''The Secret of Blood'' ( cs, Tajemství krve) is a 1953

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biographical

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Martin Frič Martin Frič (29 March 1902 – 26 August 1968) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. He had more than 100 directing credits between 1929 and 1968, including feature films, shorts and documentary films. Throughout his life, F ...

about Czech doctor

Jan Janský Jan Janský () (3 April 1873 in Smíchov, now Prague – 8 September 1921 in Černošice, near Prague) was a Czech serologist, neurologist and psychiatrist. He is credited with the classification of blood into four types (I, II, III, IV).Book ...

who discovered and classified the four different blood types. It competed at

14th Venice International Film Festival The 14th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 20 August to 4 September 1953. The Golden Lion of Saint Mark was not awarded this year. The jury, having examined the films in competition and noting the considerable average high l ...

Cast

* Vladimír Ráž as Dr.

Zdeněk Štěpánek Zdeněk Štěpánek (22 September 1896 – 20 June 1968) was a Czech actor. He appeared in 65 films between 1922 and 1968. Selected filmography * '' St. Wenceslas'' (1930) * '' Paradise Road'' (1936) * '' The World Is Ours'' (1937) * '' Skelet ...

as Prof. Kuffner *

Jiřina Petrovická Jiřina Petrovická (30 January 1923 – 10 October 2008) was a Czechoslovak film actress. She appeared in 20 films and television shows between 1943 and 1985. Selected filmography * '' Fourteen at the Table'' (1943) * ''Men Without Wings'' ...

as Hedva *

Vlastimil Brodský Vlastimil Brodský (15 December 1920 – 20 April 2002) was a Czech actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films, and is considered a key figure in the postwar development of Czech cinema. One of his best-known roles was as the title charac ...

as Dr. Kozdera * Svatopluk Beneš as Dr. Regent *

Rudolf Hrušínský Rudolf Hrušínský (17 October 1920 – 13 April 1994) was a Czech actor. He was one of the most popular Czech actors. Many of his movies such as ''The Good Soldier Švejk'', ''The Cremator'' or '' Capricious Summer'' are considered classics of ...

as Dr. Kurzweil *

Radovan Lukavský Radovan Lukavský (1 November 1919 – 10 March 2008) was a Czech theatre and film actor. Lukavský was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1919. He graduated from high school in Český Brod, before continuing his education at the Charles Unive ...

as Worker Kolčava *

Vlasta Chramostová Vlasta Chramostová (17 November 1926 – 6 October 2019) was a Czech film actress. She appeared in 35 films since 1950. She starred in the 1950 film '' The Trap'' which was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. A signatory of Charter 77, ...

as Kolčavová *

Rudolf Deyl Rudolf Deyl (6 July 1912 – 21 November 1967) was a Czechoslovak actor. His father Rudolf Deyl Sr. was also an actor. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Deyl, Rudolf Jr. 1912 births 1967 deaths Czec ...

as Batman Papík *

Josef Hlinomaz Josef Hlinomaz (9 October 1914 – 8 August 1978) was a Czechoslovak film actor, journalist, and painter. He appeared in more than 150 films and television shows between 1948 and 1978. Selected filmography * ''Komedianti'' (1954) * ''The ...

as Alois *

František Filipovský František Filipovský (23 September 1907 – 26 October 1993) was a Czechoslovak stage, television, and film actor. Life and career Early life and theatre Filipovský was born on 23 September 1907 in the Czech town of Přelouč, then part of A ...

as Doctor at Lecture * Josef Kemr as Angry patient *

Gustav Hilmar Gustav Hilmar, real name Gustav Černý (30 January 1891 – 19 March 1967) was a Czech film actor. He appeared in 46 films between 1927 and 1964. He is buried at the Vinohrady Cemetery. Selected filmography * ''Hordubalové'' (1937) * ' ...

as Prof. Kyselka

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* 1953 films Czechoslovak drama films 1950s Czech-language films 1953 drama films Films directed by Martin Frič Czech biographical drama films 1950s biographical drama films 1950s Czech films {{1950s-CzechRepublic-film-stub