"NOT A GANGSTER PICTURE BUT ...a war on the deadliest public enemy of all!"

1940

1h 43m

6.4(31 votes)

Drama

Overview

True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphilis.

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55 members

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Edward G. Robinson

Dr. Paul Ehrlich

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Ruth Gordon

Mrs. Ehrlich

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Otto Kruger

Dr. Emil Von Behring

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Donald Crisp

Minister Althoff

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Maria Ouspenskaya

Franziska Speyer

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Montagu Love

Professor Hartmann

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Sig Ruman

Dr. Hans Wolfert

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Donald Meek

Mittelmeyer

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Henry O'Neill

Dr. Lentz

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Albert Bassermann

Dr. Robert Koch

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Edward Norris

Dr. Morgenroth

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Harry Davenport

Judge

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Louis Calhern

Dr. Brockdorf

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Louis Jean Heydt

Dr. Kunze

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Charles Halton

Sensenbrenner

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Irving Bacon

Becker

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Douglas Wood

Speidler

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Theodore von Eltz

Dr. Kraus

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Hermine Sterler

Miss Marquardt

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Louis Adlon

Hospital Attendant

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Herbert Anderson

Medical Assistant

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Louis V. Arco

Dr. Bertheim

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Egon Brecher

Martl

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Cliff Clark

Haupt

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Gretl Dupont

Mother

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Lisa Golm

Nurse

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John Hamilton

Hirsch

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Ludwig Hardt

Court Clerk

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Wilfred Hari

Dr. Hata

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Paul Harvey

Defense Attorney

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Ernst Hauessermann

Hans Weisgart

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John Henrick

Dr. Bucher

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Stuart Holmes

Male Nurse

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Frank Jaquet

Banker

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Frank Lackteen

Arab Man

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Rolf Lindau

Patient

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Frank Mayo

Assistant in Hospital

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Frederic Mellinger

Court Stenographer

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Greta Meyer

Female Nurse

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Torben Meyer

Kadereit

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Howard M. Mitchell

Dr. Virchow

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Norman Phillips Jr.

Stable Boy

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Paul Phillips

Patient

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Frank Reicher

Old Man

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Hedwiga Reicher

Nurse

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Elaine Renshaw

Arab Woman

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Walter O. Stahl

Doctor

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Robert R. Stephenson

Merk - Patient

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Rolla Stewart

Steffi

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Robert Strange

Koerner

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Ann E. Todd

Marianne

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Brandon Tynan

Doctor

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Wilhelm von Brincken

Officer

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Gisela Werbisek

Mother

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Wolfgang Zilzer

Kellner

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