''Our Miss Doctor'' (german: Unser Fräulein Doktor) is a 1940 German

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directed by

Erich Engel Erich Gustav Otto Engel (14 February 1891 – 10 May 1966) was a German film and theatre director.He is often confused with another German film director called Erich Engels, who specialised in comedy, and crime films. Biography Engel was ...

and starring

Jenny Jugo Jenny Jugo (born Eugenie Walter; 14 June 1905 – 30 September 2001) was an Austrian actress. She appeared in more than fifty films between 1925 and 1950. Biography Jenny Jugo was born Eugenie Walter on 14 June 1905, the daughter of a factory ...

Albert Matterstock Albert Matterstock (13 September 1911 – 29 June 1960) was a German film actor. He played the lead in the 1938 aviation film ''Target in the Clouds''.Paris p.93 Selected filmography * ''Land of Love'' (1937) * '' Serenade'' (1937) * '' Yvette'' ...

and

Heinz Salfner Heinz Salfner (31 December 1877 – 13 October 1945) was a German stage and film actor. Salfner appeared in more than sixty films during his career. He played the lead in the 1932 crime film '' A Shot at Dawn''.Youngkin p.465 Selected filmography ...

.Hake p. 204–208 It was shot at the

Tempelhof Studios The Tempelhof Studios are a film studio located in Tempelhof in the German capital of Berlin. They were founded in 1912, during the silent era, by German film pioneer Alfred Duskes, who built a glass-roofed studio on the site with financial back ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Karl Haacker Karl Haacker (25 July 1890 – 15 December 1945) was a German art director active in designing film sets during the Weimar and Nazi eras.Eisner p.351 He is sometimes credited as Carl Haacker. Selected filmography * '' The Student of Prague'' (19 ...

and Karl Weber.

Synopsis

A male teacher at a school slowly comes to appreciate one of his female colleagues both as a teacher and a woman.

Cast

as Dr. Elisabeth Hansen *

as Dr. Karl Klinger *

as Der Direktor *

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as Turnlehrer Jahnke * Hans Richter as Heinz Müller, Primaner *

Gustav Waldau Gustav Waldau (27 February 1871 – 25 May 1958) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1955. Selected filmography * '' The Gentleman Without a Residence'' (1915) * ''In Thrall to the Claw'' (1921) * '' The ...

as Schuldiener Nießer *

Josefine Dora Josefine Dora (born Isidora Emilie Friese; 13 November 1867 – 28 May 1944) was an Austrian stage and film actress. She appeared in over 100 films, generally in supporting roles such as in ''The Virtuous Sinner'' (1931).Prawer p.137 Selected f ...

as Frau Nießner *

Hugo Werner-Kahle Hugo Werner-Kahle (5 August 1882 – 1 May 1961) was a German stage and film actor (and sporadically, a movie director). He appeared in around a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Midnight'' (1918) * '' The Bracelet'' (1918 ...

as Der Schulrat *

Werner Pledath Werner Pledath (26 April 1898 – 6 December 1965) was a German actor who appeared in many films during a lengthy career. He generally played supporting roles such as in '' Five from the Jazz Band'' (1932).Youngkin p.465 Pledath specialized in pla ...

as Der Chefarzt der Klinik *

Paul Bildt Paul Hermann Bildt (19 May 1885 – 13 March 1957) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1910 and 1956. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * ''Devil in Silk'' (1956) * ''Ich suche Di ...

as Ein Universitätsprofessor *

Gunnar Möller Gunnar Möller (1 July 1928 – 16 May 2017) was a German television and film actor. He appeared in over 160 film and television productions between 1940 and 2016. He was most successful as a leading man in German cinema of the 1950s, especially w ...

as Ernst Schultze, Sextaner *

Rainer Penkert Rainer Penkert (23 June 1921 – 11 April 2012, in Munich) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''Our Miss Doctor'' (1940) - Bierlinger, Primaner * ''Menschen in Gottes Hand'' (1948) - Karl Renken * ''Anonymous Letters'' (1949) - Axel Brack ...

as Bierlinger, Primaner * Rudolf Reinhard as Hans Vogelsang, Sextaner *

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as Fritz Bührle, Sextaner *

Bruno Roth Bruno Roth (23 April 1911 – 21 April 1998) was a German racing cyclist. He won the German National Road Race in 1935. He also rode in the 1935 Tour de France The 1935 Tour de France was the 29th edition of the Tour de France, taking pla ...

as Alfred Zimmermann, Primaner *

Helmut Withrich Helmut is a German name. Variants include Hellmut, Helmuth, and Hellmuth. From old German, the first element deriving from either ''heil'' ("healthy") or ''hiltja'' ("battle"), and the second from ''muot'' ("spirit, mind, mood"). Helmut may refer ...

as Wolfgang Schumann, Primaner *

Karl Hannemann Karl Hannemann (4 March 1895 – 13 November 1953) was a German film actor. Born in Freiberg, Saxony, Germany, he died at the age of 55 in Berlin. Selected filmography * ''The Graveyard of the Living'' (1921) * ''And Yet Luck Came'' (1923) * ''Un ...

Wolfgang Heise Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The name is a combination of the Old High German words ''wolf'', meaning "wolf", and ''gang'', meaning "path", "journey", "travel". Besides the regula ...

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References

Bibliography

* Hake, Sabine. ''Popular Cinema of the Third Reich''. University of Texas Press, 2001.

External links

* 1940 films Films of Nazi Germany German comedy films 1940 comedy films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Erich Engel Films about educators German black-and-white films 1940s German films Films shot at Tempelhof Studios {{1940s-Germany-film-stub