Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes

Synopsis

Country Dr. Robert Koch is desperate: a tuberculosis epidemic is decimating the children in his district and no one is able to do anything about it. Every fourth child is already sick and the parents must helplessly watch as their young ones die. Now Koch is undertaking to find the cause of the tuberculosis --- something he has already been working on for years --- which has been causing this plague of illness. His work is made more difficult by envy; for example, that of his teacher, who was wounded defending his honor. But his greatest obstacle is the famous Berliner scientist and Reichstag deputy, Privy Councilor Rudolf Virchow: He is extraordinarily skeptical of Koch's theory, that the cause for tuberculosis is a bacteria.

Main Cast

Emil Jannings

Dr. Robert Koch

Age : 65 | Popularity : 11%

Werner Krauß

Geheimrat Rudolf Virchow

Age : 75 | Popularity : 5%

Viktoria von Ballasko

Schwester Else

Age : 67 | Popularity : 3%

Hilde Körber

Frau Göhrke

Age : 62 | Popularity : 6%

Theodor Loos

Dr. Georg Gaffky

Age : 71 | Popularity : 6%

Bernhard Minetti

Sprecher der Gesundbeter

Age : 93 | Popularity : 3%

Paul Bildt

Baron von Kossin, Reichstagsabgeordneter

Age : 71 | Popularity : 3%

Elisabeth Flickenschildt

seine Frau

Age : 72 | Popularity : 7%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Walter Wassermann Lotte Neumann
	Novel	Hellmuth Unger
Directing	Director	Hans Steinhoff
Department	Role	Name

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