Overview
Based on a play by a German-Jewish exile in Moscow, Friedrich Wolf, and directed by an Austrian-Jewish exile in Moscow, Herbert Rappaport, the film tells with the story of an apolitical humanitarian Jewish doctor and his politically-aware, fascism-resisting son, an intern, as their lives become entangled with the Nazis’ rise to power in 1930s Germany, where they live and practice. Things come to a head when the Nazi organization takes control of their hospital, and place a rabid antisemitic physician in charge over Mamlock and his staff.
Cast
- Semyon Mezhinsky as Prof. Hans Mamlock
- Oleg Zhakov as Rolf Mamlock
- Nina Shaternikova as Dr. Inge
- Vladimir Chestnokov as Dr. Hellpach
- Pyotr Kirillov as Ernst
- Vasili Merkuryev as Franz Krauss
- Tatyana Guretskaya as Anni Wendt
- Yuriy Tolubeev as Fritz
- Georgiy Budarov as Resistance Organizer Willi
- Boris Shlikhting as Magistrate Kepke