The White Disease
1937 · 105 min · ★ 6.9 · Drama, Science Fiction
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.
Directed by Hugo Haas · Written by Hugo Haas
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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 - H Helena Friedlová Mother
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Vítězslav Boček Son -
Eva Svobodová Daughter -
Jaroslav Vojta A Patient
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