Herr über Leben und Tod (1955)

movie

Country: France, West Germany
Genres: Drama
Release:
Director: Victor Vicas
Writers: Frédéric Grendel , Horst Hächler , Victor Vicas , Carl Zuckmayer
Language: German | French
Stars: Maria Schell , Ivan Desny (1922–2002) , Wilhelm Borchert , Olga Limburg , Walter Bluhm , Fritz Tillmann , Käte Alving , Hans Waldemar Anders , Reinhold Bernt , Carl Heinz Charrell
Runtime: 87 min
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
AKA: Enquanto Há Vida (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Master Over Life and Death , Heer over leven en liefde (Belgium) , Elämän ja kuoleman herra (Finland) , Xanarhomai konta sou! (Greece) , 青い潮 (Japan) , Vergib uns unsere Schuld , En læges hustru (Denmark) , Herr über Leben und Tod , Dans tes bras (France, French Republic) , Amour, maître de la vie (Belgium) , Herr über Leben und Tod
Plot: Barbara is married to Georg Bertram, a professor of medicine who once saved her father's life. Things go awry for the couple when she gives birth to a mentally defective child. For Georg, coldly clinical, euthanizing the infant is the only way out. He is about to commit the irreparable when Barbara manages to interrupt his fatal act. By mutual agreement, husband and wife decide that Barbara will go to Saint-Guénolé in Brittany, where she and their son will be cared for by Louise Kerbrec, Georg's former nurse, in the hypothetical hope that the boy's condition will improve. What they do not know yet is that Barbara will meet there another doctor, Daniel Karentis, much more sympathetic than Georg and also much handsomer...
IMDB:tt0047080