Der Trafikant (original title)
$12 | Drama/History/Romance | 1h 57m | German with English Subtitles
A Film by Nikolaus Leytner | Starring Bruno Ganz as Sigmund Freud
Based on the International Bestseller by Robert Seethaler
A tender, heart-breaking story about one young man and his friendship with Sigmund Freud during the Nazi occupation of Vienna. Seventeen-year-old Franz journeys to Vienna to apprentice at a tobacco shop. There he meets Sigmund Freud (Bruno Ganz), a regular customer, and over time the two very different men form a singular friendship. When Franz falls desperately in love with the music-hall dancer Anezka, he seeks advice from the renowned psychoanalyst, who admits that the female sex is as big a mystery to him as it is to Franz. As political and social conditions in Austria dramatically worsen with the Nazis’ arrival in Vienna, Franz, Freud, and Anezka are swept into the maelstrom of events. Each has a big decision to make: to stay or to flee?
Bruno Ganz as Sigmund Freud
“[The Tobacconist] manages to be a vibrant coming-of-age story and an intriguing
portrayal of Sigmund Freud, expertly portrayed by Bruno Ganz.”
– Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter