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Semmelweis (2023)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Set in 19th century Vienna, Ignac Semmelweis, a short-tempered but passionate doctor, delivers babies and carries out autopsies on a daily basis while looking for the cause of puerperal fever, the mysterious epidemic that decimates patients in the hospital.
Style:
medical drama, historical drama, serious, period piece, tense, intense, intellectual, emotional, dark, educational ...
Plot:
scientific discovery, epidemic, maternity ward, biopic, investigation, hospital, obsession, realism, tragic hero, social criticism, character study, ethical dilemma, isolation, investigative
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
vienna
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