Robert Koch (film)

Robert Koch (German title: Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes) is a 1939 Nazi propaganda 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). It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and premiered at the city's Ufa-Palast am Zoo. The film was made by the Tobis Film company, and was also distributed in the United States by the largest German studio UFA.

Robert Koch
German promotional image
Directed byHans Steinhoff
Written by
Produced by
  • Gerhard Staab
  • Emil Jannings
Starring
CinematographyFritz Arno Wagner
Edited byMartha Dübber
Music byWolfgang Zeller
Production
company
Distributed by
  • Tobis Film (Germany)
  • UFA (US)
Release date
26 September 1939
Running time
113 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Cast

References

  1. Reimer & Reimer p.189

Bibliography

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