The Secret of Blood

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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...
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Cast

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

Josef Hlinomaz
Guardian

Miloš Vavruška
Injured Soldier

Václav Trégl
Kolonka

Emil Bolek
Injured Comrade
Ilona Kubásková
Jansky's Nurse (1921)

František Filipovský
Doctor at Lecture

Bedřich Vrbský

Miloš Kopecký
Lékar na prednásce
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