Dr. Vlimmen

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Movie
Original title Dr. Vlimmen
veterinarian Dr. Vlimmen
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1956
length 104 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Arthur Maria Rabenalt
script Konrad Best
Carl Dietrich Carls
production Walter Koppel
music Marc Hendriks
camera Albert Benitz
cut Alice Ludwig-Rasch
occupation

Dr. Vlimmen , also under the title of the novel Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen known, is a German melodrama from 1956 by Arthur Maria Rabenalt with Bernhard Wicki in the title role. Heidemarie Hatheyer can be seen in the female lead .

action

When a group of adolescents throws a small dog into the village river to simply drown it in a macabre mood, a man who has just passed the path with his jeep intervenes and immediately fishes the animal that was swimming for its life out of the water. Then he brings the four-legged friend to his practice. The lifesaver is vet Jan Vlimmen, who always has a heart for animals. The veterinarian has landed in the tranquil northern German town of Dombergen to take on a new position as the second director of the slaughterhouse run by the old Dirksen, who is gradually planning to retire. But this provincial parish treats every newcomer with suspicion, especially since Dr. Vlimmen is in divorce. In addition to Vlimmens widowed sister Truus, his friend Fritz Dacka, a lawyer, and old Dirksen, who thinks a lot of young Vlimmen, only the young Nel van der Kalk, who had seen Vlimmen rescuing dogs on the river, and daughter of the city councilor van the lime is to take pleasure in the unconventional veterinarian. Vlimmen is introduced to the community and meets the coarse butcher master van Heusden, who treats the slaughterhouse animals extremely badly. On the way back through the Wadden Sea from a job with very large and poor cow farmers on a Hallig , Vlimmen got to know the cheeky Nel van der Kalk better, whom he does not deter with his often rugged manner. They both see each other again later at Nels father's. The energetic, hands-on Nel soon became indispensable as Vlimmen's right hand and assistant.

Dr. Vlimmen is very angry that van Heusden has once again slaughtered animals without anesthesia and goes on a confrontation course, from which Dr. Dirksen advises against it, as van Heusden, as a city councilor, has a certain degree of local power. After another irregular slaughter, a loud argument ensues between Vlimmen and the butcher. Vlimmen reports Heusden, who then loses his city council post. The enmity between the two men is now cemented. In the other village doctor, Dr. Treeborg, who was also keen on the slaughterhouse management job, found Heusden an ally. Both crack their mouths about the fact that the married Vlimmen is in divorce, but rumor has it that he cannot keep his hands off other women. Treeborg pours fuel on the fire in this regard and finds in Mrs. van der Kalk a gossip-ready disseminator of many rumors about him. When the Vlimmens housemaid, Mientje, suddenly becomes pregnant, the talk about Vlimmen in the village goes into the next round, and this fact turns into a tangible scandal, because everyone has believed this rumor since the vengeful van Heusden there is still further nourishment that Vlimmen attacked the simple-minded young woman and pollinated her. Also that the little nephew Vlimmens, Dop, is obviously seriously ill with diphtheria , drives the gruff but warm-hearted vet.

In order to force Vlimmen to admit the paternity of the unborn Mientje baby, Mientje's father instructs his daughter, who absolutely refuses to say who made her pregnant, what she should testify at a possible court hearing; an allegation that amounts to rape. While at least Dop is soon recovering, Vlimmen receives unpleasant mail from the district court: He is being sued for alimony. To make matters worse, the villagers also sing songs of mockery against the capable veterinarian. The tide turned, however, when Dr. Vlimmen can prove his professional skills and in a very delicate operation saves Liese, the only cow of the small farmer Pietje Mulder. She had swallowed a long nail. Vlimmens skill saves his battered reputation. In the meantime, the supposed father turns out to be a dumb farmhand in the area, and Fritz Dacka makes it clear to Vlimmens sister Truus that he cares a lot about her. Both will emigrate to South America together. A temporary dispute between Vlimmen and Nel, which was based on a misunderstanding, is settled, and the two finally come together when they say goodbye to Dacka and Truus at the Überseekai in Hamburg.

Production notes

Dr. Vlimmen was composed in the spring of 1956 in northern Germany and was premiered on September 7, 1956.

Gyula Trebitsch was the production manager, Heinz-Günter Sass was the production manager. Herbert Kirchhoff designed the film structures implemented by Albrecht Becker , Erna Sander designed the costumes. Werner Schlagge was responsible for the sound. Heinz Pehlke was a simple cameraman under Albert Benitz 'chief camera.

Reviews

In the lexicon of the international film it says: “ Film adaptation of the Dutch novel of the same name by A. Roothaert , credible in the milieu drawing and, above all, in the title role, lively and entertaining. Free from the anti-church polemics of the original. "

Cinema-Online means, in a nutshell, “Looks dusty today”, whereas fernsehserien.de saw the film as an entertaining melodrama.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The scandal surrounding Dr. Vlimmen. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 1, 2020 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. Short review on cinema.de
  3. ^ Scandal Dr. Vlimmen on fernsehserien.de

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