Directed by:
Jiří SvobodaCinematography:
Vladimír SmutnýComposer:
Jozef RevalloCast:
Miroslav Macháček, Jana Brejchová, Barbara Brylska, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Štefan Mišovic, Emma Černá, Jana Krausová, Daniel Krcho, Radovan Lukavský (more)Plots(1)
A top surgeon hesitates whether to operate on a child patient with a tumour pressing on his brain. In this drama directed by Jiří Svoboda, the surgeon introspects about his professional and personal life, which begins to be undermined by doubt. (Summer Film School)
Cast
Miroslav Macháček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Jana Brejchová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Půlpenny (1974) (TV movie)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
Barbara Brylska
Poland
Best movies:
Admiral (2009) (series)
The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1975) (TV movie)
Liberation: Breakthrough (1970)
Radoslav Brzobohatý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Štefan Mišovic
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Rysavá jalovica (1970) (TV movie)
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself (1989)
The Millennial Bee (1983)
Emma Černá
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kolya (1996)
Monahikoi typoi (2000)
Adelheid (1969)
Jana Krausová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Zámek v Čechách (1993) (TV movie)
Stairway to Power (2023) (series)
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)
Daniel Krcho
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Scalpel, Please (1985)
Štvrtý rozmer (1983)
Radovan Lukavský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Ondřej Pavelka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself (1989)
Mapa zámořských objevů (1978) (TV movie)
Naši furianti (2006) (theatrical recording)
František Řehák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Snowdrop Festival (1983)
Věra Galatíková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Václav Mareš
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
The Golden Eels (1979) (TV movie)
The Mystery of the Carpathian Castle (1981)
Jakub Zdeněk
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lost Gate (2012) (series)
Scalpel, Please (1985)
St. Nicholas Is in Town (1992) (TV movie)
Eva Hudečková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1974)
Josef Abrhám
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Hráči (1983) (theatrical recording)
Helga Čočková
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Partie krásného dragouna (1970)
Scalpel, Please (1985)
Awakening (1959)
Marie Durnová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Silent Pain (1990)
Gazdina roba (2009) (theatrical recording)
Scalpel, Please (1985)
Jana Vychodilová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Funeral Ceremonies (1969)
Věc Makropulos (1970) (theatrical recording)
József Ropog
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
Scalpel, Please (1985)
Jedenáste prikázanie (1977) (series)