Albert Schweitzer (film)

Albert Schweitzer

Directed by	Jerome Hill
Written by	Albert Schweitzer Thomas Bruce Morgan
Produced by	Jerome Hill^[1]
Narrated by	Fredric March Burgess Meredith
Cinematography	Erica Anderson
Edited by	Luke Bennett
Distributed by	Louis de Rochemont Associates
Release date	November 22, 1957 (1957-11-22)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Albert Schweitzer is a 1957 American biographical documentary about Albert Schweitzer directed by Jerome Hill. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for 1958.^[2]

Cast

Fredric March – Voice of Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer – Himself
Phillip Eckert – Young Albert Schweitzer
Adele Woytt – Albert Schweitzer's Mother
Burgess Meredith – Narrator

See also

References

^ Albert Schweitzer Wins Documentary Feature: 1958 Oscars
^ "The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
^ TCM.com

External links

Albert Schweitzer at IMDb
Albert Schweitzer on Vimeo, posted by the Jerome Foundation
Excerpt on YouTube

v t e Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
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