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The White Disease is a tchecoslovaque film of genre Drama directed by Hugo Haas released in USA on 4 february 1940 with Hugo Haas
The White Disease (1937)
Bílá nemoc
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Add to a movie listSkeleton on Horseback (Czech: Bílá nemoc) is a 1937 Czechoslovak drama film directed by and starring Hugo Haas. It revolves around an infectious disease which breaks out during a war. It is based on the play The White Disease by Karel Čapek.
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Le maréchal Krieger, un terrible dictateur, attrape la peste blanche, une maladie contre laquelle seul le docteur Galén possède le remède pouvant amener à la guérison. Cependant, comme le docteur ne veut livrer son secret qu'en échange de la paix, le dictateur accède à sa demande et le fait venir chez lui. Galén est tué par la foule avide de guerre, mais, alors qu'il se sait perdu, le redoutable dictateur signe quand même l'armistice. Le docteur ayant heureusement partagé son savoir avec un médecin étranger, l'humanité sera sauvée.Actors
Hugo Haas
(Dr. Galen)
Zdeněk Štěpánek
(The marshall)
Václav Vydra
(Baron Krog)
František Smolík
(The Citizen)
Ladislav Boháč
(Krog's Son)
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