The White Disease (1937)
Overview
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Original Language | cs |
| Popularity | 1.345 |
Directed By
Hugo Haas
Crew
Hugo Haas
Hugo Haas
Otto Heller
Jan Branberger
Josef Kobík
Karel Čapek
Štěpán Kopecký
Štěpán Dušánek
Marie Holanová
Antonín Kubový
Arnold Reimann
František Rous
Vladimír Kabelík
Ludwig van Beethoven
Antonín Zelenka
Jan Sinnreich
Vilém Taraba
Willy Ströminger
Karel Ančerl
TOP CAST
Hugo Haas
Dr. Galen
Zdeněk Štěpánek
The marshall
Karla Oličová
The Marshal's Daughter
Bedřich Karen
Prof. Sigelius
Václav Vydra
Baron Krog
Ladislav Boháč
Krog's Son
Jaroslav Průcha
Dr. Martin
Karel Dostal
Propaganda Minister
Rudolf Deyl
1st Kommissar
František Smolík
The Citizen
Eva Svobodová
The Citizen's Daughter
Helena Friedlová
The Citizen's Wife
Vítězslav Boček
The Citizen's Son
Otto Rubík
The Marshal's Adjutant
Vladimír Šmeral
First Assistant
Miroslav Svoboda
2nd Assistant
Karel Jičínský
2nd Kommissar
Jaroslav Vojta
A Patient
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