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Scalpel, Please

1986-03-01 · 114 min · ★ 7.6

Drama

An aging professor at a Prague neurological clinic is forced to confront his personal values and the harsh boundaries of medical science. Already burdened by the ultimate questions of life and death, his ethical convictions are put to the test by Víťa, a young patient with an inoperable tumor.

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Directors
Jiří Svoboda
Production companies
Filmové studio Barrandov
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Miroslav MacháčekMiroslav MacháčekSurgeon
Jana BrejchováJana Brejchová
Barbara BrylskaBarbara BrylskaMed. assistant
Radoslav BrzobohatýRadoslav Brzobohatý
Ondřej PavelkaOndřej Pavelka
Jana KrausováJana Krausová
Emma ČernáEmma Černá
Daniel Krcho
Radovan LukavskýRadovan Lukavský
Věra GalatíkováVěra Galatíková
Štefan Mišovic
Jakub ZdeněkUzlík
Václav Mareš
František ŘehákFrantišek Řehák
Eva Trejtnarová-HudečkováEva Trejtnarová-Hudečková
Helga ČočkováHelga Čočková
Marie DurnováMarie DurnováZita
Josef AbrhámJosef Abrhám
Jana Vychodilová
Eva Hodinová

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