Night Nurse Ingeborg
1958 film by Geza von Cziffra
Night Nurse Ingeborg (German: Nachtschwester Ingeborg) is a 1958 West German drama film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Ewald Balser, Claus Biederstaedt and Immy Schell.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Dieter Bartels and Johannes Ott.
Premise
Ingeborg works at a hospital under Professor Burger and his son the surgeon Manfred Burger. What starts as a professional association takes a complicated turn when she has an affair with both father and son, which leads to her losing her job, though she is pregnant.
Cast
Ewald Balser as Prof. Burger
Claus Biederstaedt as Dr. Manfred Burger
Immy Schell as Ingeborg Roeder
Camilla Spira as Frau Roeder
Ilse Steppat as Frau Burger
Franz Schafheitlin as Oberarzt Dr. Ranzau
Franziska Kinz as Oberschwester Mathilde
Renate Küster as Schwester Gerti
Bruno Dallansky as Dr. Hans Markwitz
Gudrun Thielemann as Schwester Erna
Bum Krüger as Patient Breitmeier
Robert Meyn
Renate Kalin as Schwester Anna
Erik Frey as Dozent Birkel
Karl Meixner as Patient Krause
Max Walter Sieg as Patient Bienert
Horst Beck
Gerhard Niemitz
References
Bibliography
Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife.
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