Dr. phil. Döderlein

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Movie
Original title Dr. phil. Döderlein
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year none (1945 unfinished)
Rod
Director Werner Klingler
script Harald G. Petersson
production Heinrich George (production group) for Tobis film art (Berlin)
music Werner Eisbrenner
camera Friedl Behn-Grund
occupation

and in other roles that cannot be assigned by name: Paul Wegener , Albert Florath , Paul Henckels , Carsta Löck , Walter Gross , Erna Sellmer , Franz Weber , Arthur Schröder , Carl Kuhlmann

Dr. phil. Döderlein is a German feature film from 1945. Directed by Werner Klingler , Heinrich George played the title role, which was also to be his last film role. George was also responsible as a producer with his production group. The film remained unfinished.

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In the company of several dignitaries, Dr. Franz Döderlein in the town's Ratskeller about a self-induced event that would later influence his entire life.

Flashback. As a young academic, he once submitted a pioneering, scientific paper on the Pelasgians at a young age . But the examiners did not trust his research skills, treated him from above and advised him to spare them in the future with his "unscientific fantasies". With a cheeky replica, Döderlein finally forfeited it with the university superiors, who thereupon excluded him from university operations. Now Döderlein was sitting on the street with his pregnant wife Kate. In order to support his small family, Franz Döderlein began to work wildly and soon took almost any job: he gave tutoring and wrote speeches on all kinds of occasions such as funerals, baptisms and weddings. He was also very fond of cheerful carousing at this time. Käte Döderlein suffered more and more from Franz's lack of discipline, and in the end the marriage only lasted for one reason: because their son Christian united the two.

Now grown up, Christian reveals to his father that he loves Cornelia Upermann, his boss's daughter. Upermann senior had objections to this connection, probably due to Döderlein's general behavior and lack of reputation. Franz Döderlein tries to talk to him, but it has no results, and advises his junior to leave the city for a year. In order to separate the young couple, the old Upermann even promised to hand over the management of Upermann's company branch in Greece to Christian. That was quite right for Franz Döderlein, as in this way he was able to live out the love for Hellas that had grown through his research. And so he accompanies his son to do his own research for the characters of the casual Pelasgians. Back at home, he was preceded by a call like thunder, because he had discovered a papyrus scroll in a monastery that confirmed his theses, which had once been brusquely rejected. Christian and Cornelia became engaged, and the clouds on Döderlein's own marriage front also moved away. Son and prospective daughter-in-law followed Döderlein's advice to go abroad and set up a Upermann branch there.

Now alone at home with his wife, the would-be researcher had to admit that he was just a forger and a swindler. He made the papyrus roll himself in order to finally manifest his controversial theory. But he was later able to support this theory in other ways. He only made the fraud so that the two young people could find each other and that his wife could finally be proud of him for once. Kate was touched by this admission, and she then went to the university examiners to intercede for her husband. Döderlein got away with a strict verbal reprimand. From then on, his fellow citizens treated him with the necessary respect.

Production notes

The shooting (exterior shots) of Dr. phil. Döderlein began in the spring of 1945. At the end of the Second World War, only around 25 percent of the film had been shot.

Originally, Wolfgang Staudte was supposed to be the director; Henny Porten was supposed to play the Haack role .

The designs for the buildings were made by Fritz Maurischat and executed by Rudolf Thiele.

literature

  • Ulrich J. Klaus: German sound films 13th year 1944/45. P. 130 f. (005.45), Berlin 2002

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Boguslaw Drewniak: 'The German Film 1938–1945', an overview. Düsseldorf 1987, p. 481.

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