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. Galén / Director / Screenplay

Zdeněk Štěpánek
The Marshal

Bedřich Karen
Prof. Sigelius

Václav Vydra
Baron Krog

Ladislav Boháč
Krog's Nephew

Karla Oličová
The Marshal's Daughter

Jaroslav Průcha
Dr. Martin

František Smolík
Father

Helena Friedlová
Mother

Vítězslav Boček
Son

Eva Svobodová
Daughter

Jaroslav Vojta
A Patient

Vladimír Šmeral
1st Assistant

Miroslav Svoboda
2nd Assistant

Karel Dostal
Propaganda Minister

Otto Rubík
The Marshal's Adjutant

Rudolf Deyl
1st Kommissar

Karel Jičínský
2nd Kommissar

Otto Heller
Director of Photography

Jan Branberger
Original Music Composer

Josef Kobík
Makeup & Hair

Karel Čapek
Theatre Play

Štěpán Kopecký
Production Design

Štěpán Dušánek
Costume Design

Antonín Kubový
Assistant Director

Arnold Reimann
Set Decoration

František Rous
Makeup & Hair

Vladimír Kabelík
Production Manager

Ludwig van Beethoven
Music

Antonín Zelenka
Editor

Jan Sinnreich
Production Manager

Vilém Taraba
Sound

Willy Ströminger
Still Photographer

Karel Ančerl
Conductor

Anna Pírková

Jan Šebor

Jindřich Adolf

Karolína Vávrová

Jiří Schreinzer

Viktor Dintr

Bohumil Langer

Jiřina Vávrová

Marie Holanová
Costume Design

Karel Jelínek

Vladimír Smíchovský

Frank Rose-Růžička

Vilém Pruner

Eduard Blažek
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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