A Doctor of Conviction () is a 1959 West German drama film directed by Werner Klingler and starring Adrian Hoven, Willy Birgel, Antje Geerk and Ellen Schwiers.Frank p.151 It was shot at the Göttingen Studios in Lower Saxony. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Max Mellin and Theo Zwierski.https://www.filmportal.de/film/arzt-aus-leidenschaft_20497b15907d43e5afc4add5224d2648 It is based on the 1935 novel of the same title by Karl Unselt, which had previously been made into the 1936 film A Doctor of Conviction.Klaus p.24
Cast Adrian Hoven as Dr. Manfred Wiegand Willy Birgel as Staatsanwalt Perschke Klausjürgen Wussow as Dr. Wolfgang Friedberg Antje Geerk as Elisabeth Massmann Carl Wery as Professor Ruge Ellen Schwiers as Oberschwester Hilde Erica Beer as Margot, eine Barfrau Jan Hendriks as Felix Friedberg Lucie Mannheim as Frau Friedberg - seine Mutter Paul Hoffmann as Generaldirektor Massmann Edith Hancke as Schwester Elvira Theodor Danegger as Friedrich, Pförtner im Krankenhaus Ernst Brasch as Gerngroß, Pfleger Rolf von Nauckhoff as Kriminalinspektor Krüger Peter Kuiper as Toni Ilse Pagé as Ein junges Mädchen Heinz Bennent as Walter Wichert
References
Bibliography Frank, Stefanie Mathilde. Wiedersehen im Wirtschaftswunder: Remakes von Filmen aus der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus in der Bundesrepublik 1949–1963. V&R Unipress, 2017. Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1936. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
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