Dr. Bulkheads
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Dr. Bulkheads |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1918 |
| Rod | |
| Director | William Wauer |
| script | Else Bassermann (as Hans Hennings), based on a design by Felix Salten |
| production | Jules Greenbaum |
| music | Giuseppe Becce |
| occupation | |
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Dr. Schotte is a German silent film drama directed by William Wauer with Albert Bassermann in the title role.
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Dr. Schotte is a young doctor who has earned his spurs as an assistant under the leadership of the respected Professor Torsleff. It was precisely this Torsleff who once seduced the young nurse Charlotte Heyl and then left her pregnant. The married Torsleff bought her silence with a large sum of money. Schottes career is gaining momentum after successfully treating an influential noble family with his specially developed new healing methods. He was then offered to take over from Prof. Torsleff as head of the university clinic. Schotte brought the young mother Charlotte to his institute as a nurse and even married her. However, Charlotte had to promise him beforehand that Torsleff was the only man in her life so far.
Torsleff's morally shameful behavior on the one hand and the feeling of being overtaken professionally by the ambitious younger colleague on the other hand, let the doctor from now on against Dr. Schotte intrigue, especially since Schotte's healing methods reveal his technical superiority over his former superior. The new head of the clinic receives a second enemy in the form of head nurse Johanna, who deeply displeases the apparently preferred treatment of the child nurse Charlotte. Both opponents try to first disavow Schotte about his marriage, which was concluded under difficult circumstances, and then finally ruin it. The open scandal occurred one day on the occasion of a reception given by Torsleff. There an oil painting is presented that the professor acquired from a certain artist with carefully calculated intent. The presence of this painter evidently reveals Charlotte's rather eventful past life.
Schotte, who, in the face of this personal affront, no longer wants to stand by his word-breaking wife after she was outed as a “woman with a past”, throws Charlotte and her illegitimate child out of his house. From then on, he himself suffers the most from this brutal decision and then begins to make professional mistakes that his opponent Torsleff has only been waiting for. One of Schotte's malpractice even kills a familiar patient. The self-doubts wear down Dr. Schotte, he seeks advice from the Bible and the upscale, classical literature. Soon the professional world also began to doubt his ability. On behalf of a commission from the medical association, he is supposed to perform heart surgery on a dead body. Schotte is scared to death when the body of his wife Charlotte is laid out in front of him, who apparently had recently taken her own life out of desperation. The physician now no longer sees any point in the continuation of his own life. He solemnly declares: “Only on a living body can I carry out such a difficult operation in front of such a critical audience. And since there is no other object at hand… ”. Then he takes the scalpel and points it at himself.
Production notes
Dr. Schotte was made in the Greenbaum Film Atelier in Berlin-Weißensee , had four acts and was 1623 meters long in the original. After the new censorship on August 15, 1921, the length shrank to 1565 meters. The film passed the censorship in August 1918 and was banned from youth. The premiere took place on August 30, 1918 in Berlin's Marble House .
The name of the scriptwriter, Hans Hennings, was a pseudonym for Bassermann's wife Else Bassermann , who also played a supporting role in this film.
The oil painting shown in the film and playing an important role is the work of director William Wauer, who also works in other art directions.
Reviews
"In several places the devout audience showed a breathless, nerve-racking, almost gruesome tension as a result of the dramatic increase in the plot."
Paimann's film lists summed up: “Material and game excellent. Photos and scenery very good. "
Web links
- Dr. Scot in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dr. Schotte at filmportal.de
- Dr. Schotte at The German Early Cinema Database
- Dr. Schotte in books.google.de
- Film poster by Josef Fenneker at Deutsche Kinemathek
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Schotte in Paimann's film lists ( Memento of the original from June 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
