The Heart Must Be Silent
1944, German. Directed by Gustav Ucicky.
On New Year's Eve 1900, Paul Holzgruber started a new praxis as a radiologist. The young Maximiliane Frey is his assistant and they have worked side by side for years helping people. Holzgruber repeatedly points out the dangers of radiation to Maximiliane, but is silent about the ulcers on his hand and the severe pain they have caused. Maximiliane has gotten to know the widower Axel von Bonin and has fallen in love with him. But then she is diagnosed with incurable cancer. To spare Axel the inevitable grief over her impending death, she leaves him and dedicates what is left her life to medicine.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Gustav UcickyDirector
- Paula WesselyMaximiliane Frey
- Mathias WiemanDr. Paul Holzgruber
- Werner HinzFreiherr von Bonin
- Franz BöheimErich
- Erik FreyRobert
- Rolf TruxaLeopold Welischer
- Alfred NeugebauerSanitätsrat Wendemuth
- Karl SkraupHerr Welischer
- Lotte LangEmma Welischer
- Ernst PröcklFritz
- Gerda BrunnerMimi von Bonin
- Mimi ShorpMaria
Details
- Released
- 19 December 1944
- Original title
- Das Herz muß schweigen
- Country
- Austria, Germany
- Written by
- Gerhard Menzel
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The Heart Must Be Silent runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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The Heart Must Be Silent isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 19 December 1944. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Heart Must Be Silent?
The Heart Must Be Silent (1944) was directed by Gustav Ucicky and stars Paula Wessely, Mathias Wieman, Werner Hinz.