Sebastian Kneipp is a 1958 Austrian historical film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Carl Wery, Paul Hörbiger, and Gerlinde Locker.BFI.orgBock & Bergfelder p.284 It is also sometimes known as Wasserdoktor.
It was made partly at the Salzburg Studios and shot in Agfacolor.Strasser p.54 The film's sets were designed by the art director Wolf Witzemann. Location shooting took place in the spa town Bad Wörishofen in Bavaria.
Synopsis The film is a biopic of the Bavarian Sebastian Kneipp, one of the pioneers of naturopathic medicine.
Cast Carl Wery as Sebastian Kneipp Paul Hörbiger as Archduke Joseph Gerlinde Locker as Aglaya Michael Cramer as Hans von Faber Ellinor Jensen as Sebastiana Anita Gutwell as Anna Ernst Deutsch as Pope Leo XIII Hans Thimig as The Cardinal Egon von Jordan as Fr. Hoferer Heinz Moog as Prof. v. Ziemssen Horst Beck as Dr. Schmidt Willi Hufnagel as Semmelbauer Peter Lühr as Bischof Pankratius Felix Czerny as Kammerdiener Ledl Paul Klinger as Dr. Baumgarten Alfred Cerny as Heini Otto Bolesch as Herr Beda Norbert Scharnagel as Amtsrichter Vera Complojer as Patient of Kneipp Willy Schäfer as Vittorio
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Bibliography Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. . Strasser, Christian. The Sound of Klein-Hollywood: Filmproduktion in Salzburg, Salzburg im Film : mit einem Filmlexikon. Österreichischer Kunst- und Kulturverlag, 1993.
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