Herr über Leben und Tod
Directed by Victor Vicas7 de enero de 1955 87minDrama
Barbara is married to Georg Bertram, a professor of medicine who once saved her father's life. Things go awry for the couple when she gives birth to a mentally defective child. For Georg, coldly clinical, euthanizing the infant is the only way out. He is about to commit the irreparable when Barbara manages to interrupt his fatal act. By mutual agreement, husband and wife decide that Barbara will go to Saint-Guénolé in Brittany, where she and their son will be cared for by Louise Kerbrec, Georg's former nurse, in the hypothetical hope that the boy's condition will improve. What they do not know yet is that Barbara will meet there another doctor, Daniel Karentis, much more sympathetic than Georg and also much handsomer.
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Herr über Leben und Tod was released on 7 de enero de 1955.
Herr über Leben und Tod was directed by Victor Vicas.
Herr über Leben und Tod has a runtime of 87min.
Herr über Leben und Tod was produced by Wenzel Lüdecke.
Barbara is married to Georg Bertram, a professor of medicine who once saved her father's life. Things go awry for the couple when she gives birth to a mentally defective child. For Georg, coldly clinical, euthanizing the infant is the only way out. He is about to commit the irreparable when Barbara manages to interrupt his fatal act. By mutual agreement, husband and wife decide that Barbara will go to Saint-Guénolé in Brittany, where she and their son will be cared for by Louise Kerbrec, Georg's former nurse, in the hypothetical hope that the boy's condition will improve. What they do not know yet is that Barbara will meet there another doctor, Daniel Karentis, much more sympathetic than Georg and also much handsomer.
The key characters in Herr über Leben und Tod are Barbara Bertram (Maria Schell), Dr. Daniel Karentis (Ivan Desny), Professor Georg Bertram (Wilhelm Borchert).
Herr über Leben und Tod is a Drama film.