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    Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

    1940 · Biography · 1h 43m
  2. Language. English. Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet is a 1940 American biographical film starring Edward G. Robinson and directed by William Dieterle, based on the true story of the German doctor and scientist Dr. Paul Ehrlich. The film was released by Warner Bros., with some controversy over raising the subject of syphilis in a major studio release.

  3. A 1940 film about the German scientist who developed the first synthetic antimicrobial drug, 606 or Salvarsan. Edward G. Robinson stars as Paul Ehrlich, who faced legal and ethical challenges in his quest to find a "magic bullet" for syphilis.

    • (1.8K)
    • Biography, Drama
    • William Dieterle
    • 1940-03-02
  4. Magic bullet (medicine) The magic bullet is a scientific concept developed by the German Nobel laureate Paul Ehrlich in 1907. [1] While working at the Institute of Experimental Therapy ( Institut für experimentelle Therapie ), Ehrlich formed an idea that it could be possible to kill specific microbes (such as bacteria), which cause diseases in ...

  5. German biochemist Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915) developed a chemical theory to explain the body’s immune response and did important work in chemotherapy, coining the term magic bullet. Ehrlich received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1908. In 1906 Ehrlich prophesied the role of modern-day pharmaceutical research, predicting that ...

  6. A 1940 biographical movie about Dr. Paul Ehrlich, a German physician who developed a cure for syphilis. The film stars Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Otto Kruger and others, and is directed by William Dieterle.

    • 103 min
    • 3K
    • dusandjuric
  7. Feb 8, 2012 · The working titles of this film were The Life of Dr. Ehrlich, A Magic Bullet, Test 606 and The Story of Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet.An onscreen prologue reads: "This picture is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Paul Ehrlich whose dream it was to create out of chemicals 'magic bullets' with which to fight the scourges of mankind...and this is the story of his devotion to that ideal."

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    Ehrlich's life and work was featured in the 1940 U.S. film Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet with Edward G. Robinson in the title role. It focused on Salvarsan (arsphenamine, "compound 606"), his cure for syphilis. Since the Nazi government was opposed to this tribute to a Jewish scientist, attempts were made to keep the film a secret in Germany.

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