Ignaz Semmelweis revolutionierte die Medizin. Der junge ungarische Arzt entdeckte im 19. Jahrhundert die Grundlagen der Hygiene, womit er unzähligen Frauen in den Geburtskliniken das Leben rettete. Péter Gárdos wollte einen Film über...

Based on the real letters from the author's father to his mother, this is a remarkable post-war love story of how a young man given six months to live decides to find a wife.

'Dramatic, compassionate and deeply moving.' Jennifer Clement, author of award-winning novel PRAYERS FOR THE STOLEN 'A magnificent novel, tonally flawless, its humour defiant in the face of vast tragedy.' Joan London, author of...