
NarcisusandPsycheisbasedonanovelbySandorWeoreswhichwasadaptedbyVilmosCsaplaranddirectorGaborBodyforafeature-lengthfilm.BorrowingthecharacterofPsychefrommythologyandplacingherinEuropeinthe19thcentury,theauthorsgivehera"modern"life.Sheisanattractiveyoungwoman-andremainssothroughoutthefilm,inspiteofonehardshipafteranother.Psycheislibidinous,andherprurientinterestsshockherstaidcontemporaries.Forreasonsthattheviewerislefttoponder,herlifeisalmostalivingpunishmentforhersexuallaxity.Herchildistakenawayandkilled,andalthoughsheisinlovewithhertutor,whohassyphilis,shemarriesanotherman.Sheissufferingherselffromsomeaffliction,whichleadstohospitalscenesthatareacerbiccommentarieson19thc.Westernmedicine.PsycheisabouttoleaveforAmericawithherhusband,whenthestorytakesanotherabruptturn.


