Semmelweis
He saw the invisible, he did the impossible
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11/30/2023Runtime
127 minsOverview
Set in 19th century Vienna, Ignac Semmelweis, a short-tempered but passionate doctor, delivers babies and carries out autopsies on a daily basis while looking for the cause of puerperal fever, the mysterious epidemic that decimates patients in the hospital.
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A grim historical drama about a doctor's maddening struggle against institutional resistance and medical ignorance. Watching Semmelweis fight to prove his life-saving discovery is both infuriating and ultimately tragic.
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Miklós H. Vecsei
Semmelweis Ignác
Katica Nagy
Emma Hoffmann
László Gálffi
Johann Klein
Tamás Kovács
Ferdinand Kollár
Blanka Mészáros
Júlia Mendel
Ferenc Elek
Jakob Kolletschka
Ferenc Lengyel
Baumgartner
Anna Györgyi
Gertrúd
Attila Csapó
Lajos Markusovszky
Tímea Virga
Helga
Lilla Kizlinger
Sabina Hoffmann (Emma Hoffmann's sister)
Lajos Kovács
Franz Meyer
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