Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer (1957)

November 22nd, 19571h 21min

Documentary, History
61%

Overview

This biographical docudrama traces the life of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, from his birth in Alsace, up to the age of 30 when he made the decision to go to French Equatorial Africa and build his jungle hospital. The latter half of the film encompasses a full day in the hospital-village, following the octogenarian Samaritan in his daily rounds.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

World Trade Center

World Trade Center


Released on: 2006-08-09
Drama, History, Thriller

Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Tra...

Sicko

Sicko


Released on: 2007-05-18
Documentary, Comedy, Drama

A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States who's main goal is to make p...

My Uncle Benjamin

My Uncle Benjamin


Released on: 1969-11-28
Comedy, History

Benjamin is in love with Manette, the innkeeper's beautiful daughter, but she has no intention of gi...

Der lange Weg ans Licht

Der lange Weg ans Licht


Released on: 2008-02-28
Documentary

Edeltraut Hertel - a midwife caught between two worlds. She has been working as a midwife in a small...

Our Body

Our Body


Released on: 2023-08-04
Documentary

In a Parisian public hospital, Claire Simon questions what it means to live in women’s bodies, filmi...

Amen.

Amen.


Released on: 2002-02-27
Drama, History

Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is horrified by what he sees in...

The Wild Child

The Wild Child


Released on: 1970-02-26
Drama, History

In 1798, a feral boy is discovered outside the town of Aveyron, France. Diagnosed as mentally impair...

Hotel Rwanda

Hotel Rwanda


Released on: 2004-12-22
Drama, History, War

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsi...

The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man


Released on: 1980-10-09
Drama, History

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show ...

The Cost of Cobalt

The Cost of Cobalt


Released on: 2021-03-31
Documentary

In the cobalt mining areas of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), babies are bein...

Straight Outta Compton

Straight Outta Compton


Released on: 2015-08-11
Drama, Music, History

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and ...

Diana: In Her Own Words

Diana: In Her Own Words


Released on: 2017-08-06
Documentary

Using home videos recorded by her voice coach, Diana takes us through the story of her life.

Flatball: A History of Ultimate

Flatball: A History of Ultimate


Released on: 2016-10-23
Documentary

On May 8, 1989, Sports Illustrated ran an article about Ultimate frisbee… about a team with no name ...

Captain Blood

Captain Blood


Released on: 1935-12-26
Adventure, Action, History, Romance

Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.

Danielle Mitterrand, une certaine idée de la France

Danielle Mitterrand, une certaine idée de la France


Released on: 2019-03-09
Documentary, TV Movie

The Disease Has Taken the Farmhouse

The Disease Has Taken the Farmhouse


Released on: 2022-09-16
Drama, History

In the farmhouse Gaikoborda, located in the north of Navarre, a mournful family lives; dad, mom, and...

The Grey Zone

The Grey Zone


Released on: 2001-09-13
Drama, War, History

The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" o...

Predator on the Reservation

Predator on the Reservation


Released on: 2019-02-12
Documentary

FRONTLINE and The Wall Street Journal investigate the decades-long failure to stop a government doct...

Anna Goldin, the Last Witch

Anna Goldin, the Last Witch


Released on: 1991-08-01
History, Drama, TV Movie, Horror

A native of Sennwald, Anna Göldi arrived in Glarus in 1765. For seventeen years, she worked as a mai...

JFK: What The Doctors Saw

JFK: What The Doctors Saw


Released on: 2023-01-01
Documentary

Unsettling medical details on the JFK assassination are disclosed by seven doctors who were in the E...