''Woman Doctors'' (german: Ärztinnen) is a 1984 East German
crime film directed by
Horst Seemann
Horst Seemann (11 April 1937 – 6 January 2000) was a German film director and screenwriter. He has directed 19 films between 1962 and 1995. His 1973 film '' Ripe Cherries'' was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. His 198 ...
.
It was entered into the
34th Berlin International Film Festival
The 34th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 17–28 February 1984. The festival opened with ''The Noah's Ark Principle'' by Roland Emmerich. The Golden Bear was awarded to the American film '' Love Streams'' directed by John ...
.
It is based upon the play by
Rolf Hochhuth
Rolf Hochhuth (; 1 April 1931 – 13 May 2020) was a German author and playwright, best known for his 1963 drama '' The Deputy'', which insinuates Pope Pius XII's indifference to Hitler's extermination of the Jews, and he remained a controversial ...
.
Plot
Dr. Lydia Kowalenko is fired from the research department of a large pharmaceutical company after refusing to cover up the problems with a recent product.
Cast
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Judy Winter as Dr. Katia Michelsberg
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Inge Keller
Inge Keller (15 December 1923 – 6 February 2017) was a German stage and film actress whose career on stage and screen spanned seventy years. She was one of the most prominent performers in the former German Democratic Republic. Thomas Langhoff ...
as Dr. Lydia Kowalenko
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Walter Reyer as Dr. Riemenschild
*
Rolf Hoppe
Rolf Hoppe (6 December 1930 – 14 November 2018) was a prolific German stage, cinema, and television actor, who played in more than 400 films in a career which spanned over six decades.
To international audiences Hoppe is perhaps best known f ...
as Dr. Boeblinger
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Daniel Jacob as Thomas 'Tom' Michelsberg
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Michael Gwisdek as Dr. Werner Michelsberg
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Käthe Reichel
Käthe or Kathe is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Käthe Dorsch (1890–1957), German actress
*Käthe Gold (1907–1997), Austrian actress
*Käthe Grasegger, later Deuschl (1917–2001), German alpine skier
* Kathe Green (bo ...
as Dr. Plauner
*
Wolfgang Dehler
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 ...
as Kuno
*
Horst Schulze as Prosecutor
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John Harryson
John Edvard Harryson (17 April 1926 – 28 November 2008) was a Swedish actor. He was the father of famous Swedish actor and television host Peter Harryson.
Born in Katrineholm, Harrysson was a renowned actor in Sweden. For a younger ge ...
as Dr. Johanson
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Barbara Dittus
Barbara Dittus (11 July 1939 – 25 June 2001) was a German film actress. She appeared in more than ninety films from 1959 to 2001.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1939 births
2001 death ...
as Sekretärin
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Christoph Engel Christoph is a male given name and surname. It is a German variant of Christopher.
Notable people with the given name Christoph
* Christoph Bach (1613–1661), German musician
* Christoph Büchel (born 1966), Swiss artist
* Christoph Dientzenho ...
as Dr. Zillner
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Hartmut Puls as Dr. Haase
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Leon Niemczyk
Leon Stanisław Niemczyk (15 December 1923 – 29 November 2006) was a Polish actor.
Niemczyk developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1960s, known for serious dramas, including historical dramas and war films. He appeared in over ...
as Polnischer Arzt
*
Gerlinde Bölke as Gunhild Klippel
References
External links
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1984 films
1984 crime drama films
East German films
West German films
Swedish crime drama films
Swiss crime drama films
German crime drama films
1980s German-language films
Films directed by Horst Seemann
German films based on plays
1980s German films
1980s Swedish films
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