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Scalpel, Please (1986)
Directed by Jiří Svoboda
Overview
A psychological drama exploring the notion of the doctor as a moral authority, who within the framework of their everyday work must face questions of life and death. The film is adapted from a novel by Valja Stýblová, in which the author draws upon her personal experiences as a former neurosurgeon. The protagonist of this drama is an ageing professor, based at a Prague neurological clinic, who is haunted by issues concerning his own principles and values, and also by the case of a young patient, Víťa, afflicted with an inoperable tumour.
Length 114 minutes
Actors
Miroslav Macháček | Jana Brejchová | Barbara Brylska | Radoslav Brzobohatý | Ondřej Pavelka | Jana Krausová | Emma Cerná | Daniel Krcho | Radovan Lukavský | Věra Galatíková | Štefan Mišovic | Jakub Zdenek | Václav Mareš | František Řehák | Eva Trejtnarová-Hudečková | Helga Čočková | Marie Durnová | Josef Abrhám | Jana Vychodilová | Eva Hodinová | József Ropog | Ladislav Goral | Michal Ličartovský | Alena Siváková | Mária Čižárová | Luboš Veselý | Josef Sebek | Zora Kerova | Stanislava Bartošová | Svatopluk Matyáš | Lenka Machoninová | Ladislav Křiváček | Rudolf A. Rosenfelder | Rostislav Kuba | Ladislav Balous | Petra Jindrová | Václav Helliman | Jaroslav Plas | Michal Tichý | Vladimír Zábrodský | Vladimír Beneš | František Uhlíř | Eduard Spáčil | Ivan Dominák | Monika Franková | Soňa Macková | Martin Pastor | Evžen Drtina | Patrik Nývlt | Dana Samková | Milan Kříž | Lenka Maňasová | Helena Karasová | Soňa Obernauerová | Pavel Vaněk | Jiří Němeček