Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes 84 years old

Country Dr. Robert Koch is desperate: a tuberculosis epidemic is decimating the children in his district and no one is able to do anything about it. Every fourth child is already sick and the parents must helplessly watch as their young ones die. Now Koch is undertaking to find the cause of the tuberculosis --- something he has already been working on for years --- which has been causing this plague of illness. His work is made more difficult by envy; for example, that of his teacher, who was wounded defending his honor. But his greatest obstacle is the famous Berliner scientist and Reichstag deputy, Privy Councilor Rudolf Virchow: He is extraordinarily skeptical of Koch's theory, that the cause for tuberculosis is a bacteria.

Credits

Elisabeth Flickenschildt as seine Frau

Peter Elsholtz as Virchows Sekretär Dr. Karl Wetzel

Jakob Tiedtke as Amtsdiener Michalke

Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Rechnungsrat

Hilde Körber as Frau Göhrke

Gertrud Wolle as Reinemachefrau

Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes Cast

Name	Character
Elisabeth Flickenschildt She was 34, 72 years old when she died	as seine Frau
Peter Elsholtz He was 32, 69 years old when he died	as Virchows Sekretär Dr. Karl Wetzel
Jakob Tiedtke He was 64, 85 years old when he died	as Amtsdiener Michalke
Rudolf Klein-Rogge He was 54, 69 years old when he died	as Rechnungsrat
Hilde Körber She was 33, 62 years old when she died	as Frau Göhrke
Gertrud Wolle She was 48, 61 years old when she died	as Reinemachefrau
Eduard von Winterstein He was 68, 89 years old when he died	as Prof. Ernst von Bergmann
Josef Sieber He was 39, 62 years old when he died	as Waldhüter Göhrke
Emil Jannings He was 55, 65 years old when he died	as Dr. Robert Koch
Willy Kaiser-Heyl He was 63, 77 years old when he died	as Mitglied der Berliner Fakultät
Hubert von Meyerinck He was 43, 74 years old when he died	as Fähnrich Graf
Viktoria von Ballasko She was 30, 66 years old when she died	as Schwester Else
Paul Bildt He was 54, 82 years old when he died	as Baron von Kossin, Reichstagsabgeordneter
Paul Rehkopf He was 67, 77 years old when he died	as Wissenschaftler im Pathologischen Institu
Carl Jonsson He was 54, 81 years old when he died	as Mitglied der Berliner Fakultät
Paul Hildebrandt He was 69, 78 years old when he died	as 2. Assistenzarzt Virchows
Robert Forsch He was 69, 77 years old when he died	as Wissenschaftler im Pathologischen Institu
Otto Graf He was 43, 80 years old when he died	as Kochs Assistent Dr. Friedrich Löffler
Theodor Loos He was 56, 71 years old when he died	as Dr. Georg Gaffky
Karl Platen He was 62, 74 years old when he died	as Herr Kruhlke
Walter Werner He was 56, 72 years old when he died	as Amtsdiener Stübecke
Walter Schramm-Dunker He was 49, 52 years old when he died	as Aktenabhefter
Josef Reithofer He was 56, 67 years old when he died	as 1. Assistenzarzt Virchows
Bernhard Minetti He was 34, 93 years old when he died	as Sprecher der Gesundbeter
Karl Hannemann He was 44, 57 years old when he died	as Viehhändler
Egon Vogel He was 31, 84 years old when he died	as Mitglied der Berliner Fakultät
Maria Hofen She was 53, 84 years old when she died	as Gesundbeterin
Paul Dahlke He was 35, 80 years old when he died	as Lehrer
Leopold von Ledebur He was 63, 79 years old when he died	as Reichstagsdiener
Herbert Gernot He was 44, 57 years old when he died	as Arzt
Philipp Manning He was 70, 81 years old when he died	as Mitglied der Berliner Fakultät
Werner Pledath He was 41, 67 years old when he died	as Wissenschaftler im Pathologischen Institut
Charly Berger He was 39, 44 years old when he died	as Gast beim Hofball
Bernhard Goetzke He was 55, 80 years old when he died	as Kochs Patient Netschmann
Erich Dunskus He was 49, 77 years old when he died	as Mitglied der Berliner Fakultät
Walter Bechmann He was 52, 79 years old when he died	as Gesundbeter
Werner Krauss He was 55, 75 years old when he died	as Geheimrat Rudolf Virchow
Lucie Höflich She was 56, 73 years old when she died	as Kochs Patientin Frau Paul
Paul Otto He was 61, 65 years old when he died	as Landrat von Hartwig

Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes Crew

Name	Department
Walter Wassermann as Writer. He was 56 (61) years old when He died	Writing
Hans Steinhoff as Director. He was 57 (63) years old when He died	Directing

Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes poster

Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes (84 years)

Release day: Saturday, December 30, 1939