A patient with chronic anemia marries her doctor, but falls in love with his colleague.
Social & External
The people behind it
Henny Porten
Margarete Lasson
Fritz Delius
Prof. Volkmann
Fritz Weidemann
Gert Falck
Rudolf Biebrach
Geheimrat Lasson
A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States whose main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives. "The more people you deny health insurance, the more money we make" is the business model for health care providers in America.
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