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The Quiet Duel

1949 1h 35m

7.3 / 10

83 votes

  • Drama

Overview

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.