The doctor of Stalingrad (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The doctor from Stalingrad |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German , Russian |
| Publishing year | 1958 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Géza from Radványi |
| script | Werner P. Zibaso |
| production |
Ilse Kubaschewski Walter Traut |
| music | Siegfried Franz |
| camera | Georg Krause |
| cut | René Le Hénaff |
| occupation | |
and Pino Demschick , Erich Ebert , Curt Linda , Rolf Kralovitz , Willy Schultes , Horst G. Loska , Willy Auerswald , Franz Essel , Hans von Morhart | |
The Doctor of Stalingrad is a feature film made in 1957, a mixture of prisoner of war and love drama, by Géza von Radványi . The title role in this adaptation of Heinz G. Konsaliks same name, published in 1956 hit novel played OE Hasse . Eva Bartok and Walter Reyer give the couple under the most adverse circumstances, Hannes Messemer can be seen as both opponents.
action
Stalingrad at the beginning of 1943. The battle is decided, the 6th Army of General Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus had to capitulate in the icy winter at the Volga bend . Tens of thousands of German Wehrmacht soldiers who did not fall or froze to death have to make the arduous journey to the prisoner of war camps. Among them is the medical officer Dr. Fritz Böhler, who, despite all adversities, has retained his humanity. He ends up in camp 5110/47. Against all odds, the somewhat older man tries to obey his Hippocratic oath even while in captivity . The restrictions imposed on the Russian guards are rigid. But with a lot of cunning and improvisational skills, he and his accomplices, the imaginative paramedic Pelz and the idealistic senior physician Sellnow, succeed again and again in circumventing the prohibitions of the Soviet camp administration and using the simplest means to alleviate the suffering of fellow prisoners. When one day he was to be banned from having a major operation on a fellow inmate, Böhler circumvented this ban and risked being shot by the Russians. Thanks to the medical intervention by the doctor from Stalingrad, the man's life is saved.
The daily life of the prisoners is made more difficult not only by the work of a German informant in the Soviet service, Walter Grosse, who has to pay for his work with his life, but also by the Soviet camp doctor Alexandra Kasalinsskaja, who has had a deep hatred of every German since then her husband died in the war against the invaders. Lieutenant Pyotr Markow, who is in love with Alexandra and tries to make a name for himself with numerous harassments against the German prisoners, turns out to be a “tough dog” who absolutely wants to see his instructions enforced one to one. The situation only slowly relaxes at the moment when tender feelings arise between the Russian woman and the senior doctor Sellnow and when, thanks to German medical skills, the life of the camp commandant Worotilov's son is saved. Alexandra Kasalinsskaja, so far marked by icy harshness towards herself and everyone else, begins to rethink her attitude towards the Germans and is now showing more humanity.
But she and Sellnow know that their blossoming love can have no future. After all, Dr. Sellnow obtain better medical care for his comrades, even if some of his fellow prisoners eyed him suspiciously and ostracized him precisely because of this liaison. Alexandra, on the other hand, knows that her romance with the “fascist beast”, as it is called in Soviet propaganda jargon, would meet with sharp rejection and would have dire consequences if this relationship were made public by her superiors. In fact, Lieutenant Markov found out about it and jealously began to make his rival's life hell for the favor of women. Sellnow pays for his love with his life, and Alexandra is withdrawn from the camp and sent into exile in Siberia .
Historical background
Both the novel and the film are based on events related to the doctor (surgeon) Dr. Ottmar Kohler , who voluntarily went to the Stalingrad pocket at the beginning of 1943 in order to be able to provide medical care for the German soldiers there during their imminent captivity.
Production notes
The film was directed by the production company KG Divina GmbH & Co. produced. The company belonged to Ilse Kubaschewski , who was also the owner of the first distributor Gloria-Film GmbH & Co. Filmverleih KG . Willi Schatz and Robert Stratil designed the film structures. Rudolf Zehetgruber assisted director Radványi and Ernst Wild chief cameraman Georg Krause . Claudia Herberg created the costumes, Helmut Ränsch provided the sound.
The Doctor of Stalingrad was premiered on February 20, 1958 in Stuttgart's Gloria Palast. The film could be seen in Austria from March 21, 1958.
Reviews
Paimann's film lists summed up: “Treated a bitter subject in a conciliatory manner; of objective direction and, exposing the most human ... Effect: remarkably gripping. "
The ARD program information says: "In the oppressive atmosphere of a Russian prisoner-of-war camp, the film tells of people who try not to lose their position in a time marked by ideologies, violence and hatred."
"Convincing Konsalik film adaptation in terms of direction and performance, but weakened in its message by the colportage elements of the script."
Web links
- The Doctor of Stalingrad in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The doctor from Stalingrad at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The doctor of Stalingrad in Paimann's film lists ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ The doctor from Stalingrad on film.at
- ^ The Stalingrad Doctor in the Lexicon of International Films
