The Doctor of Stalingrad
| The Doctor of Stalingrad | |
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Divina-Film | |
| Distributed by | Gloria Film |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
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The Doctor of Stalingrad (
O.E. Hasse, Eva Bartok and Hannes Messemer. It is an adaptation of the 1956 novel The Doctor of Stalingrad by Heinz G. Konsalik.[1] The film addresses the issue of German Prisoners of War held by the Soviet Union in camps well into the 1950s. The principal character Doctor Fritz Böhler was loosely modelled on Ottmar Kohler
, known as the "Angel of Stalingrad".
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willy Schatz and Robert Stratil.
Main cast
- O.E. Hasseas Doctor Fritz Böhler
- Eva Bartok as Captain Alexandra Kasalinskaja
- Hannes Messemer as Oberleutnant Pjotr Markow
- Mario Adorf as Pelz, Sanitäter
- Walter Reyeras Doctor Sellnow
- Vera Tschechowa as Tamara
- Paul Bösiger as Fähnrich Peter Schultheiß
- Leonard Steckel as Major Dr. Kresin, Distriktarzt
- Valéry Inkijinoff as Oberstleutnant Worotilow, Lagerkommandant
- Michael Ande as Sergej, Worotilows Sohn
- Siegfried Lowitz as Walter Grosse
- Til Kiwe as Sauerbrunn
- Wilmut Borell as Pastor
- Rolf von Nauckhoff as Oberst Eklund, Swedish Red Cross
References
- ^ Davidson & Hake p. 140
Bibliography
- Davidson, John; Hake, Sabine (2009). Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-84545-536-1.
External links
- The Doctor of Stalingrad at IMDb
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