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  • Herr über Leben und Tod (1955)
  • 87 min | Drama
Herr über Leben und Tod (1955)
87 min | Drama

Barbara is married to Georg Bertram, a professor of medicine who once saved her father's life. Things go awry for the couple when she gives birth to a mentally defective child. For Georg, coldly clinical, euthanizing the infant is the only...See moreBarbara is married to Georg Bertram, a professor of medicine who once saved her father's life. Things go awry for the couple when she gives birth to a mentally defective child. For Georg, coldly clinical, euthanizing the infant is the only way out. He is about to commit the irreparable when Barbara manages to interrupt his fatal act. By mutual agreement, husband and wife decide that Barbara will go to Saint-Guénolé in Brittany, where she and their son will be cared for by Louise Kerbrec, Georg's former nurse, in the hypothetical hope that the boy's condition will improve. What they do not know yet is that Barbara will meet there another doctor, Daniel Karentis, much more sympathetic than Georg and also much handsomer... Written by Guy Bellinger See less
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1956 (United States)

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29 cast members
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Maria Schell
Barbara Bertram, geb. Hansen Barbara Bertram, geb. Hansen   See fewer
Ivan Desny
Dr. Daniel Karentis Dr. Daniel Karentis   See fewer
Wilhelm Borchert
Professor Georg Bertram Professor Georg Bertram   See fewer
Olga Limburg
Anna Bertram Anna Bertram   See fewer
Walter Bluhm
Werner Hansen Werner Hansen   See fewer
Fritz Tillmann
Dr. Peter Dr. Peter   See fewer
Käte Alving
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Reinhold Bernt
Bahnwärter Bahnwärter   See fewer
Harry Giese
Professor Reichert Professor Reichert   See fewer
Héléna Manson
Louise Kerbrec Louise Kerbrec   See fewer
Daniel Mendaille
Monsieur Kerbrec Monsieur Kerbrec   See fewer
Ruth Piepho
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Margarete Schön
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Rolf Stein
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