Diagnosis of Death
1979, Czech. Directed by Petr Schulhoff.
Two seriously injured patients are brought to the hospital at almost the same time: truck driver Honza Linhart, who had an accident, and a young woman found unconscious in a forest by a man picking mushrooms. The woman is identified as Katerina Marková, the divorced mother of a young girl. Major Kalas (Rudolf Hrusínský) suspects that she is a victim of mugging since a bloodstained small ax has been found near the site of the crime and, according to witnesses, Ms Marková was missing her watch and a bracelet, from which a gemstone has also been discovered. Linhart has lost his only kidney in the accident; in order to live a normal life again, he will need a kidney transplant from the mugged woman if she dies.
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- 1h 26m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Czech
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Cast & crew
- Petr SchulhoffDirector
- Rudolf Hrušínskýmajor Kalaš
- Drahomíra HofmanováLinhartová
- Alexandra GasnárkováMarková / Valentová
- Vilém Besserporučík Martinec
- Zdeněk Ornestdr. Zíbrt
- Jiří WohankaLinhart
- Jan Pohanpraporčík
- Zdeněk Martínekprof. Kovanda
- Vítězslav JandákIvan Vajner
- Blanka Hlavovásestra Marie
- Petr ČepekBártl
- Jana Andresíkovásestra Milada
Details
- Released
- 14 December 1979
- Original title
- Diagnóza smrti
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Written by
- Petr Schulhoff
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Watch Fear (1964), The Murderer Hides His Face (1966), On the Trail of Blood (1970), and A Killer on the Tracks (1970) first.
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Diagnosis of Death runs 86 minutes (1h 26m).
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Diagnosis of Death isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 14 December 1979. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Diagnosis of Death?
Diagnosis of Death (1979) was directed by Petr Schulhoff and stars Rudolf Hrušínský, Drahomíra Hofmanová, Alexandra Gasnárková.