Movie
The White Disease
Released: December 21, 1937 (1937)
Runtime: 105 minutes
Genres: Drama, Science Fiction
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Václav Vydra as Baron Krog
Age at release: 61
- Bedřich Karen as Prof. Sigelius
Age at release: 50
- Helena Friedlová as Mother
Age at release: 48
- František Smolík as Father
Age at release: 46
- Zdeněk Štěpánek as The Marshal
Age at release: 41
- Jaroslav Průcha as Dr. Martin
Age at release: 39
- Hugo Haas as Dr. Galén
Age at release: 36
- Vítězslav Boček as Son
Age at release: 35
- Ladislav Boháč as Krog's Nephew
Age at release: 30
- Karla Oličová as The Marshal's Daughter
Age at release: 22
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- Rudolf Deyl as 1st Kommissar
Age at release: 61
Age at release: 61
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- Karel Dostal as Propaganda Minister
Age at release: 53
- Karel Jičínský as 2nd Kommissar
Age at release: 52
Age at release: 50
- Jaroslav Vojta as A Patient
Age at release: 48
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Age at release: 41
- Otto Rubík as The Marshal's Adjutant
Age at release: 39
- Vladimír Šmeral as 1st Assistant
Age at release: 34
Age at release: 32
- Eva Svobodová as Daughter
Age at release: 30
Age at release: 30
- Miroslav Svoboda as 2nd Assistant
Age at release: 27
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