Directed by:
Jiří SvobodaCinematography:
Vladimír SmutnýComposer:
Jozef RevalloCast:
Miroslav Macháček, Jana Brejchová, Barbara Brylska, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Štefan Mišovic, Emma Černá, Jana Krausová, Daniel Krcho, Radovan Lukavský (more)Plots(1)
A top surgeon hesitates whether to operate on a child patient with a tumour pressing on his brain. In this drama directed by Jiří Svoboda, the surgeon introspects about his professional and personal life, which begins to be undermined by doubt. (Summer Film School)
Cast
![Svatopluk Matyáš](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272651_4ad7db.jpg)
Svatopluk Matyáš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Riders in the Sky (1968)
All My Loved Ones (1999)
Návštěva z vesmíru (1977) (TV movie)
![Ladislav Křiváček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268788_dd9035.jpg)
Ladislav Křiváček
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
The Ear (1970)
The Snowdrop Festival (1983)
![Lenka Machoninová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268406_2a901f.jpg)
Lenka Machoninová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1971) (theatrical recording)
Scalpel, Please (1985)
Hubert the Smart Boy (1984)
![Rostislav Kuba](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268209_aa174b.jpg)
Rostislav Kuba
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
S Pydlou v zádech (1985) (theatrical recording)
All My Loved Ones (1999)
Dnes ještě zapadá slunce nad Atlantidou (1978) (TV movie)
![Eva Kulichová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431595_fc87bb.jpg)
Eva Kulichová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Scalpel, Please (1985)
Prodavač humoru (1984)
Spiderweb (1986)
![Milada Ježková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268372_3a6383.jpg)
Milada Ježková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Ball Lightning (1978)
![Luboš Veselý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/639/166639601_2b77ca.jpg)
Luboš Veselý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
Raskolnikov: jeho zločin a jeho trest (2009) (theatrical recording)
![Josef Šebek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/330/330820_d8cab4.jpg)
Josef Šebek
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
The Night of the Decision (1993) (TV movie)
The Murderer Hides His Face (1966)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
![Zora Ulla Keslerová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274681_9e87af.jpg)
Zora Ulla Keslerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Scalpel, Please (1985)
Hubert the Smart Boy (1984)
The Feather Fairy (1985)
![Ladislav Goral](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/356/162356014_b9310b.jpg)
Ladislav Goral
Slovak state
Best movies:
Přítelkyně z domu smutku (1992) (series)
Scalpel, Please (1985)
Bony a klid (1987)
![Stanislava Bartošová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/810/164810741_1625ff.png)
Stanislava Bartošová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dům na nebesích (1984) (theatrical recording)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Mnoho povyku pro nic (1972) (theatrical recording)
Ladislav Balous
Best movies:
Scalpel, Please (1985)
Bony a klid (1987)
Rašín (2018) (TV movie)
![Petra Jindrová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/924/161924484_a1b6bc.jpg)
Petra Jindrová
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Nineties (2022) (series)
All My Loved Ones (1999)
Václav Helliman
Best movies:
Scalpel, Please (1985)
How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives (1987)
Leť, ptáku, leť! (1978)
![Vladimír Beneš](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/616/161616173_cc73da.jpg)
Vladimír Beneš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Scalpel, Please (1985)
František Uhlíř
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Scalpel, Please (1985)
Krajina s nábytkem (1986)
Blues pro EFB (1980)
Ivan Dominák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Downfall of the Secluded Berhof (1983)
Nobody Gets the Last Laugh (1965)
Scalpel, Please (1985)
Pavel Vaněk
Best movies:
Long Live Ghosts! (1977)
The Secret of Steel City (1978)
Scalpel, Please (1985)
![Libuše Švormová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/961/164961364_078df9.png)
Libuše Švormová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
![Jiří Němeček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274341_de7aec.jpg)
Jiří Němeček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Rozčarovaní (1982) (TV movie)
Lokis (1986) (TV movie)
Waterloo (1967) (TV movie)