“The White Plague” was based on a play by Karel Čapek and based on a play by Czech writer Karel Čapek. It’s about a bellicose (воинственный), nationalist leader whose plans to invade a smaller country are complicated by a strange illness making its way through his nation. They call it the “white disease” since people’s skin and bodies (тела) seem to turn to white marble (белый как мрамор).
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