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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.

Top Cast

  • Hugo Haas

    Hugo Haas

    Dr. Galén

  • Zdeněk Štěpánek

    Zdeněk Štěpánek

    The Marshal

  • Bedřich Karen

    Bedřich Karen

    Prof. Sigelius

  • Václav Vydra

    Václav Vydra

    Baron Krog

  • Ladislav Boháč

    Ladislav Boháč

    Krog's Nephew

  • Karla Oličová

    Karla Oličová

    The Marshal's Daughter

  • Jaroslav Průcha

    Jaroslav Průcha

    Dr. Martin

  • František Smolík

    František Smolík

    Father

  • Helena Friedlová

    Helena Friedlová

    Mother

Overview

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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