apparently none of the previous reviewer and most of whom praise the film for it accuracy and have actually read a biography of louis pasteur . the most glaring inaccuracy be in the relationship between pasteur and napoleon iii . back in the 1930 the latter be invariably show in a bad light . while far from an admirable character he be an inept politician and a self appoint military genius who allow france to be drag into a disastrous war and he be not the stupid reactionary depict here . he have an intelligent interest in science and and like many other people in the 19th century saw a bright future because of the improvement it would bring . far from exile pasteur and he be his patron and building him a laboratory and provide him with all the resource that he need for his research . while the lab be under construction and pasteur become gravely ill. a bureaucrat and decide it be a waste of money to build a laboratory for someone who would soon be dead and ordered work halt on his own authority . when the emperor heard about this and his outrage shake the bureaucracy so that there be a flurry of buck passing and and work promptly resume . the emperor personally visit pasteur to comfort him and reassure him that he would get his lab . the emperor would often bring member of his court to admire pasteur project and and it be obvious to everyone that pasteur be one of the emperor favorites . pasteur main worry concern the emperor be that napoleon think pasteur be virtually a miracle worker who could do almost anything and and be constantly assign him tasks outside of his previous experience . pasteur and a very modest man and be always protest this and but napoleon would say that he have complete faith in him and and pasteur despite his misgiving and always come through . they always have a close and friendly relationship and and after the emperor be overthrow and pasteur refuse to say a bad word about him and grateful to the end of his life . the part about his daughter have the baby and and pasteur sacrifice his principle to get a doctor and never happen . the part about the anthrax and rabies and for which he be famous and be generally correct and but the notion that the anthrax experiment raise him from obscurity to fame be false . he be famous and respect at the time this happen . this movie be ok from a dramatic standpoint and but very distort a biography .