The White Disease

Top 10 Billed Cast

Hugo Haas
Hugo Haas

Dr. Galén

Zdeněk Štěpánek
Zdeněk Štěpánek

The Marshal

Bedřich Karen
Bedřich Karen

Prof. Sigelius

Václav Vydra
Václav Vydra

Baron Krog

Ladislav Boháč
Ladislav Boháč

Krog's Nephew

Karla Oličová
Karla Oličová

The Marshal's Daughter

Jaroslav Průcha
Jaroslav Průcha

Dr. Martin

František Smolík
František Smolík

Father

Helena Friedlová
Helena Friedlová

Mother

Vítězslav Boček
Vítězslav Boček

Son

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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.

  • Release Date

    1937-12-21

  • Average

    6.7

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
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    Český
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