The Imaginary Invalid (1952 film)

1952 film

The Imaginary Invalid

Directed by| Hans H. König
Written by|

* Molière (play)
* Hans H. König
* L.A.C. Müller

Produced by| Richard König
Starring|

* Joe Stöckel
* Oskar Sima
* Inge Egger

Cinematography| Bruno Stephan
Edited by| Luise Dreyer-Sachsenberg
Music by| Heinz Sandauer

Production
company

König Film

Distributed by| Herzog-Filmverleih

Release date

* 14 March 1952 (1952-03-14)

Running time

| 96 minutes
Country| West Germany
Language| German

The Imaginary Invalid or The Hypochondriac (German: Der eingebildete Kranke) is a 1952 West German comedy film directed by Hans H. König and starring Joe Stöckel, Oskar Sima and Inge Egger. It is an updated adaptation of Molière's 1673 play The Imaginary Invalid.[1] The play had previously been made into a 1934 French film of the same title.[2] It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Max Mellin and Rolf Zehetbauer.

## Cast

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* Joe Stöckel as Daxenmeyer / Der eingebildete Kranke
* Oskar Sima as Mordius / Kurpfuscher
* Inge Egger as Ursel Daxenmeyer
* Jupp Hussels as Dr. Hartwig
* Lucie Englisch as Sophie
* Albert Florath as Bastelmann
* Franz Muxeneder as Kuno
* Gunnar Möller as Peter
* Jochen Hauer as Adolf
* Ulrich Beiger as Rolf
* Harry Halm as Polizist
* Paul Schwed as Hausierer
* Gertrud Wolle as Emma
* Maria Krahn as Frieda
* Sonja Costa as Loni
* Elise Aulinger as Bäuerin

## References

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1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.52
2. ^ Goble p.330

## Bibliography

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* Bock, Hans-Michael and Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
* Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

## External links

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* The Imaginary Invalid at IMDb

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