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The White Disease
The White Disease

The White Disease

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DramaScience Fiction

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

6.8/10

Release Date

21 December 1937

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

Hugo Haas

Hugo Haas

Dr. Galen

Zdeněk Štěpánek

Zdeněk Štěpánek

The marshall

Karla Oličová

Karla Oličová

The Marshal's Daughter

Bedřich Karen

Bedřich Karen

Prof. Sigelius

Václav Vydra

Václav Vydra

Baron Krog

Ladislav Boháč

Ladislav Boháč

Krog's Son

Jaroslav Průcha

Jaroslav Průcha

Dr. Martin

Karel Dostal

Karel Dostal

Propaganda Minister

Rudolf Deyl

Rudolf Deyl

1st Kommissar

František Smolík

František Smolík

The Citizen

Eva Svobodová

Eva Svobodová

The Citizen's Daughter

Helena Friedlová

Helena Friedlová

The Citizen's Wife

Vítězslav Boček

Vítězslav Boček

The Citizen's Son

Otto Rubík

Otto Rubík

The Marshal's Adjutant

Vladimír Šmeral

Vladimír Šmeral

First Assistant

Miroslav Svoboda

Miroslav Svoboda

2nd Assistant

Marie Nademlejnská

Marie Nademlejnská

Karel Jičínský

Karel Jičínský

2nd Kommissar

Eduard Blažek

Eduard Blažek

Vilém Pruner

Vilém Pruner

Frank Rose-Růžička

Frank Rose-Růžička

Vladimír Smíchovský

Vladimír Smíchovský

Karel Jelínek

Karel Jelínek

Vladimír Hlavatý

Vladimír Hlavatý

Jaroslav Tryzna

Jaroslav Tryzna

Jaroslav Vojta

Jaroslav Vojta

A Patient

Emil Dlesk

Emil Dlesk

Fráňa Vajner

Fráňa Vajner

Antonín Šolc

Antonín Šolc

Karolína Vávrová

Karolína Vávrová

Marie Bibikoffová

Marie Bibikoffová

Erna Ženíšková

Erna Ženíšková

František Filipovský

František Filipovský

Julius Baťha

Julius Baťha

Marie Holanová

Marie Holanová

Anna Pírková

Anna Pírková

Jan Šebor

Jan Šebor

Jindřich Adolf

Jindřich Adolf

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