The Last Illusion (1949)

7.3/10 106 min Drama

Overview

Professor Mauthner, after many years of exile (having emigrated in 1933 to the USA), returns to Germany in 1948. He can in fact return to his teaching post, but the rejection and petty intrigues of his reactionary colleagues and students make his work almost unbearable.

Cast

Fritz Kortner

Professor Mauthner

Johanna Hofer

Lina

Lina Carstens

Emma

Rosemary Murphy

Mary

Ernst Schröder

Walter

Paul Hoffmann

Fechner

Arno Assmann

Kurt

Charles Regnier

Bertram

Harald Mannl

Fraenkl

Friedrich Domin

Fritz Benscher

Hans Clarin

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