Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
16 audience votes
Key crew
- Hugo HaasDirector
- Hugo HaasScreenplay
- Jan BranbergerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Hugo HaasDr. Galén
- Zdeněk ŠtěpánekThe Marshal
- Bedřich KarenProf. Sigelius
- Václav VydraBaron Krog
- Ladislav BoháčKrog's Nephew
- Karla OličováThe Marshal's Daughter
- Jaroslav PrůchaDr. Martin
- František SmolíkFather
- Helena FriedlováMother
- Vítězslav BočekSon
- Eva SvobodováDaughter
- Jaroslav VojtaA Patient
Stills
Themes
based on play or musicaldiseasefictional waranti war