Doctor Praetorius (film)

Doctor Praetorius
Directed by	Karl Peter Gillmann Curt Goetz
Written by	Curt Goetz (play)
Produced by	Hans Domnick
Starring	Curt Goetz Valerie von Martens Erich Ponto
Cinematography	Fritz Arno Wagner
Edited by	Fritz Stapenhorst
Music by	Franz Grothe
Production company	Domnick Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Herzog-Filmverleih
Release date	15 January 1950
Running time	95 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Doctor Praetorius or Woman's Doctor Praetorius (German: Frauenarzt Dr. Prätorius) is a 1950 West German comedy drama film directed by Karl Peter Gillmann and Curt Goetz and starring Goetz, Valerie von Martens and Erich Ponto. It was based on Goetz's own hit play which was the following year made into an American film People Will Talk. A second German film Praetorius was released in 1965, starring Heinz Rühmann.

The film's sets were designed by Walter Haag.

Cast

• Curt Goetz as Dr. Hiob Prätorius
• Valerie von Martens as Maria Violetta
• Erich Ponto as Professor Speiter
• Bruno Hübner as Shunderson
• Albert Florath as Pastor Hellriegel
• Rudolf Reiff as Prof. Klotz
• Paul Mederow
• Hedwig Wangel
• Gertrud Wolle
• Wilhelm Meyer-Ottens
• Eugen Dumont
• Werner Westerholt
• Helga Viermann
• Margit Kay
• Nikolaus Schilling as Student
• Horst Tappert as Verkäufer

Bibliography

• Eric Rentschler. German Film & Literature. Routledge, 2013.

External links

• Doctor Praetorius at IMDb