Passionate Doctor (1959)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | A passionate doctor |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1959 |
| length | 92 minutes |
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| Director | Werner Klingler |
| script | Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla |
| production |
Gustl Gotzler , Johann Alexander Huebler-Kahla |
| music | Horst Dempwolff |
| camera | Erich Claunigk |
| occupation | |
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Doctor from Passion is a German feature film from 1959 . The film is based on the 1935 novel The Doctor from Passion by Karl Unselt . Another film adaptation of the novel was made in 1936 under the same name .
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In 1948 Wolfgang Friedberg returned from prisoner-of-war captivity and bought a new identity with Felix Friedberg's certificates in order to be able to take the doctor's exam. Felix Friedberg then goes to the Foreign Legion .
In 1959 he worked in Professor Ruge's clinic, who was very impressed by Friedberg's abilities. Friedberg is working hard on a drug against blood clots . His friend and colleague Dr. Manfred Wiegand contributes an idea of how the active substance could be brought to the blood clot with a probe.
One day Elisabeth Massmann, the daughter of an industrialist, is admitted to the clinic after an accident. She will be Dr. Friedberg who falls in love with her. Therefore, despite Elisabeth's protest, who also fell in love with him, he asks that his colleague Dr. Wiegand takes over the treatment and goes back to his research. A little later, prosecutor Perschke, a friend of the Massmann family, is looking for Dr. Wolfgang Friedberg to get to know him better.
Shortly afterwards, he received a telegram from Felix's mother addressed to Felix Friedberg, stating that his father had died. The scheming head nurse Hilde immediately noticed the discrepancy in the first name. Wolfgang Friedberg immediately goes to Ms. Friedberg and tells her his story.
In the meantime, Felix Friedberg appears again and wants Dr. Blackmail Wolfgang Friedberg with his past in order to enable his girlfriend, the bartender Margot, to have a better life. Felix Friedberg shows up at the clinic and asks Dr. Wolfgang Friedberg to the Kongo Bar. There he gives Felix money, but refuses any further blackmail. He is seen by Elisabeth.
Meanwhile, head nurse Hilde Dr. Wolfgang Friedberg with the fact that all his research work will be in vain if it brings his past to light. Again, Dr. Friedberg to allow himself to be blackmailed. He asks his colleague Dr. Wiegand to publish his research under his name. Meanwhile, head nurse Hilde goes to prosecutor Perschke with her suspicions. Elisabeth tells him that the money has been handed over in the Kongo Bar.
Since Dr. Friedberg refused another blackmail attempt by Felix Friedberg, who steals fake prescription blocks for morphine from the clinic. Head nurse Hilde overhears the argument.
When Professor Ruge Dr. Friedberg refused permission to test his new method on patients at the clinic, Dr. Friedberg to a self-experiment that puts his life in danger, but ultimately ends successfully.
At the same time, Felix Friedberg was knocked down and taken to Professor Ruge's clinic. Public prosecutor Perschke and criminal inspector Krüger are investigating the case. Head nurse Hilde nourishes the suspicion that Dr. Friedberg had struck down Felix Friedberg, but Professor Ruge expressly emphasizes that Dr. Friedberg could not possibly have left the clinic during his self-experiment. It turns out that Felix Friedberg was knocked down by Toni, a friend of Margot's. Felix Friedberg is supported by his Dr. Friedberg's mother visited.
As Professor Ruge from Dr. When Friedberg learns of a fake doctorate, he emphasizes his abilities as a doctor and promises, also in his function as President of the Medical Association, to work for Dr. Friedberg to use. Prosecutor Perschke promises Professor Ruge his support for this. Dr. Friedberg and Elisabeth become a couple.
Reviews
“Medical drama spiced with love, jealousy and intrigue; the routine staging builds up pseudo-problems with superficial phrases. "
Web links
- Doctor's Tale in the Internet Movie Database (English)