Semmelweis – Retter der Mütter
Semmelweis – Retter der Mütter
Release: 1950-06-01
·Runtime: 99m
·★ 5.0
Drama
In the middle of the 19th century, almost one in three women who gave birth died of puerperal fever. The Hungarian doctor Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis also observed these terrible occurrences in his clinic in Vienna. He came to the conclusion that it was primarily the unhygienic conditions in the clinic itself that led to this disease, as his colleagues were constantly shuttling back and forth between the anatomy department and the delivery room. He tries to convince the doctors of the absolute necessity of thorough disinfection by washing their hands with chlorinated lime. He meets with fierce resistance from his colleagues until he himself sets up an exemplary clinic in Budapest.
Production Countries
East Germany
Production Companies
DEFA
Herstellungsgruppe Kurt Hahne
Cast
Elisabeth Wendt
Anneliese Würtz
Karl Paryla
as Dr. Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis
Käthe Braun
as Marie Lanthaler
Horst Drinda
as Student
Eduard von Winterstein
Walter Werner
Karl Hellmer
Angelika Hauff
as Steffi Lanthaler
Camilla Spira
as Josepha Hochleitner
Gudrun Genest
as Therese
Friedrich Maurer
Herbert Hübner
Ilse Trautschold
Herbert Wilk
Lotte Loebinger
Elga Brink
Nikolaus Paryla
as Loisl
Erik Schumann
as Student