At the end of his life, Wilhelm Reich - psychiatrist and experimental scientist searching for the fundamentals of life - finds himself on trial, charged with deception. His dream of liberating human individuality makes him a dangerous opponent of an American system that is striving after 1945 for global hegemony, using all available means. Was it madness to believe in man's liberty or was Reich simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, and, being a holistic global thinker, accurately observing far-reaching socio-political linkages? Ten years after his mysterious death, his writings, once burnt by the US FDA, become an important source of inspiration for a '68 generation in revolt. Written by Novotny & Novotny
Directed by Antonin Svoboda
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Klaus Maria Brandauer
Wilhelm Reich
Julia Jentsch
Eva Reich
Jeanette Hain
Ilse Reich
Jamie Sives
Hamilton
Kenny Doughty
Dr. Cameron
Markus Schleinzer
Agent Klein
Gary Lewis
Dr. Cameron
Birgit Minichmayr
Aurora
Shaun Aylward
Peter Reich
David Rasche
Public Prosecutor Mr. Hills
Max Deacon
Thomas
Ian Towers
CIA Agent A
Michael Shannon
Judge Clifford
Drew McVety
Murphy
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