Mesmer (film)

Mesmer
Directed by	Roger Spottiswoode
Written by	Dennis Potter
Produced by	Robert Goodale
Starring	Alan Rickman Donal Donnelly Amanda Ooms Simon McBurney
Cinematography	Elemér Ragályi
Edited by	Susan Shipton
Music by	Michael Nyman
Distributed by	First Look Studios Cineplex Odeon Films (Canada)
Release date	August 25, 1994 (1994-08-25)
Running time	107 minutes
Countries	Austria, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany
Language	English
Budget	~£5,600,000

Mesmer is a 1994 Austrian-Canadian-British-German biographical film directed by Roger Spottiswoode from a script by Dennis Potter. It stars Alan Rickman as Franz Anton Mesmer and depicts his radical new ways as a pioneering physician.