Top billed cast

1. 

   Werner Krauss

   Paracelsus

2. 

   Mathias Wieman

   Ulrich von Hutten

3. 

   Annelies Reinhold

   Renata Pfefferkorn

4. 

   Harald Kreutzberg

   Gaukler Fliegenbein

5. 

   Peter Martin Urtel

   Famulus Johannes

6. 

   Fritz Rasp

   der Magister

7. 

   Josef Sieber

   Bilse

8. 

   Harry Langewisch

   Pfefferkorn

9. 

   Herbert Hübner

   Reichsgraf von Hohenried

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-03-28

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 of more traditional methods of treating illness - spurning the modern day (16th Century) more invasive, shall we say, techniques espoused by the medical elite. Werner Krauss is well cast in the title...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
German

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• historical figure