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Out of Africa

1985

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel.

5.9

The Libertine

2004

The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.

6.3

Slums of Beverly Hills

1998

In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.

0.0

The Solitary Sin

1919

Bob, John, and Edward--three young boys growing up in the same neighborhood--have vastly-different experiences with sex. Bob's father patiently explains "the birds and the bees" to him, and even takes him to a hospital to see the effects of venereal disease.

7.3

The Quiet Duel

1949

A young idealistic doctor works at his father's clinic in a small and seedy district. During the war, he contracts syphilis from the blood of a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. Treating himself in secret and tormented by his conscience, he rejects his heartbroken fiancée without explanation.

4.5

Ghosts

1915

Helen Alving leads an outwardly contented life. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of her husband's death, she is about to open an orphanage as a memorial to him. To mark this occasion, her bohemian painter son Oswald has returned from Paris. Helen plans to take the opportunity to tell Oswald the truth about his father. But ghosts of the past erupt during an eventful evening, bringing the facade of civilised family life crashing down.

3.0

Ghosts

2014

Helene Alving leads an outwardly contented life. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of her husband's death, she is about to open an orphanage as a memorial to him. To mark this occasion, her bohemian painter son Oswald has returned from Paris. Helene plans to take the opportunity to tell Oswald the truth about his father. But ghosts of the past erupt during an eventful evening, bringing the facade of civilised family life crashing down.

3.0

Sex Madness

1938

A young beauty queen travels to New York to further her modelling career, but contracts syphilis after being tricked into a sexual encounter. She is torn between the prospect of a slow, intensive but proven therapy and a supposed miracle cure.

0.0

Es werde Licht! 2. Teil

1918

A doctor who believes that only the immoral catch syphilis reconsiders his stance.

0.0

Es werde Licht!

1917

A painter with syphilis infects his brother's wife and the child born of their affair.

3.4

Damaged Goods

1937

A groom-to-be contracts syphilis and wrestles with the consequences of his diagnosis.

6.4

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

1940

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

0.0

The End of the Road

1919

Childhood friends Mary Lee and Vera receive two different versions of the 'birds and the bees' from their mothers. Mary Lee gets the facts, while Vera gets a prudish fairytale version. Their lives separate after graduation, Mary Lee becomes a nurse who falls in proper love with a Doctor, whereas Vera follows her mother's advice and seeks to marry a rich man, but falls for the unlawful and syphilitic charms of a wealthy cad. Mary Lee and her Doctor rescue Vera and help her get proper care after a series of revelations showing actual patients of the loathsome disease. Finally, Mary Lee and her new husband volunteer to help our boys fighting the Huns in France.

0.0

The Price He Paid

1914

The Price He Paid

3.8

Know For Sure

1941

A 1941 film encouraging people to seek treatment if they had, or might have had, syphilis.

5.4

Someone I Touched

1975

A woman learns that her husband has been unfaithful and that she has acquired a venereal disease. Then she learns that, after years of trying, she is finally pregnant

4.3

Damaged Lives

1933

An extramarital affair leads to a young couple contracting venereal disease.

5.0

Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was Lyle

1967

In New York City, a relationship is threatened when a young man discovers he's caught syphilis from a tryst with a waitress named Ellie. This threatens his relationship with a new girl. Film critic Amy Taubin co-stars as the new girl who gets the bad news. The director is apparently the same man who edited Fritz Lang's The Testament of Dr. Mabuse.

0.0

Es werde Licht! 3. Teil

1918

A tyrannical landowner terrorizes his wife and seduces the daughter of one of his employees.

0.0

Falsche Scham

1926

This educational film combines medical information and story to teach the viewers about the prevention and treatment of syphilis. The four episodes cover the stories of students looking to pick up prostitutes, a careless medical student, a wet nurse who has infected an infant, and a country girl afraid of seeking treatment.

Genre	Drama
Production Companies	Suomi-Filmi, Svensk Talfilm
Production Ccountries	Finland, Sweden

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