Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes
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Country Dr. Robert Koch is desperate: a tuberculosis epidemic is decimating the children in his district and no one is able to do anything about it. Every fourth child is already sick and the parents must helplessly watch as their young ones die. Now Koch is undertaking to find the cause of the tuberculosis --- something he has already been working on for years --- which has been causing this plague of illness. His work is made more difficult by envy; for example, that of his teacher, who was wounded defending his honor. But his greatest obstacle is the famous Berliner scientist and Reichstag deputy, Privy Councilor Rudolf Virchow: He is extraordinarily skeptical of Koch's theory, that the cause for tuberculosis is a bacteria.
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Cast
70 people
Emil Jannings
Dr. Robert Koch
Known for
The Blue Angel
The Last Laugh
Werner Krauss
Geheimrat Rudolf Virchow
Known for
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Joyless Street
Viktoria von Ballasko
Schwester Else
Also in
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Hilde Körber
Frau Göhrke
Also in
Maria, the Servant
Fridericus
Theodor Loos
Dr. Georg Gaffky
Known for
Metropolis
M
Bernhard Minetti
Sprecher der Gesundbeter
Also in
Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf
Lowlands
Paul Bildt
Baron von Kossin, Reichstagsabgeordneter
Known for
The Haunted Castle
Elisabeth Flickenschildt
seine Frau
Also in
The Inn on the River
The Terrible People
Paul Dahlke
Lehrer
Also in
Three Men in the Snow
The Flying Classroom
Eduard von Winterstein
Prof. Ernst von Bergmann
Known for
The Blue Angel
Münchhausen
Lucie Höflich
Kochs Patientin Frau Paul
Known for
Tartuffe
Hubert von Meyerinck
Fähnrich Graf
Known for
One, Two, Three
Münchhausen
Hans Steinhoff Director · Walter Wassermann Writer Lotte Neumann Writer
First release December 30, 1939 · Produced in Germany
Production
Tobis
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Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · December 30, 1939
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No release date listed for United States.
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