Robert Koch - Der Bekämpfer des Todes

original title:
Robert Koch - Der Bekämpfer des Todes
country / year of production:
Germany / 1939
original length:
113 min. , black/white
premiere:
genre:
Propaganda film
based on:
Robert Koch. Roman eines großen Lebens. Verlag der Deutschen Ärzteschaft, Berlin 1936
director:
Hans Steinhoff
film script:
Holger-Madsen , Walter Wassermann
producer:
Emil Jannings
cinematographer:
editor:
Martha Dübber
composer:
Wolfgang Zeller
cast (role):
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plot synopsis:
The film deals with the legacy of the scientist robert Koch who fought against red tape in Berlin and recognized the tuberculosis for the first time in the end of the 19th century. Because of the heroic construction of the protagonist who represents the "perfect German", the film can be called propagandistic.
keywords:
war:
literature:
Robert Koch. Roman eines großen Lebens. Verlag der Deutschen Ärzteschaft, Berlin 1936
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