SEMMELWEIS

Original title: Semmelweis

Year

2018

Genre

Biography , Drama , History , Based on True Events

Runtime

2h 7m

Director

Lajos Koltai

Cast

Miklós H. Vecsei, Katica Nagy, László Gálffi

WRITERS

Balázs Maruszki

Synopsis

In 1847, a mysterious epidemic sweeps through a maternity clinic in Vienna, claiming the lives of numerous mothers. Young doctor Ignác Semmelweis refuses to accept the medical establishment’s helplessness and sets out to find a way to stop the deadly puerperal fever. But his bold conclusions meet fierce resistance from colleagues and established medical authorities. As he fights to save lives, Semmelweis must confront not only a devastating disease but also the prejudice of a system unwilling to question its own beliefs.