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Robert Koch
German promotional image
Directed byHans Steinhoff
Written byHellmuth Unger (novel)
Lotte Neumann
Gerhard Menzel
Walter Wassermann
Paul Josef Cremers
Produced byGerhard Staab
Emil Jannings
StarringEmil Jannings
Werner Krauss
Viktoria von Ballasko
Raimund Schelcher
CinematographyFritz Arno Wagner
Edited byMartha Dübber
Music byWolfgang Zeller
Production
company
Distributed byTobis Film (Germany)
UFA (US)
Release date
26 September 1939
Running time
113 minutes
CountryNazi Germany
LanguageGerman

Robert Koch (German title: Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes) is a 1939 German historical drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss and Viktoria von Ballasko.[1] The film was a biopic of the German pioneering microbiologist Robert Koch (1843-1910). The film was made by the Terra Film company, and was also distributed in the United States by the largest German studio UFA.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Reimer & Reimer p.189

Bibliography

  • Reimer, Robert C. & Reimer, Carol J. The A to Z of German Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2010.