The White Disease
7.5
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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Hugo Haas
Dr. Galén
Known for
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The Fighting Kentuckian
Zdeněk Štěpánek
The Marshal
Known for
Ikarie XB 1
Bedřich Karen
Prof. Sigelius
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The Devil's Trap
The Good Soldier Švejk
Václav Vydra
Baron Krog
Also in
Her Boy
The Merry Wives
Ladislav Boháč
Krog's Nephew
Also in
The Strike
Kariéra
Karla Oličová
The Marshal's Daughter
Also in
Karel Hynek Mácha
Třetí zvonění
Jaroslav Průcha
Dr. Martin
Also in
Journey Into the Depth of the Student's Soul
Silent Barricade
František Smolík
Father
Known for
Ikarie XB 1
Helena Friedlová
Mother
Also in
The Merry Wives
Srdce v soumraku
Vítězslav Boček
Son
Also in
Blackmailer
Velký případ
Eva Svobodová
Daughter
Also in
The Good Soldier Švejk
The Train of Childhood and Expectation
Jaroslav Vojta
A Patient
Also in
The Hordubals
The Comedian's Princess
Hugo Haas Director · Karel Čapek Author Jan Branberger Composer
United States release February 4, 1940 · Produced in XC, Czechia · Original title Bílá nemoc
Production
Moldavia-Film
Production
XC · Czechia
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Languages
Original title
Bílá nemoc
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
XC · December 21, 1937
Theatrical
United States · February 4, 1940
Theatrical · Substantially edited and subtitled by Fannie Hurst. Distributed by C.L. Imports.
Austria
August 27, 1979 · TV
Czechia
September 29, 2016 · Theatrical · Digitally restored
June 30, 2017 · Physical · Blu-ray
Denmark
August 7, 1939 · Theatrical
Finland
August 27, 1939 · Theatrical
France
April 26, 1939 · Theatrical
January 11, 1946 · Theatrical · Re-release
Germany
January 31, 1984 · TV
Mexico
November 19, 1941 · Theatrical
Poland
July 30, 2021 · Premiere · Kino na Granicy
Sweden
November 1, 1939 · Theatrical
January 10, 1944 · Theatrical · Re-release
United Kingdom
September 2, 1940 · Premiere · London
XC
April 5, 1946 · Theatrical · Re-release
August 22, 1958 · Theatrical · Re-release
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