

“Theoretical chance is not enough...”
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.
Directed by Jiří Svoboda
User score
8 votes
Released
March 1, 1986
1h 54m
Czech

Miroslav Macháček
Surgeon

Jana Brejchová

Barbara Brylska
Med. assistant

Radoslav Brzobohatý

Ondřej Pavelka

Jana Krausová

Emma Černá
Daniel Krcho

Radovan Lukavský

Věra Galatíková
Štefan Mišovic
Jakub Zdeněk
Uzlík
Václav Mareš

František Řehák

Eva Trejtnarová-Hudečková

Helga Čočková

Marie Durnová
Zita

Josef Abrhám
Jana Vychodilová
Eva Hodinová