Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet (1940)

movie

(1825)

Country: USA
Genres: Biography, Drama
Release: 1940-03-02
Director: William Dieterle (1893–1972)
Writers: John Huston , Heinz Herald (1890–1964) , Norman Burnstine
Language: English
Stars: Edward G. Robinson , Ruth Gordon , Otto Kruger , Donald Crisp (I) (1882–1974) , Maria Ouspenskaya , Montagu Love , Sig Ruman , Donald Meek (1878–1946) , Henry O’Neill (I) (1891–1961) , Albert Bassermann
Runtime: 103 min
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
AKA: La bala mágica (Venezuela) , Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet , La balle magique du Docteur Ehrlich (France, French Republic) , Doktor Ehrlich (Sweden) , Tri Ehrlichin taikakuula (Finland) , Het leven van Dr. Ehrlich (Netherlands the) , 606, die Zauberkugel (Austria) , The Story of Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (United Kingdom) , Doktor Ehrlich (Greece) , Die Lebensgeschichte Paul Ehrlichs (Germany) , Un uomo contro la morte (Italy) , A Vida do Dr. Ehrlich (Brazil) , Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (Canada) , El quinto jinete del Apocalipsis (Mexico) , Магическая пуля доктора Эльриха , Paul Ehrlich - Ein Leben für die Forschung , Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (United States of America) , A Ampola Miraculosa (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , 偉人エーリッヒ博士 (Japan) , A 606. kísérlet (Hungary) , Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (Australia) , La vie du docteur Ehrlich (France, French Republic) , Eksperyment doktora Ehrlicha (Poland) , La bala mágica (Spain)
Plot: Dr. Paul Ehrlich was the German physician who developed the first synthetic antimicrobial drug, 606 or Salvarsan. The film describes how Ehrlich first became interested in the properties of the then-new synthetic dyes and had an intuition that they could be useful in the diagnosis of bacterial diseases. After this work met with success, Ehrlich proposed that synthetic compounds could be made to selectively target and destroy disease causing microorganisms. He called such a drug a "magic bullet". The film describes how in 1908, after 606 attempts, he succeeded.
IMDB:tt0032413