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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:
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User Comments:
Nice film for biology teachers more

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

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
Herbert Corthell ... Louis Adolphe Thiers, First President, Republic of France
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Alexander ... Burly farmer (uncredited)
George Beranger ... Assistant (uncredited)
William Burress ... Doctor (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers ... Alsatian (uncredited)
Mabel Colcord ... A Lady (uncredited)
Eddie Dew ... Man (uncredited)
Bill Elliott ... Reporter (uncredited)
Alphonse Ethier ... Finance Minister (uncredited)
Brenda Fowler ... Midwife (uncredited)
Baron Hesse ... Fat doctor (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood ... Boncourt (uncredited)
Otto Hoffman ... Farmer (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas ... Reporter (uncredited)
Eric Mayne ... Lord Chamberlain (uncredited)
Frank Mayo ... Sadi Carnot (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie ... Coachman (uncredited)
Tempe Pigott ... Woman (uncredited)
Jack Santoro ... Reporter (uncredited)
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink ... Reporter (uncredited)
C. Montague Shaw ... British Reporter (uncredited)
Leonid Snegoff ... Russian Ambassador (uncredited)
Robert Strange ... Magistrate (uncredited)
Edward Van Sloan ... Chairman (uncredited)
Fred Walton ... Government inspector (uncredited)
Niles Welch ... Courier (uncredited)
Lottie Williams ... Cecile (uncredited)
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Directed by
William Dieterle 
 
Writing credits
Sheridan Gibney (story) and
Pierre Collings (story)

Sheridan Gibney (screenplay) and
Pierre Collings (screenplay)

Edward Chodorov  uncredited

Produced by
Henry Blanke .... producer (uncredited)
Hal B. Wallis .... executive producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Bernhard Kaun (uncredited)
Heinz Roemheld (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Tony Gaudio (photography by)
 
Film Editing by
Ralph Dawson 
 
Art Direction by
Robert M. Haas 
 
Costume Design by
Milo Anderson (gowns)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Irving Rapper .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Leo F. Forbstein .... musical director
Bernhard Kaun .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Gene Lewis .... dialogue director
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Parents Guide:
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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: [to his assistants] Remember our aim: Find the microbe - kill the microbe. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in A Day at the Races (1937) more

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13 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
Nice film for biology teachers, 19 June 2004
7/10
Author: dougteach from Iowa

This is a great film that is also very historically and scientifically correct. Almost everything in the movie REALLY happened to the real Louis Pasteur. I am a high school biology teacher and I show this film every year when we study viruses and bacteria. When I tell the students that it is a black and white film from 1935, I get moans and words of disapproval. But every year after they have viewed the film almost all students come away legitimately liking the film.

Paul Muni's performance is extraordinary and may be the best performance of his entire career. I highly recommend watching this film. It was nominated for BEST PICTURE, Paul Muni won BEST LEAD ACTOR, it won BEST WRITER, and won BEST EDITING that year.

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