Ignaz Semmelweis - Arzt der Frauen (1989)

09 Jun 1989 2h 0m

Vienna 1847: numerous women die of puerperal fever. The Hungarian gynecologist Ignaz Semmelweis finally makes an epoch-making discovery; the treating doctors bring death to the pregnant woman through poor hygiene.

Michael Verhoeven
Director

Michael Verhoeven
Writer

Heiner Lauterbach, Friedrich von Thun, Robert Meyer
Starring

Language: German
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Country: West Germany, Hungary, Austria
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6.8

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