The White Disease
The adaptation of Karel Čapek's legendary anti-war utopian play The White Disease was directed by Hugo Haas, who also played the lead role.
- Bílá nemoc
- Czechoslovakia 1937
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- English
- 105 min.
- Přístupný
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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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Credits
Director:
Hugo Haas
Based on:
Karel Čapek
Screenplay:
Hugo Haas
Cinematography:
Otto Heller
Music:
Jan Branberger
Sound:
Vilém Taraba
Editing:
Antonín Zelenka
Production Design:
Štěpán Kopecký
Producer:
Jan Sinnreich, Vladimír Kabelík
Costumes:
Štěpán Dušánek, Marie Holanová
Cast:
Hugo Haas, Zdeněk Štěpánek, Karla Oličová, Bedřich Karen, Václav Vydra st., Ladislav Boháč
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