Film

Memoirs of My Nervous Illness

1993 · 1h 16m

On the 28th of October 1884 Daniel Paul Schreber, candidate of the National Liberal Party in Chemnitz, suffered a heavy defeat at the elections of the German Reichstag. He was taken up in the mental clinic of the Leipzig University soon afterwards. To his rehabilition he wrote an extensive piece of work, "Denkwürdigkeiten eines Nervenkranken" (Memoirs of My Nervous Illness), which was published in 1903 and led to his temporary dismissal. Hereby Schreber became the most quoted psychiatric patient in scientific literature.

• Ernst Schmidt Jr.Director · Writer · Director of Photography
• Peter TscherkasskyDirector
• Daniel Paul SchreberWriter

Release date

January 1, 1993

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 16m