The Transformation of Dr. Bessel | |
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Directed by | Richard Oswald |
Written by |
Herbert Juttke Georg C. Klaren |
Based on | Doktor Bessels Verwandlung by Ludwig Wolff |
Produced by | Richard Oswald |
Starring |
Jakob Tiedtke Sophie Pagay Hans Stüwe Agnes Esterhazy |
Cinematography | Axel Graatkjær |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Languages | Silent German intertitles |
The Transformation of Dr. Bessel (German: Dr. Bessels Verwandlung ) is a 1927 German silent film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Jakob Tiedtke, Sophie Pagay and Hans Stüwe. [1] The film was based on a novel by Ludwig Wolff . It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo. It has thematic similarities with Ernst Lubitsch's 1932 film The Man I Killed. Whereas that film featured a French soldier partially assuming the identity of a dead German, in Oswald's film a German is able to survive by pretending to be French. [2]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Seemann and Bruno Lutz.
During the First World War, a German soldier escapes capture on the battlefield by taking the uniform of a French soldier. He then marries and settles down in Marseilles, abandoning any sense of national identity. Due to his language skills he is able to become a major success in international commerce.
The Transformation of Dr. Bessel | |
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![]() | |
Directed by | Richard Oswald |
Written by |
Herbert Juttke Georg C. Klaren |
Based on | Doktor Bessels Verwandlung by Ludwig Wolff |
Produced by | Richard Oswald |
Starring |
Jakob Tiedtke Sophie Pagay Hans Stüwe Agnes Esterhazy |
Cinematography | Axel Graatkjær |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Languages | Silent German intertitles |
The Transformation of Dr. Bessel (German: Dr. Bessels Verwandlung ) is a 1927 German silent film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Jakob Tiedtke, Sophie Pagay and Hans Stüwe. [1] The film was based on a novel by Ludwig Wolff . It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo. It has thematic similarities with Ernst Lubitsch's 1932 film The Man I Killed. Whereas that film featured a French soldier partially assuming the identity of a dead German, in Oswald's film a German is able to survive by pretending to be French. [2]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Seemann and Bruno Lutz.
During the First World War, a German soldier escapes capture on the battlefield by taking the uniform of a French soldier. He then marries and settles down in Marseilles, abandoning any sense of national identity. Due to his language skills he is able to become a major success in international commerce.