Paracelsus (film)

For other uses, see Paracelsus (disambiguation).

Paracelsus is a 1943 German drama film directed by G. W. Pabst,^[1] based on the life of the 16th-century physician Paracelsus.

Paracelsus
Directed by	G. W. Pabst
Written by	Kurt Heuser
Based on	Der König der Ärzte by Pert Peternel
Produced by	Fred Lyssa for Bavaria Filmkunst GmbH
Starring	Werner Krauss
Cinematography	Bruno Stephan
Edited by	Lena Neumann
Music by	Herbert Windt
Production company	Bavaria Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Filmvertriebe
Release date	12 March 1943 (1943-03-12)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Nazi Germany
Language	German

Cast

• Werner Krauss as Paracelsus
• Annelies Reinhold as Renata Pfefferkorn
• Harry Langewisch [de] as Pfefferkorn
• Mathias Wieman as Ulrich von Hutten
• Fritz Rasp as Magister
• Peter Martin Urtel as Johannes (as Martin Urtel)
• Herbert Hübner as Count von Hohenreid
• Josef Sieber as Bilse, Paracelsus's servant
• Rudolf Blümner [be; de] as Froben
• Harald Kreutzberg as Fliegenbein
• Hilde Sessak as Waitress
• Franz Schafheitlin as Erasmus von Rotterdam
• Victor Janson as Mayor
• Karl Skraup as Surgeon
• Erich Dunskus as Innkeeper