Legione bianca

"White Legion" is a movie about some very brave and important people. Unfortunately, while I enjoyed the movie, the average person probably won't...mostly because of how they tell this story. It's a cheapo production...and should have been better.

The story is all about Yellow Fever and the efforts of scientists to irradicate it....otherwise, the Panama Canal never could have been completed AND the ships never would want to go through such a zone of pestilence. The characters in the story champion Pasteur's germ theory and ultimately are successful. However, in telling this story, they included a few dopey characters (such as the Senator and his daughter) in a feeble attempt to make the story more interesting....and simply telling it without all the melodrama would have made for a better and more realistic portrayal of these events.