The Imaginary Invalid or The Hypochondriac () is a 1952 West German comedy film directed by Hans H. König and starring Joe Stöckel, Oskar Sima and Inge Egger. It is an updated adaptation of Molière's 1673 play The Imaginary Invalid.Bock & Bergfelder p.52 The play had previously been made into a 1934 French film of the same title.Goble p.330 It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Max Mellin and Rolf Zehetbauer.
Cast Joe Stöckel as Daxenmeyer / Der eingebildete Kranke Oskar Sima as Mordius / Kurpfuscher Inge Egger as Ursel Daxenmeyer Jupp Hussels as Dr. Hartwig Lucie Englisch as Sophie Albert Florath as Bastelmann Franz Muxeneder as Kuno Gunnar Möller as Peter Jochen Hauer as Adolf Ulrich Beiger as Rolf Harry Halm as Polizist Paul Schwed as Hausierer Gertrud Wolle as Emma Maria Krahn as Frieda Sonja Costa as Loni Elise Aulinger as Bäuerin
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Bibliography Bock, Hans-Michael and Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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