The Doctor's Secret (1955 film)

The Doctor's Secret
Directed by	August Rieger Karl Stanzl
Written by	Viktor Reingruber Hans Fritz Köllner August Rieger Karl Stanzl
Produced by	Ernest Müller
Starring	Hilde Krahl Ewald Balser Erik Frey
Cinematography	Walter Partsch
Edited by	Irene Tomschik Raimund Warta
Music by	Carl Loubé
Production companies	Rex-Film Schönbrunn-Film
Distributed by	Union-Film
Release date	12 August 1955 (1955-08-12)
Running time	89 minutes
Countries	Austria West Germany
Language	German

The Doctor's Secret (German: Geheimnis einer Ärztin) is a 1955 Austrian-West German crime drama film directed by August Rieger and Karl Stanzl and starring Hilde Krahl, Ewald Balser and Erik Frey. It was shot at studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff.

Synopsis

Doctor Gerda Maurer is found guilty of negligence and sent to prison. On her release she cannot return to her career in medicine and has to take on other jobs such as a nightclub singer. She is given a second chance by a respected surgeon and works as his assistant, but her new position is threatened by the return of her former lover Georg.

Cast

• Hilde Krahl as Dr. Gerda Maurer
• Ewald Balser as Prof. Stephan Wendlandt
• Erik Frey as Georg Kreinz
• Egon von Jordan as Oberpolizeirat Werner Kröger
• Traute Wassler as Anita
• Hans Putz as Charly
• Elisabeth Stemberger as Ruth
• Jürgen Strasser as Fritz
• Rudolf Carl as Franz
• Evi Servaes as Frau Kreinz
• Thomas Hörbiger as Mitschüler Fritz
• Easy Maja as Negerin – Singer
• Fritz Muliar as Polizeiinspektor
• Raoul Retzer as Inspektor Bergmann
• Martin Costa as Wirt
• Wolfgang Sauer as Blinder Pianist
• Guido Wieland as Strafverteidiger

Bibliography

• Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

• The Doctor's Secret at IMDb