Gynecologist Dr. Praetorius

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Movie
German title Gynecologist Dr. Praetorius
Original title Gynecologist Dr. Praetorius
Country of production Germany ( Göttingen )
original language German
Publishing year 1950
length 95 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Curt Goetz ,
Karl Peter Gillmann
script Curt Goetz,
Karl Peter Gillmann
production Domnick Filmproduktion GmbH Göttingen Hans Domnick
music Franz Grothe
camera Fritz Arno Wagner
cut Fritz Stapenhorst
occupation

Gynecologist Dr. Prätorius is the first film adaptation of the play Dr. med. Job Prätorius von Curt Goetz , who wrote the script himself and directed the film together with Karl Peter Gillmann . The world premiere took place on January 15, 1950 in Munich . The production was his first job after returning from California , where he had emigrated with his wife Valérie von Martens during the Nazi era . The Goetz / von Martens couple also took on the two main roles.

action

Because of his kindness and philanthropy, the doctor enjoys great popularity among patients, medical staff and students alike. Only his colleague Prof. Speiter grudges him the success.

When his patient Maria Violetta wants to commit suicide because of an illegitimate pregnancy, Praetorius takes on the young woman. When he wants to carefully prepare her father for the news, the latter considers Praetorius to be a more than welcome admirer of his daughter. As a deep affection developed between the doctor and his patient, the two finally marry. The private happiness of the two stirs up the envy of Prof. Speiter. With Praetorius' mysterious factotum Shunderson, he finally believes that he can uncover dark points from the medicine's past. But Praetorius succeeds before a court of honor in refuting all allegations with wit and astonishing revelations.

In Goetz's staging, tragic-comic and melancholy moments in the piece are particularly emphasized. Both humanistic values ​​are emphasized and the problems of abortion and the death penalty are viewed critically. In addition, Praetorius endeavors both continuously and in vain to research the microbe of human stupidity, which he considers to be the cause of envy, hatred and war.

Production notes

The film was produced in the Göttingen studio. The outdoor shots were taken in Göttingen and the surrounding area. The buildings were by Walter Haag , Erich Leistner was responsible for the sound , and the music was by Franz Grothe .

Reviews

  • Lexicon of international film : Old-fashioned, but humanly likeable comedy film with witty dialogues, which Curt Goetz staged based on his own play.
  • "Sometimes moral trivializations, but mostly pleasant, humanistic tendencies." - 6000 films. Critical notes from the cinema years 1945 to 1958. Handbook V of the Catholic film criticism, 3rd edition, Verlag Haus Altenberg, Düsseldorf 1963, p. 127
  • The Wiesbaden film evaluation agency awarded the production the title valuable .

Awards

The city of Hamburg awarded the film the title artistically valuable.

Aftermath

One year after Curt Goetz, Joseph L. Mankiewicz directed another film adaptation of the play for the Anglo-American region, for which he wrote the script himself. In the film People Will Talk , Cary Grant played the gynecologist Dr. Noah Praetorius , Jeanne Crain his future wife Deborah , Hume Cronyn the jealous Prof. Elwell and Finlay Currie the factotum Shunderson .

In 1965 Kurt Hoffmann made a remake under the title Dr. med. Job Prätorius with Heinz Rühmann and Liselotte Pulver in the leading roles.

literature

  • Sigrid Stöckel: "The serum of humor" - comments on the film "Frauenarzt Dr. Prätorius ”(1949/1950) by Curt Goetz, in: Udo Benzenhöfer (Ed.): Medicine in the feature film of the fifties, Centaurus Pfaffenweiler 1993, pp. 27–39.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 112
  2. ↑ Gynecologist Dr. Praetorius. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 20, 2016 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used