Genres
Production Companies
Story of San Michele (Axel Munthe - Der Arzt von San Michele)
Overview
A biographical drama is based on the 1929 autobiography of Swedish doctor Axel Martin Fredrik, The Story of San Michele. It follows the physician, psychiatrist, and adventurer as he travels the distances from Lapland to his Villa San Michele on Capri, with special stops in Paris and Rome. Personal physician to Queen Victoria, also physician to the Swedish royal family (he spent his last years living in the Royal Palace in Sweden), "Axel Munthe" knew everyone from the poorest clients to the most well-endowed. His love of animals, his support of bird sanctuaries, his involvement with architecture as he constructs his impressive villa throughout five summers, and his interests in archaeology and hypnotism are all explored.
Key Crew
Director: Rudolf Jugert
Producer: Artur Brauner
Writer: Hans Jacoby
Director of Photography: Richard Angst
Top Cast
O.W. Fischer
Axel Munthe
Rosanna Schiaffino
Antonia
Sonja Ziemann
Prinzessin Clementine
Valentina Cortese
Eleonora Duse
Heinz Erhardt
Brunoni
Ingeborg Schöner
Natascha
Christiane Maybach
Paulette
Renate Ewert
Patientin
