El Hakim is a 1957 West German drama film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring O.W. Fischer, Michael Ande and Nadja Tiller.[1] [2] It was shot in Eastmancolor at the Göttingen Studios and on location in Egypt. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wolf Englert and Ernst Richter.

El Hakim
Directed byRolf Thiele
Written byHerbert Reinecker
Based onDr. Ibrahim (novel)
by John Knittel
Produced byLuggi Waldleitner
StarringO.W. Fischer
Michael Ande
Nadja Tiller
CinematographyKlaus von Rautenfeld
Edited byElisabeth Kleinert-Neumann
Music byHans-Martin Majewski
Production
company
Distributed byNeue Filmverleih
Release date
  • 16 December 1957 (1957-12-16)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Synopsis edit

A young Egyptian from a poor background qualifies as a doctor after studying medicine in Cairo. He becomes a successful doctor, not losing sight of his commitment to assist the poorest in society. He encounters Aziza, who falls in love with him, but he ignores her - becoming interested instead in the sophisticated Lady Avon, whose protegee he becomes. After years in London and Paris as a society doctor, he realises that Aziza was the right woman for him.

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References edit

  1. ^ Goble p.264
  2. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.471

Bibliography edit

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

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