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The White Disease (1937)

★ 6.9/10 105 min Drama, Science Fiction Czechoslovakia Czech
Director: Hugo Haas
Screenplay by: Hugo Haas
Theatre Play: Karel Čapek
Streaming: Not available

Description

In a country whose people have just been successfully persuaded of their superiority and the justification for military expansion by the fiery speeches of a dictator, the bacillus of a highly destructive form of leprosy has spread. It is called morbus Tshengi, or popularly „white disease“. The only one who has developed an effective cure for it is a physician of the poor named Galén. But he refuses to reveal the secret of his cure as long as the powerful destroy human lives through wars.

Top Cast

Hugo Haas
Hugo Haas Dr. Galén
Zdeněk Štěpánek
Zdeněk Štěpánek The Marshal
Bedřich Karen
Bedřich Karen Prof. Sigelius
Václav Vydra
Václav Vydra Baron Krog
Ladislav Boháč
Ladislav Boháč Krog's Nephew
Karla Oličová
Karla Oličová The Marshal's Daughter
Jaroslav Průcha
Jaroslav Průcha Dr. Martin
František Smolík
František Smolík Father

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