El Hakim

{{short description|1957 film}} {{Infobox film | name =El Hakim | image =File:El Hakim 1957 film.jpg | caption = | director =Rolf Thiele | producer = Luggi Waldleitner | writer = Herbert Reinecker | based_on = {{based on|''Dr. Ibrahim'' (novel)|John Knittel}} | narrator = | starring = O.W. Fischer <br> Michael Ande <br> Nadja Tiller | music = Hans-Martin Majewski | cinematography = Klaus von Rautenfeld | editing = Elisabeth Kleinert-Neumann | studio = Roxy Film | distributor = Neue Filmverleih | released = {{Film date|1957|12|16|df=yes}} | runtime = 110 minutes | country = West Germany | language = German | budget = | gross =$1 million<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/variety-1963-10/page/n238/mode/1up|magazine=Variety|title=Roxy Film Corp., One of Last Major German Producers, Calling It Quits|page=23|date=30 October 1963}}</ref> }} '''''El Hakim''''' is a 1957 West German drama film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring O.W. Fischer, Michael Ande and Nadja Tiller.<ref>Goble p.264</ref><ref>Bock & Bergfelder p.471</ref> It was shot in Eastmancolor at the Göttingen Studios and on location in Egypt. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wolf Englert and Ernst Richter.

==Synopsis== A young Egyptian from a poor background qualifies as a doctor after studying medicine in Cairo. He becomes a successful doctor, not losing sight of his commitment to assist the poorest in society. He encounters Aziza, who falls in love with him, but he ignores her - becoming interested instead in the sophisticated Lady Avon, whose protegee he becomes. After years in London and Paris as a society doctor, he realises that Aziza was the right woman for him.

==Cast== * O.W. Fischer as Ibrahim * Michael Ande as Ibrahim als Kind * Nadja Tiller as Aziza * Elisabeth Müller as Lady Avon * Giulia Rubini as Heleni * Charles Regnier as Dr. Kolali * Robert Graf as Abubakr * Jochen Blume as Dr. Ahmad * Raoul Retzer as Basch Tamargy * Tilla Durieux as Mutter des Hussni * Harald Mannl as Michaelides * Ulrich Beiger as Prinz Ali Hussni * Klaus Behrendt as Dr. Maksoud * Ilse Künkele as Miss Howard * Soliman Gendy Soliman as Omar * Gregor von Rezzori as Lord Avon * Kurt Hepperlin as Dr. Lister * Margarethe Andersen as Mrs. Cole * Anna Fischer as Mrs. Wilcox

== References == {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0050354}}

Category:1957 films Category:1957 drama films Category:German drama films Category:West German films Category:1957 German-language films Category:Films directed by Rolf Thiele Category:1957 German films Category:Films based on Swiss novels Category:Films based on works by John Knittel Category:Films shot at Göttingen Studios Category:Films shot in Egypt Category:Films set in Cairo Category:Films set in London Category:Films set in Paris Category:Films scored by Hans-Martin Majewski