The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
In 1860, having helped France solve the problem of sour wine, chemist Louis Pasteur turns to the dangers of childbirth: 20,000 Paris women were dying annually. His germ theory and recommendation that doctors wash their hands and sterilize their instruments meet with derision in the academy, and the emperor himself orders Pasteur to be silent. Ten years later, needing cash to pay for war losses, the government finds that anthrax is killing herds everywhere in the country except Arbois: Pasteur is there, vaccinating sheep. Again the academy is dismissive. When Pasteur is vindicated, he turns his attention to hydrophobia. It is the Russians who realize his genius, and France finally honors him.
Direction William Dieterle
Cast Paul Muni · Josephine Hutchinson · Anita Louise · Donald Woods · Fritz Leiber · Henry O'Neill · Porter Hall · Raymond Brown · Akim Tamiroff · Halliwell Hobbes · Frank Reicher · Walter Kingsford
Soundtrack Bernhard Kaun · Heinz Roemheld
Screenplay Sheridan Gibney · Pierre Collings
Cinematography Tony Gaudio
Original title The Story of Louis Pasteur
6.7
259 votes (FilmAffinity)
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