Priests of the Condemned (1992)

Name: Priests of the Condemned
Director: Oliver Herbrich
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1992
Cast: Lothar Kreutzer, Anja Buczkowski, Glenn Rosseter

1h 16m IMDb

Documentary

The film depicts life in Nepal’s leper colonies, where leprosy, now curable, is seen as a divine curse. During the monsoon, when gods leave the Kathmandu Valley, people face afflictions like leprosy. Nepal has 170,000 cases, with many severely disabled and ostracized due to fear and religious beliefs. Lacking support and medical care, they end up as beggars in cities.