The Doctor of Stalingrad (German: Der Arzt von Stalingrad also known as Battle Inferno) is a 1958 German drama film directed by Géza von Radványi and starring O.E. Hasse, Eva Bartok and Hannes Messemer. It is an adaptation of the 1956 novel The Doctor of Stalingrad by Heinz G. Konsalik.[1] The film addresses the issue of German Prisoners of War held by the Soviet Union in camps well into the 1950s. The principal character Doctor Fritz Böhler was loosely modelled on Ottmar Kohler, known as the "Angel of Stalingrad".
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| Directed by | Géza von Radványi |
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| Produced by | Walter Traut |
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| Cinematography | Georg Krause |
| Edited by | René Le Hénaff |
| Music by | Siegfried Franz |
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| Distributed by | Gloria Film |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
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The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willy Schatz and Robert Stratil.
Main cast edit
- O.E. Hasse as Doctor Fritz Böhler
- Eva Bartok as Captain Alexandra Kasalinskaja
- Hannes Messemer as Oberleutnant Pjotr Markow
- Mario Adorf as Pelz, Sanitäter
- Walter Reyer as Doctor Sellnow
- Vera Tschechowa as Tamara
- Paul Bösiger as Fähnrich Peter Schultheiß
- Leonard Steckel as Major Dr. Kresin, Distriktarzt
- Valéry Inkijinoff as Oberstleutnant Worotilow, Lagerkommandant
- Michael Ande as Sergej, Worotilows Sohn
- Siegfried Lowitz as Walter Grosse
- Til Kiwe as Sauerbrunn
- Wilmut Borell as Pastor
- Rolf von Nauckhoff as Oberst Eklund, Swedish Red Cross
References edit
- ^ Davidson & Hake p. 140
Bibliography edit
- Davidson, John; Hake, Sabine (2009). Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-84545-536-1.
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