Robert Koch (film)

Robert Koch (German title: Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes, English title: Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death) is a 1939 Nazi propaganda film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss and Viktoria von Ballasko.^[1] The film was a biopic of the German pioneering microbiologist Robert Koch (1843–1910). It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and premiered at the city's Ufa-Palast am Zoo. The film was made by the Tobis Film company, and was also distributed in the United States by UFA.

Directed byHans Steinhoff

Written by

• Lotte Neumann
• Gerhard Menzel
• Walter Wassermann
• Paul Josef Cremers

Based on

Robert Koch, Roman eines grosse Lebens
by Hellmuth Unger

Produced by

• Gerhard Staab
• Emil Jannings

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Robert Koch
German promotional image
Directed by	Hans Steinhoff
Written by	Lotte Neumann Gerhard Menzel Walter Wassermann Paul Josef Cremers
Based on	Robert Koch, Roman eines grosse Lebens by Hellmuth Unger
Produced by	Gerhard Staab Emil Jannings
Starring	Emil Jannings Werner Krauss Viktoria von Ballasko Raimund Schelcher
Cinematography	Fritz Arno Wagner
Edited by	Martha Dübber
Music by	Wolfgang Zeller
Production company	Tobis Film
Distributed by	Tobis Film (Germany) UFA (US)
Release date	26 September 1939 (1939-09-26)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

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