20 Dec 1985
Out of Africa
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.
The End of the Road
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 who falls in proper love with a Doctor, whereas Vera follows her mother's advice and seeks to marry a rich man, but falls for the unlawful and syphilitic charms of a wealthy cad. Mary Lee and her Doctor rescue Vera and help her get proper care after a series of revelations showing actual patients of the loathsome disease. Finally, Mary Lee and her new husband volunteer to help our boys fighting the Huns in France.
Top Billed Cast
Richard Bennett Doctor
Claire Adams Mary Lee
Joyce Fair Vera Lynch
Raymond McKee 
Maude Hill 
Robert Cain 
Arthur Housman 
Alice Brady 
Helen Ferguson Maid
Similar movies
Out of Africa Out of Africa Falsche Scham 
Falsche Scham 15 Mar 1926
Falsche Scham
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 who has infected an infant, and a country girl afraid of seeking treatment.
The Libertine 
The Libertine 16 Sep 2004
The Libertine
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.
Ghosts 
Ghosts 31 May 1915
Ghosts
Helen 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. Helen plans to take the opportunity to tell Oswald the truth about his father. But ghosts of the past erupt during an eventful evening, bringing the facade of civilised family life crashing down.
Ghosts 
Ghosts 26 Jun 2014
Ghosts
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 plans to take the opportunity to tell Oswald the truth about his father. But ghosts of the past erupt during an eventful evening, bringing the facade of civilised family life crashing down.
The Quiet Duel 
The Quiet Duel 19 Mar 1949
The Quiet Duel
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 conscience, he rejects his heartbroken fiancée without explanation.
Sex Madness 
Sex Madness 28 Apr 1938
Sex Madness
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.
Synnin jäljet 
Synnin jäljet 09 Aug 1946
Synnin jäljet
Tuula, Mirri and Aino are roommates at a nurse college. At her hospital internship, Aino works with Dr. Eero who has had an affair with Viivi, the director of the nurses' dormitory. At the same time, Tuula is starting to get closer to Mirri's fiancé Ragnar who has begun to doubt Mirri's love and loyalty.
The Escape 
The Escape 01 Jun 1914
The Escape
A dramatic comparison between the mating habits of animals and the way humans choose their own partners. The film is now considered to be a lost film.
A Woman Branded 
A Woman Branded 15 Apr 1931
A Woman Branded
Toni van Eyck became known with her leading role in this early "Aufklärungsfilm" (education film) Gefahren der Liebe/A Woman Branded (Eugen Thiele, 1931) opposite Hans Stüwe. She played a rape victim, who finally becomes a murderess.
Damaged Goods 
Damaged Goods 22 May 1937
Damaged Goods
A groom-to-be contracts syphilis and wrestles with the consequences of his diagnosis.
Pozoamargo 
Pozoamargo 12 Nov 2015
Pozoamargo
Jesús, a middle-aged man, finds out that he suffers from a venereal disease. Feeling guilty, he abandons his pregnant wife and flees to the countryside. In Pozoamargo, a small village lost in the middle of nowhere, he works as a grape harvester, living a simple existence, until he meets Gloria, a peculiar young woman.
Damaged Lives 
Damaged Lives 15 Sep 1933
Damaged Lives
An extramarital affair leads to a young couple contracting venereal disease.
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet 
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet 23 Feb 1940
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphilis.
Ghosts 
Ghosts 14 Jun 1987
Ghosts
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 plans to take the opportunity to tell Oswald the truth about his father. But ghosts of the past erupt during an eventful evening, bringing the facade of civilised family life crashing down.
Open Your Eyes 
Open Your Eyes 24 May 1919
Open Your Eyes
A propagandistic melodrama recounting the dangers and horrors of venereal disease.
Someone I Touched 
Someone I Touched 26 Feb 1975
Someone I Touched
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
Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was Lyle 
Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was Lyle 25 Sep 1967
Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was Lyle
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 news. The director is apparently the same man who edited Fritz Lang's The Testament of Dr. Mabuse.
Know For Sure 
Know For Sure 01 Jan 1941
Know For Sure
A 1941 film encouraging people to seek treatment if they had, or might have had, syphilis.
Es werde Licht! 3. Teil 
Es werde Licht! 3. Teil 24 Mar 1918
Es werde Licht! 3. Teil
A tyrannical landowner terrorizes his wife and seduces the daughter of one of his employees.