.

The lakeside house of the Jung family; in the film it stands on Lake Zurich.

Filmed at Allensbach, Lake Constance (Allensbach, Germany) — A full-scale copy of Jung's villa was built on the lakeshore for five shooting days. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Freud's rooms in Vienna

Freud, after long correspondence with Jung, adopts him as his heir and agent. Later Spielrein comes to Vienna to meet Freud and tells him that he and Jung must reconcile if psychoanalysis is to keep developing.

Set in Berggasse 19, Vienna — The Vienna address of Sigmund Freud, where Jung and later Spielrein come to see him. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The building where Freud lived and practised for decades; it is now the Sigmund Freud Museum.

Filmed at Berggasse 19, Vienna (Vienna, Austria) — Listed among the Viennese filming locations. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Café Sperl, Vienna (Vienna, Austria) — A Vienna café Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Mölker Bastei, Vienna (Vienna, Austria) — A Vienna street Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Belvedere Palace garden, Vienna (Vienna, Austria) — A palace garden Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Lake Constance (Bodensee) (Lake Constance, Germany) — Lake scenes Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Inzigkofen Abbey (Inzigkofen, Germany) — Exterior scenes behind walls Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Überlingen (Überlingen, Germany) — Town scenes Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Carl Jung — A young Swiss doctor at the Burghölzli hospital in Zürich who treats Sabina Spielrein.
• Sabina Spielrein — A patient with hysteria who arrives at the Burghölzli in 1904 and later works alongside the doctors.
• Sigmund Freud — The Vienna founder of psychoanalysis who corresponds with Jung and adopts him as his heir.