Paracelsus

Paracelsus

1943 · 106 min · ★ 6.1 · Drama, History

The story of the Renaissance-era Swiss physician, alchemist and astrologer Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, better known to the world as Paracelsus.

Directed by G.W. Pabst · Written by Kurt Heuser

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