Directed by:
Martin FričScreenplay:
Vladimír NeffCinematography:
Jan StallichComposer:
Dalibor C. VačkářCast:
Vladimír Ráž, Zdeněk Štěpánek, Jiřina Petrovická, Vlastimil Brodský, Svatopluk Beneš, Rudolf Hrušínský, Rudolf Deyl ml., Radovan Lukavský (more)Plots(1)
Dr. Jan Janský discovered four types of human blood, but he never won the deserved recognition, for he was despised by his less successful or suspicious colleagues. Biopic movie Secret of Blood is one of the few 1950s socialist films that didn’t work with ideological clichés. (Summer Film School)
Cast
Josef Kozák
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1959)
The Secret of Blood (1953)
Bedřich Vrbský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
Krakatit (1948)
Jan S. Kolár
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
Rudolf Sejrek
Best movies:
The Secret of Blood (1953)
Pavel Nosek
Best movies:
The Secret of Blood (1953)
O moravské zemi (1977)
Antonín Hulínský
Best movies:
The Secret of Blood (1953)
Miroslav Svoboda
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Ladislav Kulhánek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Secret of Blood (1953)
O věcech nadpřirozených (1958)
Capek's Tales (1947)
Karel Houska
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Ada Dohnal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Station Master (1941)
Christian (1939)
Eva Fools Around (1939)
Bohumil Machník
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949)
The Secret of Blood (1953)
The Portrait (1947)
Meda Valentová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
The Girl on the Broomstick (1971)
Bedřich Bozděch
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Roztomilý člověk (1941)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
Josef Kollár
Best movies:
The Secret of Blood (1953)
Zdena Kožíková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Secret of Blood (1953)
Awakening (1959)
Revoluční rok 1848 (1949)
Jindra Hermanová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Girl in Blue (1939)
The Secret of Blood (1953)
Věra Váchová
Best movies:
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1959)
Ludmila Hošková
Best movies:
The Secret of Blood (1953)
František Vandas
Best movies:
The Secret of Blood (1953)
The Black Dynasty (1962)
The King of Kings (1963)
Marie Grossová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
The Secret of Blood (1953)
Business Under Distress (1931)