The Doctor's Secret (1955 film)
{{Short description|1955 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name =The Doctor's Secret
| image = File:The Doctor's Secret (1955 film).jpg
| caption =
| director = August Rieger
Karl Stanzl
| producer = Ernest Müller
| writer = Viktor Reingruber
Hans Fritz Köllner
August Rieger
Karl Stanzl
| narrator =
| starring = Hilde Krahl
Ewald Balser
Erik Frey
| music = Carl Loubé
| cinematography = Walter Partsch
| editing = Irene Tomschik
Raimund Warta
| studio = Rex-Film
Schönbrunn-Film
| distributor =Union-Film
| released = {{Film date|1955|08|12|df=yes}}
| runtime = 89 minutes
| country = {{ubl|Austria|West Germany}}
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
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The Doctor's Secret (German: Geheimnis einer Ärztin) is a 1955 Austrian-West German crime drama film directed by August Rieger and Karl Stanzl and starring Hilde Krahl, Ewald Balser and Erik Frey.Fritsche p.253 It was shot at studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff.
Synopsis
Doctor Gerda Maurer is found guilty of negligence and sent to prison. On her release she cannot return to her career in medicine and has to take on other jobs such as a nightclub singer. She is given a second chance by a respected surgeon and works as his assistant, but her new position is threatened by the return of her former lover Georg.
Cast
- Hilde Krahl as Dr. Gerda Maurer
- Ewald Balser as Prof. Stephan Wendlandt
- Erik Frey as Georg Kreinz
- Egon von Jordan as Oberpolizeirat Werner Kröger
- Traute Wassler as Anita
- Hans Putz as Charly
- Elisabeth Stemberger as Ruth
- Jürgen Strasser as Fritz
- Rudolf Carl as Franz
- Evi Servaes as Frau Kreinz
- Thomas Hörbiger as Mitschüler Fritz
- Easy Maja as Negerin – Singer
- Fritz Muliar as Polizeiinspektor
- Raoul Retzer as Inspektor Bergmann
- Martin Costa as Wirt
- Wolfgang Sauer as Blinder Pianist
- Guido Wieland as Strafverteidiger
References
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Bibliography
- Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0140069}}
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Category:1950s German-language films
Category:Films directed by August Rieger
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