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
Karl Hellmer
Herbert Wilk
Friedrich Maurer
Ilse Trautschold
Lotte Loebinger
Angelika Hauff
as Steffi Lanthaler
Elga Brink
Anneliese Würtz
Camilla Spira
as Josepha Hochleitner
Erik Schumann
as Student
Walter Werner
Käthe Braun
as Marie Lanthaler
Karl Paryla
as Dr. Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis
Gudrun Genest
as Therese
Nikolaus Paryla
as Loisl
Horst Drinda
as Student
Herbert Hübner
Eduard von Winterstein