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GreatGoodWatch scoreSummary
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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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 78GoodWatch 77
IMDb7.8
Running time
1 h 54 min
A typical length for dramas, +5 min on the typical 109
typical 109114Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
1986
March 1, 1986
40 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Czech
Original language
Made in
XC
and 1 more21 people
- Miroslav MacháčekSurgeon
- Barbara BrylskaMed. assistant
- JZJakub ZdeněkUzlík
- Marie DurnováZita
- JRJózsef RopogOld Carda
- VHVáclav HellimanCamera Operator
- FUFrantišek UhlířMusician
- ESEduard SpáčilMusician
- IDIvan DominákMusician
- MFMonika FrankováDancer
- SMSoňa MackováDancer
- MPMartin PastorDancer
- EDEvžen DrtinaDancer
- PNPatrik NývltDancer
- DSDana SamkováDancer
- MKMilan KřížDancer
- LMLenka MaňasováDancer
- HKHelena KarasováDancer
- SOSoňa ObernauerováDancer
- PVPavel VaněkDancer
- Jiří NěmečekOld Carda (voice)
Directing · 4
- Jiří Svoboda Director, Screenplay
- Hana Hanušová First Assistant Director
- Zora Vondráčková Assistant Director
- Marie Brodilová Script Supervisor
Writing · 2
- Valja Stýblová Novel
- Miloslav Vydra Creative Producer
Production · 4
- Petr Čapek Production Manager
- Josef Štambach Unit Manager
- Hana Jarošová Unit Manager
- František Vláčil ml. Assistant Production Manager
Camera · 5
- Vladimír Smutný Director of Photography
- Zdeněk Vávra Still Photographer
- Václav Helliman Camera Operator
- Jiří Maxa Assistant Camera
- Jarmila Holubová Clapper Loader
Editing · 3
- Josef Valušiak Editor
- Anna Mejtská Assistant Editor
- Jana Šimonová Assistant Editor
Sound · 2
- Jozef Revallo Original Music Composer
- Jiří Moudrý Sound
Art · 6
- Jaromír Švarc Production Design
- Jan Švankmajer Art Direction
- Miloš Sršeň Set Decoration
- Karel Kracík Set Decoration
- Petr Václavek Assistant Production Design
- Milan Šefrna Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 6
- Jan Růžička Costume Design
- Stanislav Petřek Makeup & Hair
- Jaroslava Adámková Costumer
- Václav Frank Makeup & Hair
- Jiřina Bissingerová Makeup & Hair
- Květa Gregorová Costumer
Other crew · 4
- Karel Engel Stunts
- Václav Šašek Dramaturgy
- Arnošt Böhm Stunts
- Jana Hauptmannová Stunts
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