The Doctor of Stalingrad | |
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Directed by | Géza von Radványi |
Produced by | Walter Traut |
Written by |
Heinz G. Konsalik (novel) Werner P. Zibaso |
Starring |
O.E. Hasse Eva Bartok Hannes Messemer Mario Adorf |
Music by | Siegfried Franz |
Cinematography | Georg Krause |
Edited by | René Le Hénaff |
Production
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Distributed by | Gloria Film |
Release date
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20 February 1958 |
Running time
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110 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language |
German Russian |
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".