Pasteur (1923)

Thumbnail | Albert Edelfelt. Louis Pasteur in His Laboratory, 1885. Paris, Musée d’Orsay. This biographical film is devoted to the life and scientific work of the outstanding French microbiologist and chemist Louis Pasteur. It presents events from the scientist’s life in chronological order, from his childhood through the years when he achieved worldwide fame by managing to overcome many diseases affecting plants, animals, and people. Considerable attention is given to the story of his discovery of methods for combating rabies and to the episode associated with the treatment of Joseph Meister—the first person saved from rabies.