Albert Schweitzer - A life for Africa
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Albert Schweitzer - A life for Africa |
| Original title | Albert Schweitzer |
| Country of production | Germany , South Africa |
| original language | English , German |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 114 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 0 JMK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gavin Millar |
| script |
James Brabazon , David Howard , Gavin Millar |
| production |
Charles A. Seiller , Christian P. Stehr , Alexander Thies |
| music | Colin Towns |
| camera | Cinders Forshaw |
| cut | Oli Weiss |
| occupation | |
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Albert Schweitzer - A Life for Africa is a feature film from 2009 . The German-South African co-production describes the work of the doctor Albert Schweitzer for his Lambaréné leprosy hospital in Gabon, Central Africa .
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During the Cold War , the doctor Albert Schweitzer , who also worked as a Bach researcher, worked in Gabon, Africa , where he ran his Lambaréné leprosy hospital. When Schweitzer traveled to New York in 1949 to collect donations, he was enthusiastically received by the New Yorkers. He gives a Bach concert and can greet his friend, the physicist Albert Einstein . Einstein, who is classified as a communist by the CIA because of his opposition to the atomic bomb , worries that his friendship with Albert Schweitzer could harm his work as a doctor. When the physicist asks his friend to speak out publicly against the atomic bomb, Schweitzer asks for time to think it over.
During their stay in America, he and his wife Helene tell people about the beginnings and existence of their hospital in Africa. For example, Schweitzer saved the life of an African and received the admiration of his wife for it, but had to watch helplessly as the medicine man of the tribe immediately punished the woman with death for her "disobedience". In America, the Schweitzer couple also met the photographer Thérèse Bourdin. A little later Bourdin introduced the Schweitzers to the PR consultant Phil Figgis, who promised to look for further potential donors with the help of a PR brochure.
Schweitzer is soon traveling back to Africa when the "provisional government" of Gabon closes his hospital. Schweitzer contacts Ngouta, the president of the “provisional government”, who enables him to continue operating the hospital. Bourdin and Figgis travel to Africa to help Schweitzer. Figgis has learned that Ngouta is allegedly planning to close Schweitzer's hospital and have a new one built.
In the meantime, the CIA intercepts Schweitzer's letters to Einstein, in which Schweitzer speaks out against the atomic bomb, and accuses Schweitzer of communism. Helene Schweitzer and daughter Rhena travel worriedly to Africa to notify Albert Schweitzer. Bourdin and Figgis discover a rusty X-ray machine in the forest, from which radiation can soon escape. Schweitzer suspects an intrigue by the CIA and decides to speak out against the atomic bomb. Helene and Rhena Schweitzer beg him to hold back so as not to endanger his hospital. But Schweitzer stopped working for his hospital in order to protect it from further attacks by his opponents.
Schweitzer's hospital is immediately closed by the "provisional government". When a crowd gathers in front of Schweitzer's house to celebrate her doctorate, Ngouta asks Schweitzer to continue looking after the people. It turns out that Figgis is a CIA agent supposed to sabotage Schweitzer's activity; now he is angry that his superior and Ngouta let Schweitzer continue to work.
In 1953 Albert Schweitzer was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and, in his acceptance speech, called for a world without weapons.
Reviews
“Dialogue-oriented, conventionally staged, well-played film biography in the title role. Although not very well versed in style, she impresses with the differentiated portrayal of a multi-layered, even contradicting personality, whose work is appreciated without stylizing Schweitzer as a hero. "
The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.
Web links
- Albert Schweitzer - A Life for Africa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of release for Albert Schweitzer - A life for Africa . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2009 (PDF; test number: 118 665 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Albert Schweitzer - A life for Africa . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Albert Schweitzer - A life for Africa. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 29, 2017 .