Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet(Movie, 1940)

Name: Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Genre: Drama
Released: 1940
Duration: T01:43:00
Rating: 3.2

1h 43min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 12 votes)

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet is a 1940 American biographical film starring Edward G. Robinson and directed by William Dieterle, based on the true story of the German doctor and scientist Dr. Paul Ehrlich. The film was released by Warner Bros., with some controversy over raising the subject of syphilis in a major studio release. It was nominated for an Oscar for its original screenplay (by Norman Burnstine, Heinz Herald and John Huston), but lost to The Great McGinty. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

About Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphillis.

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Doctor Ehrlich's Magic Bullet - (Original Trailer)(Trailer, 2:03)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Germany

Made by: Warner Bros. Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 8 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 02/23/1940

Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Otto Kruger, Donald Crisp, Albert Bassermann, Maria Ouspenskaya, Montagu Love, Sig Ruman, Hermine Sterler, Louis V. Arco, Donald Meek, Henry O'Neill, Edward Norris, Harry Davenport, Louis Calhern, Charles Halton, Irving Bacon, Louis Jean Heydt, Theodore von Eltz, Douglas Wood, Herbert Anderson

Director: William Dieterle

Producer: Hal B. Wallis, Jack Warner, Wolfgang Reinhardt

Screenwriter: John Huston, Heinz Herald, Norman Burnstine

Executive Producer: Hal B. Wallis

Film Editor: Warren Low

Director of Photography: James Wong Howe

Composer: Max Steiner

Production Designer: Carl Jules Weyl

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Die Lebensgeschichte Paul Ehrlichs"

"The Story of Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet"

Keywords: early 1900s, medical breakthrough, syphillis, doctor, biography

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Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet(Movie, 1940)

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