''Doctor Bertram'' (german: Frauenarzt Dr. Bertram) is a 1957 West German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by Werner Klingler and starring

Willy Birgel Willy Birgel (19 September 1891 – 29 December 1973), born Wilhelm Maria Birgel, was a German theatre and film actor. Career Birgel began his acting career before World War I on the stage in his native city of Cologne, and came to movies rath ...

, Winnie Markus and

Lucie Mannheim Lucie Mannheim (30 April 1899 – 17 July 1976) was a German singer and actress. Life and career Mannheim was born in Köpenick, Berlin, where she studied drama and quickly became a popular figure appearing on stage in plays and musicals. Amon ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.43 It is based upon the play by

Hans Rehfisch Hans Rehfisch (10 April 1891 – 9 June 1960), also known as Hans José Rehfisch or H.J. Rehfisch, was a German playwright, short story writer and film script writer. Early life Born to Jewish parents in Berlin, where his father Eugen Rehfisch ...

. It was shot at the

Bavaria Studios Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film. History The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Fi ...

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

.The film's sets were designed by the art directors Max Mellin and Karl Weber.

Cast

as Doctor Bertram * Winnie Markus as Martina Eichstätter *

Antje Geerk Antje Geerk (born 17 June 1938 in Kiel) is a German stage and film actress. Life Geerk was born the daughter of an engineer. During the Second World War, she lived with a great-grandmother in Landshut, but before the end of the war moved to her ...

as Hilde Bogner * Sonja Ziemann as Nelly *

as Frau Losch * Dietmar Schönherr as Kurt Losch * Franz Muxeneder as Hubke * Helen Vita as Frau Sommerfeld *

Hermann Nehlsen Hermann or Herrmann may refer to: * Hermann (name), list of people with this name * Arminius, chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe in the 1st century, known as Hermann in the German language * Éditions Hermann, French publisher * Hermann, Miss ...

as Doctor Warsitz *

Trude Hesterberg Trude Hesterberg (2 May 1892 – 31 August 1967) was a German film actress. She appeared in 89 films between 1917 and 1964. Selected filmography * ''The Rosentopf Case'' (1918) * '' The Story of a Maid'' (1921) * '' Fridericus Rex'' (1922) ...

as Frau Gollicke * Ingrid Lutz as Frau Krusius * Angelika Ritter * Florentine von Castell * Klaus Langer * Werner Lieven

References

Bibliography

* Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1957 films West German films German drama films 1957 drama films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Werner Klingler German films based on plays Medical-themed films Films about abortion Films shot at Bavaria Studios 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub