SKU 732 Availability PARACELSUS (1943) * with switchable English subtitles * Werner Krauss, Harry Langewisch and Annelies Reinhold, Georg Wilhelm Pabst (1) Add your review 5.0 1 $14.99 Qty: Add to cart Email a friend Question about product? Add to wishlist DetailsExisting reviews1 Seinen Gegnern ist der legendäre Basler Arzt Paracelsus ein Dorn im Auge. Denn er folgt nicht den Lehren der Fakultäten, er stellt seine ganz persönlichen Theorien von der Heilkunde auf. Er sieht sich als Arzt des Volkes und sein Grundsatz lautet: "Der höchste Grund der Arznei ist die Liebe." Als es Paracelsus gelingt, den von allen Ärzten aufgegebenen Buchhändler Froben zu heilen, ist seine Lehre plötzlich in aller Munde. Paracelsus, considering when it was made (1943) and under what conditions, is a remarkably interesting film, though full of not especially well disguised propaganda. It's the story of Paracelsus, the 16th-century Swiss healer whose reputation took on a new vogue in Nazi Germany. Nazi writers and intellectuals began to attribute all sorts of Nazi ideals to the mystic healer, who had been ridiculed and oppressed for choosing to write in German instead of Latin and who had challenged the authority and practices of his medieval colleagues. With the exception of Werner Krauss, the acting is operatic. The screenplay is full of noble opinions about the German character and its ability to triumph over the ignorance of its enemies. The physical production, however, is astonishingly handsome. In addition, the movie contains one of Pabst's most magical scenes, in which Death, in the person of a juggler, enters a town in the midst of a plague and invites the citizens to join him in a celebratory dance. DVD-R is in German with switchable English subtitles. Approx. 99 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality! Grandiose, 4/20/2021 6:35 PM From: Wolfie A Renaissance tour de force with the incomparable Werner Krauss at the helm. Was this review helpful? 0 0 Related products DIE FREUDLOSE GASSE (The Street of Sorrow) (Joy... $13.99 KAMERADSCHAFT (1931) *with switchable English... $13.99 DIE HERRIN VON ATLANTIS (Queen of Atlantis) (19... $13.99 GEHEIMNISSE EINER SEELE (Secrets of a Soul) (19... $13.99 WESTFRONT 1918 (1930) *with switchable English... $13.99 < > Customers who bought this item also bought SCHNEIDER WIBBEL (1939) * improved picture qu... $10.99 OHM KRÜGER (1941) * with switchable English s... $14.99 RASPUTIN (1932) $9.99 OPFERGANG (1944) * with improved, switchable E... $14.99 DER EWIGE JUDE (1940) *with switchable Englis... $16.99 KAMPFGESCHWADER LÜTZOW (1941) $9.99 JUD SÜß (1940) * with switchable English subt... $17.99 MELODIE DES HERZENS (1929) $9.99 ROBERT KOCH, DER BEKÄMPFER DES TODES (The Battl... From $10.99 LADY WINDERMERES FÄCHER (Lady Windermere's Fan)... $14.29 TANZ AUF DEM VULKAN (1938) $11.29 DIE FREUDLOSE GASSE (The Street of Sorrow) (Joy... $13.99 DER FUCHS VON GLENARVON (1940) $9.99 NAPOLEON IST AN ALLEM SCHULD (1938) *with swi... $13.99 WEN DIE GÖTTER LIEBEN (1942) $11.49 WIR MACHEN MUSIK (We Make Music) (1942) * with... $14.99 GOLD (1934) * with switchable English subtitl... $14.99 LIEBELEI (Playing at Love) (1933) * with switc... $14.99 DIE ROTHSCHILDS AKTIEN AUF WATERLOO (1940) **... $13.99 DIE KREUTZERSONATE (1937) $9.99 2 DVD SET: THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV (1969) * w... $22.99 DER STUDENT VON PRAG (The Student of Prague) (1... $13.99 LE ROMAN DE WERTHER (The Novel of Werther) (193... $13.99 CAFE ELEKTRIC (1927) * with switchable Englis... $14.99 MORGENROT (1933) * with switchable English sub... $15.99 < >