Bilá nemoc

White Illness, Skeleton on Horseback, The White Disease, The White Sickness

Directed by: Hugo Haas, CZ, 1937

CZ, 1937


Cast and Credits

Director Hugo Haas
Scenario Hugo Haas
Based on Karel Capek [Play]
Director of Photography Otto Heller
Composer Jan Branberger
Cast Vítezlav Bocek [Son]
Ladislav Bohác [The son des Baron Krog]
Helena Frydlová [Mutter]
Hugo Haas [Dr. Galén]
Bedrich Karen [Prof. Sigelius]
Karla Olicová [Die daughter des Marschalls]
Jaroslav Prúcha [Dr. Martin]
František Smolík [Vater]
František Smolík [The Marschall]
Eva Svobodová [Daughter]
Eva Svobodová [Baron Krog]

Technical specifications
Category: Feature Film
Technical Details: Format: 35 mm, 1:1,37 - Ratio: 1:1,37 - Black and White,Length: 102 minutes
Sound System: Mono
First Screening: December 21, 1937 in Tschechoslowakei

Synopsis in German
In einem von einem Marschall diktatorisch regierten Land, das sich auf einen Offensivkrieg vorbereitet, bricht eine tödliche Epidemie aus. Ein einfacher Armenarzt entdeckt ein Heilmittel, dessen Formel er aber nur um den Preis des Friedens nennen will... (mdr Presse)

Reviews in German: "Angegraute, aber faszinierende Parabel" (tele)
Remarks and general Information in German: "Die weiße Krankheit" basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Roman von Karel Capek aus dem Jahre 1937, in dem der tschechische Schriftsteller mittels einer utopischen Parabel den heraufziehenden Faschismus, die deutschen "Raum-ohne-Volk"- u.a. Parolen sowie den Krieg im Allgemeinen anprangert. (mdr Presse)

General Information

Bilá nemoc is a motion picture produced in the year 1937 as a CZ production. The Film was directed by Hugo Haas, with Vítezlav Bocek, Ladislav Bohác, Helena Frydlová, Hugo Haas, Bedrich Karen, in the leading parts.

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