''The Secret of Blood'' () is a 1953 Czechoslovak 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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

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 – 8 September 1921) was a Czech serologist, neurologist and psychiatrist. He is credited with the classification of blood into four types (I, II, III, IV). Life and education Janský was born on 3 April 1873 in ...

who discovered and classified the four different

blood type A blood type (also known as a blood group) is based on the presence and absence of antibody, antibodies and Heredity, inherited antigenic substances on the surface of red blood cells (RBCs). These antigens may be proteins, carbohydrates, glycop ...

s. It competed at 14th Venice International Film Festival.

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. Life In 1915 Zdeněk Štěpánek joined Austro-Hungarian Army and fought at the Eastern Front. He later switched sides a ...

as Prof. Kuffner * Jiřina Petrovická 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 as Dr. Kurzweil * Radovan Lukavský as Worker Kolčava * Vlasta Chramostová as Kolčavová * Rudolf Deyl as Batman Papík * Josef Hlinomaz 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 ...

as Doctor at Lecture *

Josef Kemr Josef Kemr (20 June 1922 – 15 January 1995) was a Czech actor. He starred in the 1969/1970 film ''Witchhammer'' under director Otakar Vávra. Selected filmography *''Lízin let do nebe'' (1937) - Jula Plichta *''Škola základ života'' (1 ...

as Angry patient * Gustav Hilmar as Prof. Kyselka

References

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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