The White Disease (1937)
The White Disease (1937)
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Hugo Haas
Dr. Galen / Director / Screenplay

Zdeněk Štěpánek
The marshall

Karla Oličová
The Marshal's Daughter

Bedřich Karen
Prof. Sigelius

Václav Vydra
Baron Krog

Ladislav Boháč
Krog's Son

Jaroslav Průcha
Dr. Martin

Karel Dostal
Propaganda Minister

Rudolf Deyl
1st Kommissar

František Smolík
The Citizen

Eva Svobodová
The Citizen's Daughter

Helena Friedlová
The Citizen's Wife

Vítězslav Boček
The Citizen's Son

Otto Rubík
The Marshal's Adjutant

Vladimír Šmeral
First Assistant

Miroslav Svoboda
2nd Assistant

Karel Jičínský
2nd Kommissar

Jaroslav Vojta
A Patient

Jan Branberger
Original Music Composer

Otto Heller
Director of Photography

Antonín Kubový
Assistant Director

Karel Čapek
Theatre Play

Štěpán Kopecký
Production Design

Arnold Reimann
Set Decoration

Antonín Zelenka
Editor

Vilém Taraba
Sound

František Rous
Makeup & Hair

Karel Ančerl
Conductor

Josef Kobík
Makeup & Hair

Vladimír Kabelík
Production Manager

Ludwig van Beethoven
Music

Štěpán Dušánek
Costume Design

Jan Sinnreich
Production Manager

Willy Ströminger
Still Photographer

Marie Holanová
Costume Design

Jindřich Adolf

Karolína Vávrová

Jan Šebor

Anna Pírková

Karel Jelínek
Media.



Details.
Release DateDecember 21, 1937
Original NameBílá nemoc
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
based on play or musical
disease
fictional war
anti war
Wiki.
Skeleton on Horseback aka The White Disease (Czech: Bílá nemoc) is a 1937 Czechoslovak drama film directed by and starring Hugo Haas. It revolves around an infectious disease which breaks out during a war. It is based on the play The White Disease by Karel Čapek.
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