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Ein Volksfeind (1937)

Directed by Hans Steinhoff

Overview

Before the First World War, Dr. Hans Stockmann had a practice in a small town.  His powerhungry brother is the mayor of Bad Trimburg, which has developed into a respectable resort.  Dr. Stockmann is called in to become the town’s chief physician.  He considers the sanitary conditions to be intolerable and insists on a clean-up.  His ambitious brother and all those who, till now, have profited well from the corner cutting, are, of course, against that for financial reasons.  The doctor is condemned from all sides and the conflict escalates.

Length 102 minutes

Actors

Heinrich George | Herbert Hübner | Franziska Kinz | Carsta Löck | Hans Richter | Albert Florath | Fritz Genschow | Hubert von Meyerinck | Ernst Fritz Fürbringer | Bernhard Minetti | Hans Hermann Schaufuß | Werner Pledath | Olga Limburg | Klaus Pohl | Georg H. Schnell