The Secret of Blood
1953, Czech. Directed by Martin Frič.
A biographical film about a Czech doctor, Dr. Jánský. The athletically inclined medic Jánský successfully completes his studies. He wants to become a surgeon, but finds himself in Professor Kuffner's psychiatric clinic, where, together with his colleague Kozdera, he tries to uncover the connection between blood clotting and mental illness. They make the surprising discovery that human blood can be divided into four groups and thus prevent it from clotting during transfusions. However, Jánský's discovery is met with misunderstanding by the Czech medical community...
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Czech
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Cast & crew
- Martin FričDirector
- Vladimír RážDr. Jan Janský
- Zdeněk ŠtěpánekProf. Kuffner
- Jiřina PetrovickáHedva
- Vlastimil BrodskýDr. Kozdera
- Svatopluk BenešDr. Regent
- Rudolf HrušínskýKurzweil
- Rudolf DeylPapik
- Radovan LukavskýKolcava
- Vlasta ChramostováKolcavova
- Gustav HilmarProf. Kyselka
- Světla SvozilováKyselkova
- Bohuš HradilDr. Pluhar
Details
- Released
- 25 December 1953
- Original title
- Tajemství krve
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Written by
- Vladimír Neff
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The Secret of Blood runs 108 minutes (1h 48m).
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The Secret of Blood isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 25 December 1953. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Secret of Blood?
The Secret of Blood (1953) was directed by Martin Frič and stars Vladimír Ráž, Zdeněk Štěpánek, Jiřina Petrovická.