Semmelweis

03/11/2024 - quanly

Feature Film/ Hungary/ 127 min/2023

Director: Lajos Koltai

Screenwriter: Balázs Maruszki, Anett Kormos

Director of Photography: András Nagy

Production: Tamás Lajos, Joe Vida

Music Composer: Atti Pacsay

Cast: Miklós H. Vecsei, Katica Nagy, László Gálffi, Tamás K. Kovács, Ferenc Lengyel

Synopsis:

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.

Director’s biography:

Lajos Koltai, ASC, HSC, is a Hungarian cinematographer and film director best known for his work with legendary Hungarian director István Szabó, and Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on the film Malèna (2000).