Hospital (film)

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Movie
German title hospital
Original title The Hospital
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1971
length 103 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Arthur Hiller
script Paddy Chayefsky
production Howard Gottfried
music Morris Surdin
camera Victor J. Kemper
cut Eric Albertson
occupation

Hospital (Original title: The Hospital ) is an American satirical comedy film from 1971 by Arthur Hiller.

action

Dr. Bock is the chief physician at a teaching hospital in Manhattan. Bock's private life is in disarray; his wife has left him and his children no longer speak to him. He also has problems professionally. Two colleagues, a doctor and a nurse, died unexpectedly. There are also protests from residents whose houses are to be torn down so that an extension can be built for the hospital in which drug addicts are to be treated. The residents want to have the hospital management provide them with other houses.

Dr. Bock suffers from erectile dysfunction, which makes him think about suicide. But his acquaintance with Barbara Drummond, the daughter of a patient, gives him a boost. It becomes clear that the two deaths were caused by Edmund Drummond, Barbara's father. Edmund wanted to draw attention to the inhumanity of modern medicine. His victims would have survived if they had received correct and appropriate treatment immediately. To cover Drummond, Barbara and Dr. Bock had another fatal accident in the hospital that Dr. Welbeck suffers. Bock helps Barbara and her father to escape, but stays behind himself.

Reviews

“Connected with the abstruse criminal act is the personal and professional crisis of the chief doctor. Staged in a questionable entertainment style, lacquered and superficial, only excellent in the presentation. "

- Lexicon of international film

"Exactly! Laughter is the best medicine."

- Cinema

"[...] a very serious (maybe a little too serious), very funny melodramatic farce."

- Vincent Canby , New York Times

Awards

background

The film premiered on December 14, 1971 in New York. The German premiere took place in June 1972 at the Berlin International Film Festival. General release was on November 10, 1972.

The film was shot in New York, a. a. at the Metropolitan Hospital.

In small supporting roles, Stockard Channing appears as a nurse in the emergency room, Dennis Dugan as a doctor in the emergency room and Christopher Guest as a resident. In addition to his role as Edmund Drummond, Barnard Hughes also played surgeon Dr. Mallory.

The original director was Michael Ritchie , who was fired due to differences. Arthur Hiller was hired as a replacement and took over the shooting.

Howard Gottfried as producer and composer Morris Surdin worked for a cinema production for the first time. Paddy Chayefsky also wrote an original screenplay for the first time.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hospital. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 24, 2019 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ^ Hospital. In: Cinema . Hubert Burda Media , accessed on November 24, 2019 .
  3. ↑ "[...] a very serious (in fact, perhaps, a little too serious), very funny melodramatic farce." - Review of the New York Times (engl.)
  4. ^ The Hospital (1971). In: AFI Catalog. American Film Institute , accessed November 24, 2019 .
  5. ^ The Hospital (1971) - Notes. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved November 24, 2019 .