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Professor Mamlock

Made in Stalin’s Soviet Union, Professor Mamlock was one of the first films worldwide to tackle Nazi anti-Semitism openly. Based on a play by a German-Jewish exile in Moscow, Friedrich Wolf, and directed by an Austrian-Jewish exile in Moscow, Herbert Rappaport, the film tells with the story of an apolitical humanitarian Jewish doctor and his politically-aware, fascism-resisting son, an intern, as their lives become entangled with the Nazis’ rise to power in 1930s Germany, where they live and practice. Things come to a head when the Nazi organization takes control of their hospital, and place a rabid antisemitic physician in charge over Mamlock and his staff.

Top Cast

  • Semyon Mezhinsky

    Semyon Mezhinsky

    Prof. Hans Mamlock

  • Oleg Zhakov

    Oleg Zhakov

    Rolf Mamlock

  • Nina Shaternikova

    Nina Shaternikova

    Dr. Inge

  • Vladimir Chestnokov

    Vladimir Chestnokov

    Dr. Hellpach

  • Pyotr Kirillov

    Pyotr Kirillov

    Ernst

  • Vasili Merkuryev

    Vasili Merkuryev

    Franz Krauss

  • Tatyana Guretskaya

    Tatyana Guretskaya

    Anni Wendt

  • Yuriy Tolubeev

    Yuriy Tolubeev

    Fritz

  • Georgiy Budarov

    Georgiy Budarov

    Resistance Organizer Willi

Overview

Made in Stalin’s Soviet Union, Professor Mamlock was one of the first films worldwide to tackle Nazi anti-Semitism openly. Based on a play by a German-Jewish exile in Moscow, Friedrich Wolf, and directed by an Austrian-Jewish exile in Moscow, Herbert Rappaport, the film tells with the story of an apolitical humanitarian Jewish doctor and his politically-aware, fascism-resisting son, an intern, as their lives become entangled with the Nazis’ rise to power in 1930s Germany, where they live and practice. Things come to a head when the Nazi organization takes control of their hospital, and place a rabid antisemitic physician in charge over Mamlock and his staff.

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