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Paracelsus

5.8 / 10

104 minutes

1943-03-12

German

DE

Actors :

Werner Krauß, Mathias Wieman, Peter Martin Urtel, Harald Kreutzberg, Fritz Rasp, Herbert Hübner, Franz Schafheitlin, Hilde Sessak

Description

The story of the Renaissance-era Swiss physician, alchemist and astrologer Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, better known to the world as Paracelsus.

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

3/28/2022, 1:16:52 PM

Although GW Pabst was unable to the escape the Nazis and had to remain making films under the supervision of the Ministry of Propaganda, it's pretty clear that this director was simply not just going to toe the party line. Here he presents us with quite a straightforward biopic of the eponymous Swiss man, vilified by the established scientific profession, who worked with homeopathy and other types...