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Directed by | Hans Steinhoff |
Produced by |
Gerhard Staab Emil Jannings |
Written by |
Hellmuth Unger (novel) Lotte Neumann Gerhard Menzel Walter Wassermann Paul Josef Cremers |
Starring |
Emil Jannings Werner Krauss Viktoria von Ballasko Raimund Schelcher |
Music by | Wolfgang Zeller |
Cinematography | Fritz Arno Wagner |
Edited by | Martha Dübber |
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Distributed by | Tobis Film (Germany) UFA (US) |
Release date
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26 September 1939 |
Running time
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113 minutes |
Country | Nazi Germany |
Language | German |
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. 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.