Setin1900sVienna,thecityisahotbedofphilosophy,scienceandartthatarekeenlydebatedinitscoffeehouses.Psychoanalysis,pioneeredbySigmundFreud,iscapturingthecity’simagination,butisstillinitsinfancy,andisviewedwithamixtureofexcitementandsuspicion.MaxLiebermann(MatthewBeard)isabrilliantprotégéofFreud,whocomesintocontactwith..ccc