Skeleton on Horseback
1937 film by Hugo Haas
Skeleton on Horseback aka The White Disease (Czech: Bílá nemoc) is a 1937 Czechoslovak drama film directed by and starring Hugo Haas. It revolves around an infectious disease which breaks out during a war. It is based on the play The White Disease by Karel Čapek.
Cast
Hugo Haas as Dr. Galén
Bedřich Karen as Professor Sigelius
Zdeněk Štěpánek as The Marshal
Václav Vydra as Baron Olaf Krog
František Smolík as Krog's Accountant
Helena Friedlová as Accountant's Wife
Ladislav Boháč as Krog's nephew
Karla Oličová as The Marshal's Daughter Aneta
Jaroslav Průcha as Dr.
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