Der Arzt von Stalingrad (1958)

Director:

Géza von Radványi

Writers:

Heinz G. Konsalik (novel), Werner P. Zibaso

Stars:

O.E. Hasse, Eva Bartok, Hannes Messemer

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
O.E. Hasse	...	Dr. Fritz Böhler, Stabsarzt
Eva Bartok	...	Kapitän Alexandra Kasalinskaja
Hannes Messemer	...	Oberleutnant Pjotr Markow
Mario Adorf	...	Pelz, Sanitäter
Walter Reyer	...	Dr. Sellnow (as Walther Reyer)
Vera Tschechowa	...	Tamara
Paul Bösiger	...	Fähnrich Peter Schultheiß
Leonard Steckel	...	Major Dr. Kresin, Distriktarzt
Valéry Inkijinoff	...	Oberstleutnant Worotilow, Lagerkommandant (as Valery Inkijinoff)
Michael Ande	...	Sergej, Worotilows Sohn
Siegfried Lowitz	...	Walter Grosse
Til Kiwe	...	Sauerbrunn
Wilmut Borell	...	Pastor
Rolf von Nauckhoff	...	Oberst Eklund, Schwedisches Rotes Kreuz
Rolf Kralovitz

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

shallow | soldier | post world war two | pow | medical | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | War

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Details

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German Russian

Release Date:

27 August 1958 (France)

Also Known As:

El médico de Stalingrado

Company Credits

Production Co:

Divina-Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Klangfilm-Eurocord)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

User Reviews

Melodramatic Hollywood-type treatment

If only Soviet prison camps were like this! You'd think that not even German guilt would water-down the depiction of life in Soviet captivity like this. Apparently, the producers thought it plausible that a German prisoner could have an affair with a lovely Russian camp commandantrix.

The movie contains no combat scenes or anything else of interest to war buffs (except some brief stock footage of devastated Stalingrad), just the story of a saintly older German surgeon helping his comrades and captors.

The movie is similar to "Stalag 17" and "King Rat" but much milder. Still, I suppose it does give an idea of life in Soviet captivity for German POWs (many of whom returned in the 1950s, if at all). Sadly, the movie lacks realism, has lots of clichés, and doesn't do this interesting (and largely ignored) subject justice.

But then again, it was made in 1958, and is similar to Hollywood movies of the time. Nice B&W cinematography, too.