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German Summary1840 entdeckt der junge Arzt Robert Mayer durch Zufall das Gesetz von der Erhaltung der Energie. Zwei Jahre später wird seine Arbeit dazu in den "Annalen" des weltbekannten Physikers Justus Liebig veröffentlicht. Mayer, der in Heilbronn die Kaufmannstochter Wilhelmine heiratet, wird aufgrund seiner Entdeckung von den Bürgern zum Stadtarzt ernannt. Danach aber wird es still um ihn, seine umwälzende Entdeckung von einflußreichen Wissenschaftlern totgeschwiegen. Auch Liebig, der andere Auffassungen vertritt, wendet sich von Mayer ab. Wilhelmine hält zu ihm, trotz einiger Zweifel. Mayers Einweisung in eine Irrenanstalt kann sie nicht verhindern. Erst einem Schüler Liebigs gelingt es, die Erkenntnisse Mayers durchzusetzen. Zehn Jahre nach seiner Entdeckung wird ihm endlich die gebührende Ehre zuteil.
(Quelle: Das zweite Leben der Filmstadt Babelsberg. DEFA-Spielfilme 1946-1992)
English SummaryIn 1840 the young doctor Robert Mayer discovered by chance the law of the conservation of energy. Two years later his work is published in the "Annals" of the world-famous physicist Justus Liebig. Mayer, who marries the merchant's daughter Wilhelmine in Heilbronn, is appointed city doctor by the citizens on the basis of his discovery. But after that it is silent about him, his revolutionary discovery hushed up by influential scientists. Liebig, who holds different views, also turns away from Mayer. Wilhelmine stands by him, despite some doubts. Mayer's committal to a mental institution can't stop her. Only a pupil of Liebig succeeds in asserting Mayer's insights. Ten years after his discovery, he finally receives the honor he deserves.
(Source: The Second Life of the Film City Babelsberg. DEFA feature films 1946-1992)
Original SummaryNel 1840, quasi per caso, il giovane medico Robert Mayer scopre il "principio della conservazione dell'energia". Due anni più tardi i suoi studi sull'argomento vengono pubblicati negli "annali" del rinomato fisico Justus Liebig. Per le sue scoperte i cittadini di Heilbronn, dove Mayer sposa Wilhelmine, figlia di un commerciante, lo eleggono nel Consiglio comunale. Poco dopo, tuttavia, nessuno più parla di lui o delle sue rivoluzionarie scoperte, che ormai neanche più Liebig condivide. Benché Wilhelmine stia dalla sua parte, non potrà evitare il suo ricovero in un manicomio. Sarà un alunno di Liebig a imporre, dieci anni più tardi, le scoperte di Mayer, tributandogli, finalmente, gli onori che merita. (Italienisch)
Release Date1955-10-28
Shoot Year1955
ColorNo
DirectorHelmut Spieß
CameraRobert Baberske
EditorRuth Moegelin
ComposerJoachim Werzlau,
ActorsDeli Buchinski, Gisela Uhlen, Kurt Mühlhardt, Emil Stöhr, Wolf Goette, Fred Mahr, Otto Eduard Stübler, Gerd Michael Henneberg, Fred Düren, Carola Braunbock, Hilmar Thate, Werner Segtrop, Hugo Nilius, Harald Halgardt, Martin Flörchinger, Walther Suessenguth (auch: Süssenguth), Herwart Grosse
Country of Production (German)
Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR)
