---
title: 'Sauerbruch – Das war mein Leben (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rolf Hansen'
released: '1954-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sauerbruch-das-war-mein-leben-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047451/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sauerbruch – Das war mein Leben (1954)

1954 · 100 min · History · Germany


## Synopsis

The Life of Surgeon Sauerbruch sometimes shortened to Surgeon Sauerbruch is a 1954 West German biographical drama film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring Ewald Balser, Heidemarie Hatheyer and Hilde Körber. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in West Berlin. It is based on surgeon Ferdinand Sauerbruch's memoirs Das war mein Leben, which were ghostwritten by Hans Rudolf Berndorff and were published in the German magazine Revue shortly before the release of the film. The film was shot from 26 September 1953 to 20 January 1954 in West Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, and Hamburg. It premiered on 13 July 1954.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rolf Hansen](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-hansen)
- **Screenplay:** [Felix Lützkendorf](https://cinepixo.com/people/felix-lutzkendorf)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mark Lothar](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-lothar)
- **Producer:** [Alexander Grüter](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-gruter)
- **Director of Photography:** [Helmut Ashley](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-ashley)
- **Editor:** [Anna Höllering](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-hollering)

## Cast

- [Friedrich Domin](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-domin)
- [Rudolf Vogel](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-vogel)
- [Paul Bildt](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-bildt)
- [Claus Biederstaedt](https://cinepixo.com/people/claus-biederstaedt)
- [Hilde Körber](https://cinepixo.com/people/hilde-korber)
- [Hans Christian Blech](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-christian-blech)
- [Edith Schultze-Westrum](https://cinepixo.com/people/edith-schultze-westrum)
- [Erich Ponto](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-ponto)
- [Kurt Horwitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-horwitz)
- [Nikolay Kolin](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolay-kolin)
- [Heidemarie Hatheyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/heidemarie-hatheyer)
- [Rolf Henniger](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-henniger)
- [Maria Wimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-wimmer)
- [Wilhelm Borchert](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilhelm-borchert)
- [Paul Westermeier](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-westermeier)

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