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Biographical movie about Julius Robert Mayer (1814-1878), a surgeon and town doctor in Heilbronn, who studied heat for many years and was the first to correctly formulate the basic principles of the theory of mechanical heat and the principle of conservation of energy. Competing Prussian scientists laugh at him, and his life is full of misunderstandings and persecution. The film tells of his fate and his long and futile struggle for recognition of the results of his scientific work.Read moreLess
Biographical movie about Julius Robert Mayer (1814-1878), a surgeon and town doctor in Heilbronn, who studied heat for many years and was the first to correctly formulate the basic principles of the theory of mechanical heat and the principle of conservation of energy. Competing Prussian scientists laugh at him, and his life is full of misunderstandings and persecution. The film tells of his fate and his long and futile struggle for recognition of the results of his scientific work.
The story
Biographical movie about Julius Robert Mayer (1814-1878), a surgeon and town doctor in Heilbronn, who studied heat for many years and was the first to correctly formulate the basic principles of the theory of mechanical heat and the principle of conservation of energy. Competing Prussian scientists laugh at him, and his life is full of misunderstandings and persecution. The film tells of his fate and his long and futile struggle for recognition of the results of his scientific work.
Cast & crew
Emil StöhrRobert Mayer
Gisela UhlenWilhelmine Mayer
Hilmar ThateDr. Bohn
Martin FlörchingerFritz Mayer
Walther SuessenguthPrivy Councilor Justus Liebig
Herwart GrosseCourt Councilor Ernst von Zeller
Harald HalgardtDr. Landerer
Kurt MühlhardtKing Wilhelm of WürttembergExplore the crew
- Director
- Helmut Spieß
- Writer
- Alfred Böttcher
- Editor
- Ruth Moegelin
- Director of Photography
- Robert Baberske