An Enemy of the People

(1978)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 17 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1978

Runtime: 107 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: George Schaefer

Cast: Стив МакКуин, Чарльз Дёрнинг, Биби Андерссон, Eric Christmas, Майкл Кристофер, Ричард А. Дайсарт, Michael Higgins, Ричард Брэдфорд, Ham Larsen, John Levin

Plot

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.