Wilhelm Reich

Wilhelm Reich

Born: March 24, 1897
Died: November 3, 1957
in Dobzau, Galica, Austria
Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian doctor of medicine and psychoanalyst, a member of the second generation of analysts after Sigmund Freud. The author of several influential books, most notably Character Analysis (1933), The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933) and The Sexual Revolution (1936), Reich became known as one of the most radical figures in the history of psychiatry.

Movies for Wilhelm Reich...

Who is afraid of Wilhelm Reich?
Title: Who is afraid of Wilhelm Reich?
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 11, 2009
Type: Movie
About the researcher Wilhelm Reich, who wanted to prove and compare life-energies in global experiments and searched for basic principles of life. His transformation from the model student Freud to the questionable UFO researcher is also addressed.
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Title: The Century of the Self
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 17, 2002
Type: TV
The legacy of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud informs the lives of people throughout the world even to this day, though it's a phenomenon to which most are unaware. The film is an exhaustive examination of his theories on human desire, and how they're applied to platforms such as advertising, consumerism and politics.
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WR: Mysteries of the Organism
Title: WR: Mysteries of the Organism
Character: Himself
Released: May 10, 1971
Type: Movie
What does the energy harnessed through orgasm have to do with the state of communist Yugoslavia circa 1971? Only counterculture filmmaker extraordinaire Dušan Makavejev has the answers (or the questions). His surreal documentary-fiction collision WR: Mysteries of the Organism begins as an investigation into the life and work of controversial psychologist and philosopher Wilhelm Reich and then explodes into a free-form narrative of a beautiful young Slavic girl’s sexual liberation.