Amok

Amok

1944 · 106 min · ★ 6.7 · Drama, Romance

A doctor embezzles the proceeds of his Parisian clinic in order to better support the manipulative woman with whom he is having an affair. After losing all the money while gambling, he is forced to flee to an undeveloped region of India. There, he tries to mitigate the onslaught of a disease the natives term "Amok," while his past mistakes still plague him.

Directed by Antonio Momplet · Written by Erwin Wallfisch

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