Zuckerkandl (film)

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Zuckerkandl is a 1968 animated film directed by John Hubley. Narrated by Robert Maynard Hutchins, a former president of the University of Chicago and dean of Yale Law School, it was made into a comic book of the same name. [1] The film profiles the fictitious philosopher Alexander Zuckerkandl and can be interpreted as a parody of Sigmund Freud. [2]

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References

  1. Zuckerkandl! at WorldCat
  2. Zuckerkandl! at the Big Cartoon Database