🎬 Drama

An Enemy of the People

"The tragedy of a an honest man destroyed by a town's greed."

⭐ 6.8/10 1978 1h 47m Dir. George Schaefer

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A small forest town is trying to promote itself as a place for tourists to come enjoy the therapeutic hot springs and unspoiled nature. Dr. Stockmann, however, makes the inconvenient discovery that the nature around the village is not so unspoiled. In fact, the runoff from the local tanning mill has contaminated the water to a dangerous degree. The town fathers argue that cleaning up the mess would be far too expensive and the publicity would destroy the town's reputation, so therefore news of the pollution should be suppressed. Dr. Stockmann decides to fight to get the word out to the people, but receives as very mixed reaction.

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6.8/10 16 votes

Quick facts

Year
1978
Runtime
1h 47m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.8/10
Votes
16
Genre
Drama
Director
Language
EN
Budget
$2.5M

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎬 George Schaefer 👤 Steve McQueen 👤 Charles Durning 👤 Bibi Andersson
health cover-up tannery

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Questions about An Enemy of the People

An Enemy of the People has a runtime of 1h 47m (1 hour and 47 minutes).
An Enemy of the People was directed by George Schaefer and released in 1978.
An Enemy of the People is a Drama film (1978).
The cast of An Enemy of the People includes Steve McQueen, Charles Durning, Bibi Andersson, Eric Christmas, Michael Cristofer.
An Enemy of the People has a TMDB rating of 6.8/10 based on 16 votes.

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