Syphilis Movies

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...

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...

True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphilis.

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...

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...

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...

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...

A 1941 film encouraging people to seek treatment if they had, or might have had, syphilis.

Bob, John, and Edward--three young boys growing up in the same neighborhood--have vastly-different experiences with sex. Bob's father patiently...

This American Medical Association (AMA) and U.S. Public Health Service (PHS)-sponsored film aims to present the most current knowledge about causes,...

The Price He Paid

An extramarital affair leads to a young couple contracting venereal disease.

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...

Describes the symptoms of gonorrhea and syphilis, with warnings of the consequences of avoiding treatment. Discusses some of the prevalent myths...

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...

A painter with syphilis infects his brother's wife and the child born of their affair.

Venereal disease threatens to tear a young couple apart.

An upstanding doctor is transformed into a cold-blooded serial killer after being attacked by terrorists in Vietnam.

A wife and her husband have both contracted syphilis and don't know how to tell each other.

A doctor who believes that only the immoral catch syphilis reconsiders his stance.