---
title: 'The Secret of Blood (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Martin Frič'
released: '1953-12-25'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-secret-of-blood-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046396/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Secret of Blood (1953)

1953 · 99 min · Drama, History · Czechoslovakia

Original title: Tajemství krve

## Synopsis

The Secret of Blood is a 1953 Czechoslovak biographical drama film directed by Martin Frič about Czech doctor Jan Janský who discovered and classified the four different blood types. It competed at 14th Venice International Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Martin Frič](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-fric)
- **Screenplay:** [Vladimír Neff](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-neff)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dalibor Cyril Vačkář](https://cinepixo.com/people/dalibor-cyril-vackar)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jan Stallich](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-stallich)
- **Editor:** [Jan Kohout](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-kohout)

## Cast

- [Miloš Kopecký](https://cinepixo.com/people/milos-kopecky)
- [Gustav Hilmar](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-hilmar)
- [Zdeňka Švabíková](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdenka-svabikova)
- [Bohumil Machník](https://cinepixo.com/people/bohumil-machnik)
- [Meda Valentová](https://cinepixo.com/people/meda-valentova)
- [Dzubenka](https://cinepixo.com/people/dzubenka)
- [Kohoutová](https://cinepixo.com/people/kohoutova)
- [Mitlaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitlaka)
- [Loosová](https://cinepixo.com/people/loosova)
- [Miloš Vavruška](https://cinepixo.com/people/milos-vavruska)
- [Jarmila Švabíková](https://cinepixo.com/people/jarmila-svabikova)
- [Bohuš Hradil](https://cinepixo.com/people/bohus-hradil)
- [Nesvatbová](https://cinepixo.com/people/nesvatbova)
- [František Vandas](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-vandas)
- [Jindra Hermanová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jindra-hermanova)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-secret-of-blood-1953
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