Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes (1939) - film review
Hans Steinhoff
Biography / Drama / History

Summary
Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes is a German period drama film first released in 1939,
directed by Hans Steinhoff.
The film is based on a novel by Hellmuth Unger and stars Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Viktoria von Ballasko, Raimund Schelcher and Hilde Körber.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Hans Steinhoff
- Script: Paul Josef Cremers, C.H. Diller, Gerhard Menzel, Hellmuth Unger (novel), Walter Wassermann
- Photo: Fritz Arno Wagner
- Music: Wolfgang Zeller
- Cast: Emil Jannings (Dr. Robert Koch), Werner Krauss (Geheimrat Rudolf Virchow), Viktoria von Ballasko (Schwester Else), Raimund Schelcher (Kochs Assistent Dr. Fritz von Hartwig), Hilde Körber (Frau Göhrke), Theodor Loos (Kochs Assistent Dr. Georg Gaffky), Otto Graf (Kochs Assistent Dr. Friedrich Löffler), Hildegard Grethe (Emmy Koch), Josef Sieber (Waldhüter Göhrke), Peter Elsholtz (Virchows Sekretär Dr. Karl Wetzel), Elisabeth Flickenschildt (Baronin von Kossin), Bernhard Minetti (Sprecher der Gesundbeter), Paul Bildt (Reichstagsabgeordneter Baron von Kossin), Paul Dahlke (Lehrer), Ernst Dernburg (Mitglied der Berliner Fakultät), Wilhelm Egger-Sell, Kurt Felden, Friedrich Otto Fischer, O. Fischer, Robert Forsch, Georg Gartz, Bernhard Goetzke, Karl Hannemann, Karl Haubenreißer, Alfred Heynisch, Paul Hildebrandt, Lucie Höflich, Karl Kahlmann, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Paul Otto, Karl Platen, Werner Pledath, Klaus Pohl, Dr. Prasch, Paul Rehkopf, Josef Reithofer, Walter Schramm-Duncker, Charlotte Schultz, Franz Stein, Jakob Tiedtke, Leopold von Ledebur, Eduard von Winterstein, Karl Wagner, Walter Werner, Gertrud Wolle
- Country: Germany
- Language: German
- Runtime: ?; B&W
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