Master Over Life and Death
Master Over Life and Death
1955, German. Directed by Victor Vicas.
Barbara is married to Georg Bertram, a professor of medicine who once saved her father's life. Things go awry for the couple when she gives birth to a mentally defective child. For Georg, coldly clinical, euthanizing the infant is the only way out. He is about to commit the irreparable when Barbara manages to interrupt his fatal act. By mutual agreement, husband and wife decide that Barbara will go to Saint-Guénolé in Brittany, where she and their son will be cared for by Louise Kerbrec, Georg's former nurse, in the hypothetical hope that the boy's condition will improve. What they do not know yet is that Barbara will meet there another doctor, Daniel Karentis, much more sympathetic than Georg and also much handsomer.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- German
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- Released
- 7 January 1955
- Original title
- Herr über Leben und Tod
- Country
- Germany
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Master Over Life and Death runs 87 minutes (1h 27m).
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Master Over Life and Death isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 January 1955. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like Master Over Life and Death?
If you liked Master Over Life and Death, try The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, The Young One, Holy Lands.
Who directed Master Over Life and Death?
Master Over Life and Death (1955) was directed by Victor Vicas and stars Maria Schell, Ivan Desny, Wilhelm Borchert.