Paracelsus (film)
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Paracelsus is a 1943
German
drama film
directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
, based on the life of Paracelsus
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1943 in film
The year 1943 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 3 - 1st missing persons telecast * February 20 - American film studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor films....
German
Cinema of Germany
Cinema in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film.Unlike any other national cinemas, which developed in the context of relatively continuous and stable political systems, Germany witnesses major changes to its...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
-Biography:Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , the son of a railroad employee.Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began...
, based on the life of Paracelsus
Paracelsus
Paracelsus was a German-Swiss Renaissance physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer, and general occultist....
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Cast
- Werner KraussWerner KraussWerner Johannes Krauss was a German stage and film actor.-Early life:Krauss was born at the parsonage of Gestungshausen in Upper Franconia, where his grandfather was Protestant pastor. He spent his childhood in Breslau and from 1901 attended the teacher's college at Kreuzburg...
- Paracelsus - Annelies Reinhold - Renata Pfefferkorn
- Harry Langewisch - Pfefferkorn
- Mathias WiemanMathias WiemanMathias Wieman was a German stage-performer, silent-and-sound motion picture actor.-Early life:...
- Ulrich von Hutten - Fritz RaspFritz RaspFritz Heinrich Rasp was a German film actor who appeared in 104 films between 1916 and 1976.His most notable film roles were "J. J. Peachum" in The Threepenny Opera , as Meinert in Diary of a Lost Girl , and as "Der Schmale" in Fritz Lang's Metropolis...
- Magister - Peter Martin Urtel - Johannes (as Martin Urtel)
- Herbert HübnerHerbert HübnerHerbert Hübner was a German film actor. He appeared in over 150 films between 1921 and 1966.He was born in Breslau, Germany and died in Munich, Germany.-Selected filmography:...
- Count von Hohenreid - Josef SieberJosef Sieber-Selected filmography:* Joan of Arc * Kora Terry * The Heart of a Queen * Das Grosse Spiel * The Heath is Green * Ave Maria * Drei Mann in einem Boot -External links:...
- Bilse, Paracelsus's sevant - Rudolf Blümner - Froben
- Harald KreutzbergHarald KreutzbergHarald Kreutzberg , was a German dancer and choreographer.Kreutzberg was born at Reichenberg/Liberec. Trained at the Dresden Ballet School, he also studied dance with Mary Wigman and Rudolf Laban....
- Fliegenbein - Hilde Sessak - Waitress
- Franz SchafheitlinFranz SchafheitlinFranz Schafheitlin was a German film actor. He appeared in over 160 films between 1927 and 1974.He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Bavaria, Germany.-Selected filmography:* The Sorceror...
- Erasmus von Rotterdam - Victor JansonVictor Janson-Selected filmography:* So You Don't Know Korff Yet? * The Leghorn Hat * The Way to Freedom * Rembrandt * Peter Voss, der Millionendieb * The Marriage of Figaro * Professor Nachtfalter...
- Mayor - Karl Skraup - Surgeon
- Erich DunskusErich DunskusErich Dunskus was a German film actor. He appeared in 170 films between 1927 and 1966.He was born in Pillkallen, East Prussia and died in Hagen, Germany.-Selected filmography:* Friedemann Bach...
- Innkeeper