Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch: great scientists, national icons, opponents in the service of research. One is a Frenchman and chemist and is already in the second half of his life. He is honored worldwide with numerous prizes for his discovery of the rabies vaccine. The other was a still unknown German country doctor in his 30s, whose discovery of the tuberculosis bacillus was later awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine. From 1881, the two were bitter rivals. Their 20-year rivalry resulted in spectacular progress in the fight against deadly epidemics.
as Louis Pasteur
as Robert Koch
as Emile Roux
as Marie Pasteur
as Emmy Koch
as Gertrud Koch
as Mme Meister
as Joseph Meister
as M. Gaffky
as Hedwige
as M. Rossignol
as M. Kaufer
as M. Maunoury
as Dr. Grancher
as M. Fischer
as Louis Thuillier
as French scientist
as Veterinary
as Veterinary's wife
as Journalist
as German scientist
as Pasteur's assistant
as Koch's assistant
as Narration
