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After its highy successful world premiere in New York and sweeping success at the 21st Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles and the 19th European Union Film Festival in Toronto, the movie Semmelweis finally makes its debut in Boston on March 7, 2024 at the Harvard Medical School organized by the Liszt Institute New York and the Harvard Club, and sponsored by the Semmelweis University in Budapest.
It is symbolic that this special movie screening will take place at the Harvard Medical School’s Countway Library – a renowned institution that is dedicated to advancing medical education, research, and patient care, all of which was of paramount importance to Ignác Semmelweis as well.
The distinguished guest of the evening will be dr. Béla Merkely, rector of the Semmelweis University in Budapest.
The event is free of charge, however registration is required. Please, find the registration link on the right or click here.
Lajos Koltai’s feature film depicts a mysterious epidemic in 1847, raging in a maternity clinic in Vienna and decimating the women in labor. A Hungarian medical doctor, Ignaz Semmelweis, is determined to unravel the mystery of puerperal fever by going against all traditional theories.
Our eponym, Ignaz Semmelweis, is a real inspiration even today. It is no coincidence that in 1969, on the 200th anniversary of its foundation, Semmelweis University took his name. He is a role model to be followed by all doctors and medical professionals, all those who work in the health sector. In the apt words of Semmelweis, “however painful and overwhelming a realization may be, there is no antidote in denial.”