The White Disease

1937 · 105 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 400 VOTES · DIR. Hugo Haas

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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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,234 lines

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00:00:07 FILMEXPORT HOME VIDEO Presents
00:06:03 Morbus Chengi is a contagious disease transmitted by an unknown bacillus.
00:10:23 Definitely. It would be a shame not to have a war
00:14:17 The newspaperman. I'm surprised they didn't ban it.
00:17:45 He used to say you were his best student.
00:20:50 What terms?
00:24:28 except for a few rolls he carries in his pockets. She wanted
00:29:22 How can the Marshal stand it?
00:33:31 And I don't want any more wars. Tell them this, gentlemen.
00:36:09 And there's the highly contagious disease. This way, gentlemen.
00:40:59 you have a white spot on your neck!
00:44:33 - It's just a small white spot. - What would you advise me to do?
00:48:42 There.
00:52:04 They prefer health to laurels.
00:55:26 Look, I don't know anything... Sit down.
01:00:05 It seems, my dear friend
01:03:29 You will give me your hand on that.
01:09:38 A great regiment! Any decorations?
01:13:44 - Or of their dead. - Or of their dead!
01:18:25 You ought to go to bed. You don't look well. You must be tired.
01:24:24 He shall proceed in his work now!
01:29:02 Just a moment.
01:32:39 - Yes! - To apologize and accept punishment?
01:37:29 Hail to the Marshal!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,234
Dialogue density11.8 lines / min
First line00:00:07
Final line01:37:29

Production Record

DirectorHugo Haas
LanguageCS
IMDb votes400