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The White Disease

The White Disease (1937)

Directed by Hugo Haas
1h 45minruntime
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Overall average

5.0/10

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.

Genres

DramaScience Fiction

Technical details

DetailValue
Original titleBílá nemoc
Original languageČeský (CS)
Spoken languagesČeský
Production countriesCzechoslovakia
StatusReleased
Production companiesMoldavia-Film
Release date21 dicembre 1937
WriterHugo Haas, Karel Čapek
EditingAntonín Zelenka
CinematographyOtto Heller, Willy Ströminger
Assistant directorsAntonín Kubový, Hugo Haas
Camera operatorsOtto Heller, Willy Ströminger
Additional photographyOtto Heller, Willy Ströminger
Production designŠtěpán Kopecký, Arnold Reimann
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Release dates

Premiere

United Kingdom / Sep 02, 1940 / London

Poland / Jul 30, 2021 / Kino na Granicy

Theatrical release

XC / Dec 21, 1937

France / Apr 26, 1939

Denmark / Aug 07, 1939

Finland / Aug 27, 1939

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Sweden / Nov 01, 1939

United States / Feb 04, 1940 / Substantially edited and subtitled by Fannie Hurst. Distributed by C.L. Imports.

Mexico / Nov 19, 1941

Czechia / Sep 29, 2016 / U / Digitally restored

Physical media

Czechia / Jun 30, 2017 / Blu-ray

TV

Austria / Aug 27, 1979

Germany / Jan 31, 1984

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