Semmelweis – Retter der Mütter

Semmelweis – Retter der Mütter (1950)

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.

Director: Georg C. Klaren

Casts

	Karl Paryla as Dr. Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis
	Käthe Braun as Marie Lanthaler
	Angelika Hauff as Steffi Lanthaler
	Camilla Spira as Josepha Hochleitner
	Gudrun Genest as Therese
	Nikolaus Paryla as Loisl
	Ursula von Manescul as Hebammenschülerin
	Erik Schumann as Student
	Horst Drinda as Student
	Herbert Hübner as
	Eduard von Winterstein as
	Herbert Wilk as
	Walter Werner as
	Klaus Miedel as
	Friedrich Maurer as
	Karl Hellmer as
	Erwin Biegel as
	Franz Weber as
	Wolfgang Kühne as
	Theodor Vogeler as
	Knut Hartwig as
	Otto Stoeckel as
	Elga Brink as
	Elisabeth Wendt as
	Maria Hofen as
	Kurt Mikulski as
	Lotte Loebinger as
	Ilse Trautschold as
	Anneliese Würtz as

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