Dr. Sommer II

Oct 1, 1970

1h 30m

★ 6.0

Overview

The story of a young, idealistic doctor and his on-the-job training as a rookie surgeon. Dr. Heiner Sommer moves to a small town in the GDR where he will complete his training under the senior physician, also named Dr. Sommer.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

DEFA

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Cast

Dr. med. Sommer II

Werner Tietze

Emmylie

Juliane Korén

Prof. Hagedorn

Martin Flörchinger

Oberarzt Dr. Sommer

Wolfgang Greese

Schwester Helga

Margret Allner

Schwester Gerda

Karin Gregorek

Frau Buntschuh

Marianne Wünscher

Gunkel

Jutta Hoffmann

Seifert

Gert Gütschow

Franke

Peter Aust

Graswald

Winfried Glatzeder

Ilse

Doris Thalmer

About Vipeholmsanstalten in Lund, Sweden, and the experiments that during the 40s and 50s were carried out on mentally and physically handicapped patients, to investigate the effect of sugar on the teeth, this at a time when tooth decay was a major problem in dental health in Sweden. By force-feeding the patients at Vipeholm a kind of extra-sweet caramel in large quantities, the experiments revolutionized research, while the defenseless patients had to take the hit for it.

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7.1

Open Hearts

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6.0

Desperate Measures

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5.4

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7.1

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6.6

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6.1

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6.6

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6.6

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7.6

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6.5

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6.8

Death Sentence

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5.9

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6.7

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6.5

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7.1

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