Scalpel, Please
Scalpel, Please

Scalpel, Please

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1986
1h 54m
7.6(8 votes)
Drama

Overview

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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Filmové studio Barrandov

Cast & Crew

56 members
Acting

Miroslav Macháček

Surgeon

Miroslav Macháček
Acting

Jana Brejchová

Unknown Role

Jana Brejchová
Acting

Barbara Brylska

Med. assistant

Barbara Brylska
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Radoslav Brzobohatý

Unknown Role

Radoslav Brzobohatý
Acting

Ondřej Pavelka

Unknown Role

Ondřej Pavelka
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Jana Krausová

Unknown Role

Jana Krausová
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Emma Černá

Unknown Role

Emma Černá
Acting

Daniel Krcho

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Radovan Lukavský

Unknown Role

Radovan Lukavský
Acting

Věra Galatíková

Unknown Role

Věra Galatíková
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Štefan Mišovic

Unknown Role

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Jakub Zdeněk

Uzlík

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Václav Mareš

Unknown Role

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František Řehák

Unknown Role

František Řehák
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Eva Trejtnarová-Hudečková

Unknown Role

Eva Trejtnarová-Hudečková
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Helga Čočková

Unknown Role

Helga Čočková
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Marie Durnová

Zita

Marie Durnová
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Josef Abrhám

Unknown Role

Josef Abrhám
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Jana Vychodilová

Unknown Role

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Eva Hodinová

Unknown Role

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József Ropog

Old Carda

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Ladislav Goral

Unknown Role

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Michal Ličartovský

Unknown Role

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Alena Siváková

Unknown Role

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Mária Čižárová

Unknown Role

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Luboš Veselý

Unknown Role

Luboš Veselý
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Josef Šebek

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Zora Kerova

Unknown Role

Zora Kerova
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Stanislava Bartošová

Unknown Role

Stanislava Bartošová
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Svatopluk Matyáš

Unknown Role

Svatopluk Matyáš
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Lenka Machoninová

Unknown Role

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Ladislav Křiváček

Unknown Role

Ladislav Křiváček
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Rudolf A. Rosenfelder

Unknown Role

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Rostislav Kuba

Unknown Role

Rostislav Kuba
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Ladislav Balous

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Petra Jindrová

Unknown Role

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Camera

Václav Helliman

Camera Operator

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Jaroslav Plas

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Michal Tichý

Unknown Role

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Vladimír Zábrodský

Unknown Role

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Vladimír Beneš

Unknown Role

Vladimír Beneš
Acting

František Uhlíř

Musician

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Eduard Spáčil

Musician

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Ivan Dominák

Musician

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Monika Franková

Dancer

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Soňa Macková

Dancer

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Martin Pastor

Dancer

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Evžen Drtina

Dancer

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Patrik Nývlt

Dancer

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Dana Samková

Dancer

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Milan Kříž

Dancer

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Lenka Maňasová

Dancer

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Helena Karasová

Dancer

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Soňa Obernauerová

Dancer

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Pavel Vaněk

Dancer

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Jiří Němeček

Old Carda (voice)

Jiří Němeček

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