The Doctor of Stalingrad

The Doctor of Stalingrad
Directed by	Géza von Radványi
Written by	Heinz G. Konsalik (novel) Werner P. Zibaso
Produced by	Walter Traut
Starring	O.E. Hasse Eva Bartok Hannes Messemer Mario Adorf
Cinematography	Georg Krause
Edited by	René Le Hénaff
Music by	Siegfried Franz
Production company	Divina-Film
Distributed by	Gloria Film
Release date	20 February 1958 (1958-02-20)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	West Germany
Languages	German Russian

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".

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willy Schatz and Robert Stratil.

Main cast

• 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

1. Davidson & Hake p. 140

Bibliography

• Davidson, John; Hake, Sabine (2009). Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books. ISBN   978-1-84545-536-1.

External links

• The Doctor of Stalingrad at IMDb