The Last Illusion

The Last Illusion

106 mins | Drama | April 19, 1949

Professor Mauthner, after many years of exile (having emigrated in 1933 to the USA), returns to Germany in 1948. He can in fact return to his teaching post, but the rejection and petty intrigues of his reactionary colleagues and students make his work almost unbearable.

The Last Illusion

106 mins | Drama | April 19, 1949

The Last Illusion
Professor Mauthner, after many years of exile (having emigrated in 1933 to the USA), returns to Germany in 1948. He can in fact return to his teaching post, but the rejection and petty intrigues of his reactionary colleagues and students make his work almost unbearable.
Producers Objectiv Film
Original title Der Ruf
Directors Josef von Báky, Wolfgang Becker
Writers Fritz Kortner

Cast

Fritz Kortner

as Professor Mauthner

Johanna Hofer

as Lina

Lina Carstens

as Emma

Rosemary Murphy

as Mary

William Sinnigen

as Elliot

Ernst Schröder

as Walter

Paul Hoffmann

as Fechner

Arno Assmann

as Kurt

Charles Regnier

as Bertram

Alwin Edwards

as Homer

Harald Mannl

as Fraenkl