Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
NOT A GANGSTER PICTURE BUT ...a war on the deadliest public enemy of all!
Dramabiographydoctortuberculosismedical breakthroughsyphiliscurevirusresearch laboratorybacteriadiphtherialaboratory accident1900s
A earnest biographical drama celebrating scientific perseverance and moral courage in the pursuit of a cure for a stigmatized disease.
True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphilis.
Essence
Ensemble
Edward G. Robinson
Dr. Paul Ehrlich
Ruth Gordon
Mrs. Ehrlich
Otto Kruger
Dr. Emil Von Behring
Donald Crisp
Minister Althoff
Maria Ouspenskaya
Franziska Speyer
Montagu Love
Professor Hartmann
Sig Ruman
Dr. Hans Wolfert
Donald Meek
Mittelmeyer
Henry O'Neill
Dr. Lentz
Albert Bassermann
Dr. Robert Koch
Edward Norris
Dr. Morgenroth
Harry Davenport
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