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Sebastian Kneipp (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Sebastian Kneipp' is a 1958 Austrian historical film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Carl Wery, Paul Hrbiger, and Gerlinde Locker.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090207030222/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/57233 BFI.org]Bock & Bergfelder p.284 It is also sometimes known as 'Wasserdoktor'. The film is a biopic of the Bavarian Sebastian Kneipp, one of the pioneers of naturopathic medicine.
It was made partly at the Salzburg Studios and shot in Agfacolor.Strasser p.54 The film's sets were designed by the art director Wolf Witzemann. Location shooting took place in the spa town Bad Wrishofen in Bavaria.
Cast
* Carl Wery as Sebastian Kneipp
* Paul Hrbiger as Archduke Joseph
* Gerlinde Locker as Aglaya
* Michael Cramer as Hans von Faber
* Ellinor Jensen as Sebastiana
* Anita Gutwell as Anna
* Ernst Deutsch as Pope Leo XIII
* Hans Thimig as The Cardinal
* Egon von Jordan as Fr. Hoferer
* Heinz Moog as Prof. v. Ziemssen
* Horst Beck as Dr. Schmidt
* Willi Hufnagel as Semmelbauer
* Peter Lhr as Bischof Pankratius
* Felix Czerny as Kammerdiener Ledl
* Paul Klinger as Dr. Baumgarten
* Alfred Cerny as Heini
* Otto Bolesch as Herr Beda
* Norbert Scharnagel as Amtsrichter
* Vera Complojer as Patient of Kneipp
* Willy Schfer as Vittorio
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. 'The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema'. Berghahn Books, 2009.
* Strasser, Christian. 'The Sound of Klein-Hollywood: Filmproduktion in Salzburg, Salzburg im Film : mit einem Filmlexikon'. sterreichischer Kunst- und Kulturverlag, 1993.
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