• Director(s)

    Lorenza Mazzetti

  • Production Year

    1953

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    11m

Film

The Country Doctor (1953), K (1954), Together (1956)

upsetting scenes

THE COUNTRY DOCTOR is a short film from 1953, based on a story by Franz Kafka, in which a troubled doctor visits a patient whose illness he does not understand.…

THE COUNTRY DOCTOR is a short film from 1953, based on a story by Franz Kafka, in which a troubled doctor visits a patient whose illness he does not understand.

theme
A doctor tends to a bedridden man who says he wants to die as a result of his illness; however, the doctor cannot find anything physically wrong with him, implying the issue may be related to mental health.
additional issues
An ominous tone runs throughout the film. At one point a doctor tries to leave his patient but he is picked up by several people and returned to the man's bedside.

  • Director(s)

    Lorenza Mazzetti

  • Production Year

    1953

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    11m

racist language
Classified Date:
20/07/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films
violence
A non-hearing man is pushed off a bridge and into water, where it is implied that he drowns; however, this is depicted with limited detail.
threat and horror
There are moments of tension, such as in one film when a man looms over a young man in distress.
sex
It is implied a man and woman go to bed together.
discrimination
In one film, there is use of racist language ('n****r') as part of a children's nursery rhyme, which is reflective of the historical time period in which the film is set. Other discriminatory terms in the same film include 'jap' and 'fatty'. Another sequence suggests that children are cruel to a non-hearing man.
theme
Two films in the compilation explore themes of mental health and the limits of medicine at the time to treat it. Some scenes feature a young man looking distressed and confined to his bedroom.
alcohol and smoking
There are scenes featuring drinking and cigarette smoking.
upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
26/07/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
BFI Video
theme
A doctor tends to a bedridden man who says he wants to die as a result of his illness; however, the doctor cannot find anything physically wrong with him, implying the issue may be related to mental health.
additional issues
An ominous tone runs throughout the film. At one point a doctor tries to leave his patient but he is picked up by several people and returned to the man's bedside.

  • Classified date

    26/07/2023

  • Language

    English