The Magnetist’s Fifth Winter

Release Date: 1999-03-04

Runtime: 123

Languages: Dansk | Norsk | svenska

Rating: 5

Votes: 4

Genres: Drama | Romance

Director: Morten Henriksen

Description: A mysterious stranger, Meisner, arrives in a northern Swedish town in 1820, calling himself a magnetist - an amalgam of hypnotist and healer - and claiming he can cure diseases un-treatable by doctors...A mysterious stranger, Meisner, arrives in a northern Swedish town in 1820, calling himself a magnetist - an amalgam of hypnotist and healer - and claiming he can cure diseases un-treatable by doctors. Ignoring the objections of his colleagues, Dr. Selander allows Meisner to cure his blind daughter, Maria, who not only regains her sight, but also falls in love with the charismatic magnetist. Dark secrets and repressed memories start to emerge, amidst the love between father and daughter, man and woman.Read More

Production Companies:

Athenafilm

European Script Fund