Semmelweis – Retter der Mütter

The story

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.

Cast

K Karl ParylaDr. Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis K Käthe BraunMarie Lanthaler A Angelika HauffSteffi Lanthaler C Camilla SpiraJosepha Hochleitner G Gudrun GenestTherese N Nikolaus ParylaLoisl U Ursula von ManesculHebammenschülerin E Erik SchumannStudent H Horst DrindaStudent H Herbert Hübner E Eduard von Winterstein H Herbert Wilk

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W Walter Werner K Klaus Miedel F Friedrich Maurer K Karl Hellmer E Erwin Biegel F Franz Weber W Wolfgang Kühne T Theodor Vogeler K Knut Hartwig O Otto Stoeckel E Elga Brink E Elisabeth Wendt M Maria Hofen K Kurt Mikulski L Lotte Loebinger I Ilse Trautschold A Anneliese Würtz