The White Disease

The White Disease

105 mins | Drama, Science Fiction | Dec. 21, 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.

The White Disease

105 mins | Drama, Science Fiction | Dec. 21, 1937

The White Disease
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Moldavia-Film
Original title Bílá nemoc
Directors Antonín Kubový, Hugo Haas
Writers Karel Čapek, Hugo Haas

Cast

Hugo Haas

as Dr. Galén

Zdeněk Štěpánek

as The Marshal

Bedřich Karen

as Prof. Sigelius

Václav Vydra

as Baron Krog

Ladislav Boháč

as Krog's Nephew

Karla Oličová

as The Marshal's Daughter

Jaroslav Průcha

as Dr. Martin

František Smolík

as Father

Helena Friedlová

as Mother

Eva Svobodová

as Daughter

Jaroslav Vojta

as A Patient

Vladimír Šmeral

as 1st Assistant

Miroslav Svoboda

as 2nd Assistant

Karel Dostal

as Propaganda Minister

Otto Rubík

as The Marshal's Adjutant

Rudolf Deyl

as 1st Kommissar

Karel Jičínský

as 2nd Kommissar