Movielogr
Robert Mayer, der Arzt aus Heilbronn (1955)
Directed by Helmut Spieß
Overview
Biographical movie about Julius Robert Mayer (1814-1878), a surgeon and town doctor in Heilbronn, who studied heat for many years and was the first to correctly formulate the basic principles of the theory of mechanical heat and the principle of conservation of energy. Competing Prussian scientists laugh at him, and his life is full of misunderstandings and persecution. The film tells of his fate and his long and futile struggle for recognition of the results of his scientific work.
Length 96 minutes
Actors
Emil Stöhr | Gisela Uhlen | Hilmar Thate | Otto Stübler | Martin Flörchinger | Walther Suessenguth | Herwart Grosse | Harald Halgardt | Gerd Michael Henneberg | Werner Segtrop | Wolf Goette | Kurt Mühlhardt | Fred Mahr | Carola Braunbock | Fred Düren | Deli Buchinski | Hugo Nillius | Ludwig Sachs | Paul Knopf | Ingeborg Dräger | Walter Salow | Isolde Eckhoff | Elvira Sternbeck | Harry Gillmann | Karl Görs | Rita Hempel | Georg Helge Pfleger | Peter Höffner | Karl Kendzia | Friedrich Löffler | Herbert Mewes-Conti | Charles Hans Vogt | Maximilian Larsen | Herbert Rüdiger | Egon Vogel | Teddy Wulff | Hans Wegen | Willi Schwabe | Peter Arden | Hermann Beelitz | Bob Bolander | Peter Hippler | Lotte Kalipke | Heinz Keuneke | Carlo Kluge | Toni Meitzen | Harry Preuß | Conrad Pfennig | Paul Zeidler | Mario Lerch | Heinz Appel | Erich Bludau | Horst Friedrich | Hans Schille | Gustav Stähnisch | Ludwig Trautmann | Horst Giese | Otto Lange | Günther Polensen | Reginald Pasch | Siegfried Weil | Wolfgang Kalweit | Hermann Stetza | Gustav Püttjer