Molokai: la isla maldita

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Molokai: la isla maldita

4.0(3 votes)
1959
1h 41m
DramaHistory
faithhawaiileprosybased on true storyleper colonycatholic priestmissionary priest19th centuryisolated islandisolated community

Overview

Kingdom of Hawaii, 1866. Fearful that leprosy would spread throughout the archipelago, the king banishes the sick to the island of Molokai. In 1873, the Belgian Catholic missionary Damien de Veuster arrives on the island to help improve the lives of its unfortunate inhabitants.

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