The Doctor of Stalingrad | |
Director: | Géza von Radványi |
Producer: | Walter Traut |
Editing: | René Le Hénaff |
Cinematography: | Georg Krause |
Studio: | Divina-Film |
Distributor: | Gloria Film |
Runtime: | 110 minutes |
Country: | West Germany |
The Doctor of Stalingrad (German: '''Der Arzt von Stalingrad''' also known as Battle Inferno) is a 1958 German drama film directed by Géza von Radványi and starring O.E. Hasse, Eva Bartok and Hannes Messemer. It is an adaptation of the 1956 novel The Doctor of Stalingrad by Heinz G. Konsalik.[1] The film addresses the issue of German Prisoners of War held by the Soviet Union in camps well into the 1950s. The principal character Doctor Fritz Böhler was loosely modelled on Ottmar Kohler, known as the "Angel of Stalingrad".
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willy Schatz and Robert Stratil.