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12 March 1943 (Germany) moreUser Comments:
16th Century German doctor upsets the status quo with new "German" methods of treating illness. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Werner Krauss | ... | Paracelsus |
| Annelies Reinhold | ... | Renata Pfefferkorn |
| Harry Langewisch | ... | Pfefferkorn |
| Mathias Wieman | ... | Ulrich von Hutten |
| Fritz Rasp | ... | Magister |
| Peter Martin Urtel | ... | Johannes (as Martin Urtel) |
| Herbert Hübner | ... | Count von Hohenreid |
| Josef Sieber | ... | Bilse, Paracelsus's sevant |
| Rudolf Blümner | ... | Froben |
| Harald Kreutzberg | ... | Fliegenbein |
| Hilde Sessak | ... | Waitress |
| Franz Schafheitlin | ... | Erasmus von Rotterdam |
| Victor Janson | ... | Mayor |
| Karl Skraup | ... | Surgeon |
| Erich Dunskus | ... | Innkeeper |
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West Germany:12Filming Locations:
Charles Bridge, Old Town, Hradcany, Prague, Czech RepublicFAQ
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G. W. (PANDORA'S BOX) Pabst's celebratory film about the "revolutionary" 16th century German philosopher/doctor (known as Paracelsus and actually born in Switzerland) holds more than just historical interest as a Nazi approved subject. Though Pabst's sound films never achieved the prominence of his silent work, this is a well produced biopic with real surprises, especially when Paracelsus gives credit to Gypsy (!) folk remedies or when an Expressionist dance number symbolizes the entry of the plague (St. Vitus' Dance) into the closed town. Suddenly we're in Powell/Pressburger territory. Often obvious and slow, but certainly worth investigation, and not all that different from similar Hollywood produced biopics on ZOLA and LOUIS PASTEUR by director William (Wilhelm) Dieterle, a former colleague from Pabst's early UFA days. In fact, Dieterle's 1939 HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME has many visual and thematic similarities. The romantic subplot, straight out of Die Meistersinger, only adds to the usual discomfort of watching a Goebbels approved Nazi era production.