The Secret of Blood (1953)
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A biographical film about a Czech doctor, Dr. Jánský. The athletically inclined medic Jánský successfully completes his studies. He wants to become a surgeon, but finds himself in Professor Kuffner's psychiatric clinic, where, together with his colleague Kozdera, he tries to uncover the connection between blood clotting and mental illness. They make the surprising discovery that human blood can be divided into four groups and thus prevent it from clotting during transfusions. However, Jánský's discovery is met with misunderstanding by the Czech medical community...
- Date of release
- 1953-12-25
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Director
- Martin Frič
Casting
- Vladimír Ráž — Dr. Jan Janský
- Zdeněk Štěpánek — Prof. Kuffner
- Jiřina Petrovická — Hedva
- Vlastimil Brodský — Dr. Kozdera
- Svatopluk Beneš — Dr. Regent
- Rudolf Hrušínský — Kurzweil
- Rudolf Deyl — Papik
- Radovan Lukavský — Kolcava
- Vlasta Chramostová — Kolcavova
- Gustav Hilmar — Prof. Kyselka
- Světla Svozilová — Kyselkova
- Bohuš Hradil — Dr. Pluhar
Interesting facts
The Secret of Blood is a 1953 Czechoslovak biographical drama film directed by Martin Frič about Czech doctor Jan Janský who discovered and classified the four different blood types. It competed at 14th Venice International Film Festival.
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