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Director:
William Dieterle
Writers:
Sheridan Gibney (story) and
Pierre Collings (story) ...
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Release Date:
February 1936 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Plot:
Biography of the man who invented pasteurization and made the first vaccine against rabies. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Movie Make-up's Royal Family To Be Honoured On Walk Of Fame
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User Comments:
High-minded, idealistic, and very exciting! more (16 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Paul Muni ... Louis Pasteur
Josephine Hutchinson ... Marie Pasteur
Anita Louise ... Annette Pasteur
Donald Woods ... Dr. Jean Martel
Fritz Leiber ... Dr. Charbonnet
Henry O'Neill ... Dr. Emile Roux
Porter Hall ... Dr. Rossignol
Raymond Brown ... Dr. Radisse
Akim Tamiroff ... Dr. Zaranoff
Halliwell Hobbes ... Dr. Lister
Frank Reicher ... Dr. Pfeiffer
Dickie Moore ... Joseph Meister
Ruth Robinson ... Mrs. Meister
Walter Kingsford ... Napoleon III
Iphigenie Castiglioni ... Empress Eugénie
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Runtime:
87 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | French | Russian
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Germany:16 | Australia:G
Company:
Cosmopolitan Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Film debut of Eddie Dew. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In the movie Pasteur's daughter Annette marries Matel. In actual fact Pasteur did not have any daughter by the name of Annette, her name was Marie Louise Pasteur,and she married René Vallery-Radot. more
Quotes:
Dr. Louis Pasteur: Jean, how many dogs have we left?
Dr. Jean Martel: Ten.
Dr. Louis Pasteur: Are they well? Healthy?
Dr. Jean Martel: In perfect condition. They've never been exposed.
Dr. Louis Pasteur: Give them hydrophobia.
Dr. Jean Martel: [in disbelief] You mean...?
Dr. Louis Pasteur: Give them hydrophobia.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in A Day at the Races (1937) more

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11 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
High-minded, idealistic, and very exciting!, 17 January 2000
Author: michaela-5 from Springfield, MA

What a pleasure to see a film so unabashedly idealistic! The film's emotional ending (a well-deserved and long-overdue tribute to Pasteur's work by his collegues) centers on a closing speech by Pasteur (Paul Muni) in which he explains, simply and with passion, that making a contribution to the wellbeing of mankind is the most important work of all.

Pasteur's discovery of the role of bacteria in spreading disease seems self-evident now, but he faced years of ridicule and isolation before his findings were accepted and played their part in transforming our world.

This film is a vaccine against the cynical, self-referential, "in it for me (and maybe my small circle of friends)" films of the recent decades. See it and feel good about being human.

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