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The Citadel is a 1938 British drama film based on the 1937 novel of the same name by A. J. Cronin. The film was directed by King Vidor and produced by Victor Saville for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British at Denham Studios. [1] It stars Robert Donat and Rosalind Russell.
The Citadel: Directed by King Vidor. With Robert Donat, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Richardson, Rex Harrison. An enthusiastic young doctor happily embarks on his career, but it isn't long before he finds out what being a doctor really entails.
Rosalind Russell and Robert Donat star in this drama about a struggling doctor who gives up his ideals for a posh high-society practice. 105 IMDb 7.1 1 h 52 min 1938. X-Ray 13+.
Adapted from A. J. Cronin's best-selling novel, The Citadel (1938) is about a doctor (Robert Donat) temporarily forsaking his ideals for money. At first, full of lofty goals as he labors in the slums of a mining town, Dr. Manson struggles to save the health of downtrodden miners only to be beaten by both the bureaucracy and the rebellious miners.
Andrew Manson (Robert Donat), a young, enthusiastic doctor takes his first job in a Welsh mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his attempts to prove its cause are thwarted, he moves to London. His new practice does badly.
Overview. Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his attempts to prove its cause are thwarted, he moves to London. His new practice does badly.
The Citadel (1938) was a Drama - Black-and-white Film directed by King Vidor and produced by Victor Saville and Hayes Goetz. SYNOPSIS. Donat stars as a devoted doctor who labors over treating Welsh miners infected with tuberculosis but ends up treating rich London patients at the risk of losing his faith in himself.
