The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)

Directed by

William Dieterle

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 54 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A fictionalized account of the life of Louis Pasteur, focusing on his scientific work to develop advances in microbiology. The story shows how he faced challenges to his ideas that later revolutionized medicine and agriculture.

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What happens

The Story of Louis Pasteur is a 1936 American black-and-white biographical film from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Henry Blanke, directed by William Dieterle, that stars Paul Muni as the renowned French scientist Louis Pasteur, who developed major advances in microbiology which revolutionized agriculture and medicine. The film's screenplay—which tells a highly fictionalized version of Pasteur's life—was written by Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney, as well as Edward Chodorov (uncredited). The film was an instant success. Muni won an Academy Award for Best Actor, while Collings and Gibney won for Best Screenplay and Best Story. It was also nominated for Outstanding Production (Best Picture). Muni won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor from the Venice Film Festival in 1936. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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