Das Herz muß schweigen

Das Herz muß schweigen

Drama | Dec. 19, 1944

On New Year's Eve 1900, Paul Holzgruber started a new praxis as a radiologist. The young Maximiliane Frey is his assistant and they have worked side by side for years helping people. Holzgruber repeatedly points out the dangers of radiation to Maximiliane, but is silent about the ulcers on his hand and the severe pain they have caused. Maximiliane has gotten to know the widower Axel von Bonin and has fallen in love with him. But then she is diagnosed with incurable cancer. To spare Axel the inevitable grief over her impending death, she leaves him and dedicates what is left her life to medicine.

Das Herz muß schweigen

Drama | Dec. 19, 1944

Das Herz muß schweigen
On New Year's Eve 1900, Paul Holzgruber started a new praxis as a radiologist. The young Maximiliane Frey is his assistant and they have worked side by side for years helping people. Holzgruber repeatedly points out the dangers of radiation to Maximiliane, but is silent about the ulcers on his hand and the severe pain they have caused. Maximiliane has gotten to know the widower Axel von Bonin and has fallen in love with him. But then she is diagnosed with incurable cancer. To spare Axel the inevitable grief over her impending death, she leaves him and dedicates what is left her life to medicine.
Producers Wien-Film
Original title Das Herz muß schweigen
Directors Gustav Ucicky
Writers Gerhard Menzel

Cast

Paula Wessely

as Maximiliane Frey

Mathias Wieman

as Dr. Paul Holzgruber

Werner Hinz

as Freiherr von Bonin

Franz Böheim

as Erich

Erik Frey

as Robert

Rolf Truxa

as Leopold Welischer

Alfred Neugebauer

as Sanitätsrat Wendemuth

Karl Skraup

as Herr Welischer

Lotte Lang

as Emma Welischer

Ernst Pröckl

as Fritz

Gerda Brunner

as Mimi von Bonin

Mimi Shorp

as Maria

Rosl Dorena

as Hilde

Rudolf Brix

as Junger Mann

Lotte Martens

as Junge Dame

Waltraut Klein

as Junge Dame

Karl Ehmann

as Geßner, Diener