Great feelings about a selfless young doctor on the wrong path of passion: On the eve of the First World War, Ernst is betrayed and betrayed by the two women to whom he gives his heart. He serves in World War I, gets injured, gives himself up. His love for a Polish countess saves him. But the lover dies in childbirth and the supposedly common daughter is not his. His world finally collapses when even his beloved father robs him of the glory of a medical discovery. And yet he finds the strength to continue the fight for his happiness.
Acting
Ulrich Tukur's cold brilliance as the thieving father.
Production
Lush pre-war Austria vs. muddy WWI trenches.
Director
Michael Kreihsl
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a novel by Ernst Lothar, whose own life was nearly as dramatic—he fled Nazi Austria in 1938.
This bombed so hard it barely exists in English—possibly because 'man suffers beautifully' peaked with The English Patient.
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