Film re: medical examinations and cancer

Identifier
irn1003170
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.359.1
  • RG-60.3706
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Walter Ruttman (Director)
  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv

Scope and Content

Lecture to medical school students. Contrasting people who go to fortune tellers against those who go for proper medical examinations. Breast exam by doctor. A biopsy done, slides examined under microscope. Surgery, radiation. Doctor with woman. Meanwhile, man with moustache goes to a quack, sells all his belongings to pay for treatments while getting worse and worse. Evenutually the quack is on trial. Lawyer's statement. Judge in robes with Nazi insignia. Message: "Kampf dem Krebs / Vertrauet den Arzt" [Fight Cancer / Trust the doctor]. "Rechtzeitig erkannt, rechtzeitig bekämpft ist Krebs heilbar." [Diagnosed in time, treated in time, cancer can be cured.]

Note(s)

  • Other credits: Manuscript: Walter Ruttman, Ernst Dahle. Scientific consultant: Prof. Dr. Auler

Subjects

  • WOMEN
  • GERMANY
  • SWASTIKAS
  • JUDGES
  • TRIALS
  • MEDICAL PERSONNEL
  • DOCTORS
  • SCIENCE
  • SPEECHES
  • MEDICAL CARE
  • UNIVERSITIES

Places

  • , Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Documentary.
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