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Albert Schweitzer (1957)

1h 21m

Running Time

November 22, 1957
Release Date

Albert Schweitzer (1957)

Name: Albert Schweitzer
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 1957-11-22

1h 21m

Running Time

November 22, 1957
Release Date

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Plot.

This biographical docudrama traces the life of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, from his birth in Alsace, up to the age of 30 when he made the decision to go to French Equatorial Africa and build his jungle hospital. The latter half of the film encompasses a full day in the hospital-village, following the octogenarian Samaritan in his daily rounds.

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Cast & Crew.

Fredric March

Albert Schweitzer (voice)

Albert Schweitzer

Self (archive footage)

Burgess Meredith

Narrator (voice)

Phillip Eckert

Young Albert Schweitzer

Adele Woytt

Albert Schweitzer's Mother

Helene Schweitzer

Self

Jerome Hill

Director / Producer / Presenter

Alec Wilder

Music

Erica Anderson

Presenter / Cinematography

Henry A. Sundquist

Editor

Léon Barzin

Conductor

Luke Bennett

Editor

Thomas Bruce Morgan

Dialogue

C. Robert Fine

Sound Engineer

Julia Knowlton

Editor

Details.

Release Date
November 22, 1957

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 21m

Genres
Documentary History

Last updated: 2025-02-10

This Movie Is About.

hospital

doctor

african

grandson

humanitarian

Wiki.

Albert Schweitzer is a 1957 American biographical documentary about Albert Schweitzer directed by Jerome Hill. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for 1958.