An Enemy of the People (1937)

Original title

Ein Volksfeind

Directed by

Hans Steinhoff

Genre

drama film

Country

Nazi Germany

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A doctor in a small town discovers that the local baths are dangerously polluted. He tries to warn the public but faces opposition from his brother the mayor and the townspeople who fear economic damage.

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What happens

An Enemy of the People (German: Ein Volksfeind) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Heinrich George, Herbert Hübner, Franziska Kinz and Carsta Löck. The film is an adaptation of the 1882 play of the same title by the Norwegian writer Henrik Ibsen. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location around Glücksburg and the Flensburg Fjord in Schleswig-Holstein. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Haacker and Hermann Warm. It updates the setting of the story from Norway in the 1880s to pre-Nazi Germany in the 1930s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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