
The White Disease
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
Drama
Science Fiction
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Casts

Hugo Haas
as Dr. Galén

Zdeněk Štěpánek
as The Marshal

Bedřich Karen
as Prof. Sigelius

Václav Vydra
as Baron Krog

Ladislav Boháč
as Krog's Nephew

Karla Oličová
as The Marshal's Daughter

Jaroslav Průcha
as Dr. Martin

František Smolík
as Father

Vítězslav Boček
as Son

Eva Svobodová
as Daughter