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Semmelweis – Retter der Mütter (1950)

ALL 06/01/1950 (de) Drama 99 Min
  • Release
    06/01/1950
  • Production
    DEFA
  • Rotten tomato
    50%
  • Original title
    Semmelweis – Retter der Mütter
  • Original language
    de
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Georg C. Klaren

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Lena Neumann

    Editor

  4. Producer



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Semmelweis – Retter der Mütter (1950) 99 Min

ALL 06/01/1950 (de)
Drama
  • Release 06/01/1950
  • Production
    DEFA
  • Original title Semmelweis – Retter der Mütter
  • de
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Georg C. Klaren

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Lena Neumann

    Editor

  4. Producer



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