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The White Disease

Dec 21, 1937 · 1h 45m
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Drama
Science Fiction

PLOT

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.

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CAST

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

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
CS
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Moldavia-Film
Country
XC

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