
The White Disease (1937)
Released:
1937-12-21
Duration:
1hr 45min
Rating 6.8
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
Moldavia-Film
Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | cs |
Popularity | 0.2961 |
Directed By
Hugo Haas
Crew
Director
Hugo Haas
Hugo Haas
Screenplay
Hugo Haas
Hugo Haas
Director of Photography
Otto Heller
Otto Heller
Original Music Composer
Jan Branberger
Jan Branberger
Makeup & Hair
Josef Kobík
Josef Kobík
Theatre Play
Karel Čapek
Karel Čapek
Production Design
Štěpán Kopecký
Štěpán Kopecký
Costume Design
Štěpán Dušánek
Štěpán Dušánek
Costume Design
Marie Holanová
Marie Holanová
Assistant Director
Antonín Kubový
Antonín Kubový
Set Decoration
Arnold Reimann
Arnold Reimann
Makeup & Hair
František Rous
František Rous
Production Manager
Vladimír Kabelík
Vladimír Kabelík
Music
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Editor
Antonín Zelenka
Antonín Zelenka
Production Manager
Jan Sinnreich
Jan Sinnreich
Sound
Vilém Taraba
Vilém Taraba
Still Photographer
Willy Ströminger
Willy Ströminger
Conductor
Karel Ančerl
Karel Ančerl
TOP 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
Helena Friedlová
Mother

Vítězslav Boček
Son

Eva Svobodová
Daughter

Jaroslav Vojta
A Patient

Vladimír Šmeral
1st Assistant
Miroslav Svoboda
2nd Assistant

Karel Dostal
Propaganda Minister

Otto Rubík
The Marshal's Adjutant

Rudolf Deyl
1st Kommissar

Karel Jičínský
2nd Kommissar