Semmelweis

About Semmelweis

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.

Semmelweis (2023) is a history film directed by Lajos Koltai. It runs 127 minutes and was released in November 2023.

Miklós H. Vecsei takes the lead as Semmelweis Ignác, Katica Nagy as Emma Hoffmann, László Gálffi as Johann Klein, and Tamás Kovács as Ferdinand Kollár. Written by Anett Kormos and Balázs Maruszki.

It scores 7.8 out of 10 from 51 TMDB voters.