Movies: Syphilis

  • 1985
    Out of Africa

    Out of Africa (1985)

    Out of Africa

    7.21985HD

    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....

    Out of Africa
  • 1938
    Sex Madness

    Sex Madness (1938)

    Sex Madness

    31938HD

    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....

    Sex Madness
  • 2004
    The Libertine

    The Libertine (2004)

    The Libertine

    5.92004HD

    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....

    The Libertine
  • 1949
    The Quiet Duel

    The Quiet Duel (1949)

    The Quiet Duel

    7.31949HD

    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 conscien...

    The Quiet Duel
  • 1940
    Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

    Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)

    Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

    6.31940HD

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

    Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
  • 1975
    Someone I Touched

    Someone I Touched (1975)

    Someone I Touched

    5.41975HD

    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...

    Someone I Touched
  • 2009
    Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone

    Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone (2009)

    Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone

    62009HD

    January, 1947. The public receives the news of Al Capone's death with indifference, although twenty years earlier he had ruled Chicago's crime underworld with brute force and corrupting many touchable individuals. Until the day the head of the Untouc...

    Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone
  • 1971
    V.D. Every 30 Seconds

    V.D. Every 30 Seconds (1971)

    V.D. Every 30 Seconds

    101971HD

    Describes the symptoms of gonorrhea and syphilis, with warnings of the consequences of avoiding treatment. Discusses some of the prevalent myths about contracting these diseases and stresses the importance of consulting a doctor if infection is suspe...

    V.D. Every 30 Seconds
  • 1919
    The End of the Road

    The End of the Road (1919)

    The End of the Road

    01919HD

    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 w...

    The End of the Road
  • 1993
    Traumatized

    Traumatized (1993)

    Traumatized

    51993HD

    An upstanding doctor is transformed into a cold-blooded serial killer after being attacked by terrorists in Vietnam....

    Traumatized
  • 1967
    Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was Lyle

    Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was Lyle (1967)

    Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was Lyle

    51967HD

    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...

    Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was Lyle
  • 1926
    Geißel der Menschheit

    Geißel der Menschheit (1926)

    Geißel der Menschheit

    01926HD

    Venereal disease threatens to tear a young couple apart....

    Geißel der Menschheit
  • 1933
    Damaged Lives

    Damaged Lives (1933)

    Damaged Lives

    4.31933HD

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

    Damaged Lives
  • 1918
    Es werde Licht! 2. Teil

    Es werde Licht! 2. Teil (1918)

    Es werde Licht! 2. Teil

    01918HD

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

    Es werde Licht! 2. Teil
  • 2014
    Ghosts

    Ghosts (2014)

    Ghosts

    32014HD

    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...

    Ghosts
  • 1919
    The Solitary Sin

    The Solitary Sin (1919)

    The Solitary Sin

    01919HD

    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 ...

    The Solitary Sin
  • 1926
    Falsche Scham

    Falsche Scham (1926)

    Falsche Scham

    01926HD

    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 ...

    Falsche Scham
  • 1918
    Es werde Licht! 3. Teil

    Es werde Licht! 3. Teil (1918)

    Es werde Licht! 3. Teil

    01918HD

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

    Es werde Licht! 3. Teil
  • 1941
    Know For Sure

    Know For Sure (1941)

    Know For Sure

    3.81941HD

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

    Know For Sure
  • 1914
    The Price He Paid

    The Price He Paid (1914)

    The Price He Paid

    01914HD

    The Price He Paid...

    The Price He Paid