SEMMELWEIS TRAILER
FOR HUNGARY'S CANDIDATE IN OSCAR RACE
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| The film is on Netflix in some countries |
WHAT IS THE STORY?
This historical biopic centres around a famous Hungarian doctor Ignac Semmelweis (Miklós H. Vecsei)
who introduced antiseptic procedures at a Vienna maternity clinic. In
1847 a mysterious 
epidemic is raging in a maternity clinic in Vienna,
while the doctor Ignác Semmelweis tries to defeat puerperal fever by
going against all traditional
theories. After playing in Hungarian
cinemas earlier this year it became their most watched movie in last
five years. The film is available for streaming on Netflix in some countries, methinks.
epidemic is raging in a maternity clinic in Vienna,
while the doctor Ignác Semmelweis tries to defeat puerperal fever by
going against all traditional
theories. After playing in Hungarian
cinemas earlier this year it became their most watched movie in last
five years. The film is available for streaming on Netflix in some countries, methinks. 
Semmelweis sounds so German to me...don't think I have ever watched anything from Hungry. If it's on Netflix over here, then we might just watch it.
ReplyDeleteWell, he is obviously Austrian, given that it was AustroHungarian empire. It is quite shocking to know that people started paying attention to sterile instruments and hygiene only in the 19th century.
DeleteI'll have to see if this is available here. And honestly, it is shocking how new the concept is of a sterile environment for medical procedures really is. Or the concept of hygiene in general. I mean, indoor plumbing and regular bathing is actually a fairly new thing too. My grandma had an outhouse and used magazines to wipe her butt with. We're even behind the times here in the US and are only just now catching on to the cleanliness of using a bidet.
ReplyDeleteYes, they bathed us once a week as kids, my mother still lives in medieval times when it comes to hygiene. Brother as well, I cannot stand it. Even antibiotics were invented in the 20th century.
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