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.
Released: Dec 21, 1937
Runtime: 105 minutes
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction
Stars: Hugo Haas, Zdeněk Štěpánek, Karla Oličová, Bedřich Karen, Václav Vydra, Ladislav Boháč
Crew: Hugo Haas (Director), Hugo Haas (Screenplay), Otto Heller (Director of Photography), Jan Branberger (Original Music Composer), Josef Kobík (Makeup & Hair), Karel Čapek (Theatre Play)