The White Disease

The White Disease — 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.

• Release date
• December 21, 1937
• Runtime
• 105 min
• Genres
• Drama, Science Fiction
• Director
• Hugo Haas

The White Disease — Cast

Hugo Haas Dr. Galén 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