Robert Koch (German title: Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes) is a 1939 Nazi propaganda film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss and Viktoria von Ballasko. The film was a biopic of the German pioneering microbiologist Robert Koch (1843–1910). It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and premiered at the city's Ufa-Palast am Zoo. The film was made by the Tobis Film company, and was also distributed in the United States by the largest German studio UFA.

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Reimer, Robert C. & Reimer, Carol J. The A to Z of German Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

Robert Koch (film)

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1939 films

1930s biographical drama films

1930s historical drama films

German historical drama films

German biographical drama films

Films of Nazi Germany

1930s German-language films

Films directed by Hans Steinhoff

Films set in the 19th century

Films about Nobel laureates

Films about infectious diseases

Biographical films about physicians

Biographical films about scientists

Robert Koch

Tobis Film films

German black-and-white films

1939 drama films

1930s German films

Films shot at Johannisthal Studios

Films scored by Wolfgang Zeller

Robert Koch (film)