Memoirs of My Nervous Illness

Based on the 1903 memoirs of Daniel Paul Schreber, this film chronicles the German judge's experience while institutionalized in an asylum. Schreber's mental illness is marked by elaborate delusions, including a belief that he communicates with God through a secret nerve language and a profound desire to transform into a woman. As he sinks deeper into his alternate reality, his obsessive doctor struggles to understand him, leading to a climactic courtroom plea for his freedom.