Title: Albert Schweitzer
Description: Chronicles the life of Nobel Prize-winning doctor and humanitarian Albert Schweitzer through the eyes of his wife, Helene, a nurse who shared her husband's dream of establishing a hospital in the African jungle. Filmed on location in Strasbourg, France, where a young Schweitzer gave organ recitals and preached, and in Gabon, West Africa, where the hospital he founded continues to treat people today, this docu-drama includes real-life interviews with family members, biographers, theologians, and others.
Subjects: Physicians, Family, Medical Missionaries, Musicians, Theologians, Hospitals, Biography, History
Places: Europe, Lambaréné (Moyen-Ogooué), Gabon, Lambaréné (Moyen-Ogooué, Gabon)
People: Helene Bresslau (1879-1957), Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)