
Overview
An aging professor at a Prague neurological clinic is forced to confront his personal values and the harsh boundaries of medical science. Already burdened by the ultimate questions of life and death, his ethical convictions are put to the test by Víťa, a young patient with an inoperable tumor.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (1986)
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Music
Music by Jozef Revallo
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Vladimír Smutný
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Jiří SvobodaScreenplay
- Valja StýblováNovel
- Original title
- Skalpel, prosím
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 1, 1986
- Original language
- Czech
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia


































