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The White Disease

The White Disease

Drama, Science Fiction

1h 45m

December 21, 1937 (87 years ago)

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.

ActorAge thenAge now
Hugo Haas

Hugo Haas

Dr. Galén

Birthday: February 18, 1901

36 December 1, 1968 (67)
Zdeněk Štěpánek

Zdeněk Štěpánek

The Marshal

Birthday: September 22, 1896

41 June 20, 1968 (71)
Bedřich Karen

Bedřich Karen

Prof. Sigelius

Birthday: October 15, 1887

50 August 21, 1964 (76)
Václav Vydra

Václav Vydra

Baron Krog

Birthday: April 29, 1876

61 April 7, 1953 (76)
Ladislav Boháč

Ladislav Boháč

Krog's Nephew

Birthday: April 14, 1907

30 July 4, 1978 (71)
Karla Oličová

Karla Oličová

The Marshal's Daughter

Birthday: October 22, 1915

22 August 25, 1975 (59)
Jaroslav Průcha

Jaroslav Průcha

Dr. Martin

Birthday: April 24, 1898

39 April 25, 1963 (65)
František Smolík

František Smolík

Father

Birthday: January 23, 1891

46 January 26, 1972 (81)
Helena Friedlová

Helena Friedlová

Mother

Birthday: November 11, 1889

48 March 11, 1966 (76)
Vítězslav Boček

Vítězslav Boček

Son

Birthday: December 24, 1901

35 May 6, 1961 (59)