Now streaming on our YouTube channel: an exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpse where Professor Calum Neill, Director of Lacan in Scotland, interviews filmmaker Richard C. Ledes about his newly released film V13. Featuring Alan Cumming as Sigmund Freud, V13 takes place in 1913 Vienna—a period marked by political tension and the rising influence of psychoanalysis.

The interview explores the film’s creative decisions—from location and framing to casting choices—while examining interpretations of prominent themes and the evolution of psychoanalysis in the pre-World War II context.

Watch the Full Interview on YouTube

Part 1 – From Adieu, Lacan to V13
Part 2 – Vienna 1913: Setting, Politics & History in V13
Part 3 – Universalism versus Particularity in V13
Part 4 – Casting Choices and Legacy in V13
Part 5- Historical Figures and Repetition in V13

V13 Synopsis

On the elegant streets of 1913 Vienna, as Europe teeters toward war, an unlikely friendship forms between two young men with vastly different destinies. Hugo, a privileged musician, explores his psyche with Sigmund Freud, while Adolf, a rejected artist, embraces vegetarianism and the allure of German nationalism.

How to Watch

To watch the full film V13, visit Richard C. Ledes’ official website at richardledes.com for streaming information and additional resources about the film.

About Richard C. Ledes

New York City filmmaker, artist and writer Richard C. Ledes, has directed as well as written and produced a body of work that returns to a richly elaborated set of themes, including Adieu, Lacan. His 2008 film The Caller, starring Frank Langella, Eliott Gould and Laura Haring, won the Made In New York Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival and the BFI (British Film Institute) selected his 2012 film Fred Won’t Move Out one of ten essential films of the actor Elliott Gould. His films often draw on experiences within his own family of mental illness and forced immigration. For Ledes these have a relation to stigma and racism that needs to be reimagined in order to be remembered rather than assigned to oblivion. His visual style is further shaped by his experience-driven research into theories of ideology as well as into theories of individual and collective forms of madness.