The Eternal Mask
- Original title
- Die ewige Maske
- Year
- 1935
- Running time
- 74 min.
- Country
- Austria
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Peter Petersen
- Mathias Wiedman
- Franz Schafheitlin
- Tom Kraa
- Thekla Ahrens
- Olga Tschechowa
- Karl Skraup
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- Music
- Cinematography
Oskar Schnirch (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Medical
- Synopsis
- Mathias Weimann plays an idealistic doctor who believes he has discovered a cure for meningitis. Ordered not to experiment with this serum, Weimann does so anyway, utilizing the supposed wonder drug on a terminal patient. When the man dies, Weimann is reprimanded by his superiors, and wanders out of the hospital, believing himself a failure.
- Awards
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1937: National Board of Review: Best Foreign Language Film
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