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Rating: 6.8/10 by 12 users

The White Disease (1937)

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.

Directing:
  • Hugo Haas
  • Antonín Kubový
Writing:
  • Hugo Haas
  • Karel Čapek
Stars:
Release Date: Tue, Dec 21, 1937

Rating: 6.8/10 by 12 users

Alternative Title:
Skeleton on Horseback - US
Valkea surma - FI
Diktatorn och döden - SE
Den vita pesten - SE
A fehér kór - HU
Die weiße Krankheit - DE
The White Sickness - CZ
La Grande Solution - FR

Country:
Czechoslovakia
Language:
Český
Runtime: 01 hour 45 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Plot Keyword: based on play or musical, disease, fictional war, anti war

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