The Doctor of Stalingrad (1958)

Original title

Der Arzt von Stalingrad

Directed by

Géza von Radványi

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A German doctor tends to fellow prisoners of war in a Soviet camp after World War II. He struggles to maintain his humanity and medical ethics in a harsh environment.

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What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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