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Skeleton on Horseback
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Wikipedia article
'Skeleton on Horseback' aka 'The White Disease' 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 apek.
Cast
* Hugo Haas as Dr. Galn
* Bedich Karen as Professor Sigelius
* Zdenk tpnek as The Marshal
* Vclav Vydra as Baron Olaf Krog
* Frantiek Smolk as Krog's Accountant
* Helena Friedlov as Accountant's Wife
* Ladislav Boh as Krog's nephew
* Karla Oliov as The Marshal's Daughter Aneta
* Jaroslav Prcha as Dr. Martin
* Vladimr meral as First Assistant
* Vtzslav Boek as Accountant's Son
* Eva Svobodov as Accountant's Daughter
Reception
In a contemporary review, the film was reviewed in 'Variety' in 1940, who noted that apek's conception "isn't entirely clear, he appears to be taking the dramatic theme that Fascism is a sort of white plague that scourges the people who follow its philosophy." The reviewer noted that apek's "thinking is logical [but] he has certainly over-simplified the struggle between war and peace." The review continued that the film contained "many gripping scenes" praising "moments such as the meeting between the doctor and the dictator and the solitary vigil as zero hour for the invasion approaches, while "mob scenes are comparatively inept, and such matters as sound, lighting, photography and so on are inferior."
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