The physicists (film)

Movie
German title	The physicists
Original title	The physicists
Country of production	FRG
original language	German
Publishing year	1964
length	125 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12 ; JMK /
Rod
Director	Fritz Umgelter
script	Friedrich Dürrenmatt
production	Süddeutscher Rundfunk
music	Charlie Mole
camera	Rolf Ammon
occupation
	Therese Giehse : Miss. Dr. Mathilde von Zahnd; Gustav Knuth : Herbert Georg Beutler alias Isaac Newton; Kurt Ehrhardt : Ernst Heinrich Ernesti alias Prof. Albert Einstein; Wolfgang Kieling : Johann Wilhelm Möbius; Lilo Barth : Head Nurse Marta Boll; Renate Schroeter : Sister Monika Stettler; Siegfried Lowitz : Detective Inspector Richard Voss; Rosemarie Fendel : Missionary Lina Rose, married Möbius; Willy Semmelrogge : Missionary Oskar Rose; Gerhard Zech : Chief Nurse Sievers; Werner Veidt;

The Physicist is the title of a film from 1964 based on the play of the same name by Friedrich Dürrenmatt . Directed by Fritz Umgelter .

content

In an asylum there are three physicists (Einstein, Newton and Möbius) who one after the other strangle their nurses.

production

The film was produced by Süddeutscher Rundfunk and shot in the FRG in 1964. The premiere was in Germany on November 5, 1964, in Austria on April 4, 1970.

Trivia

The then still active professional boxer in heavyweight Gerhard Zech can be seen in the role of head nurse Sievers . He appeared from time to time in small television roles, such as in 1970 in the entertainment program Haifischbar .

Web links

Physicists in the Internet Movie Database (English)