Pacientka dr. Hegla

Pacientka dr. Hegla(1940)

August 30, 1940
IMDb5.815
TMDB5.01

Overview

Pharmacist Janota's daughter, Karla, is about to get married to wealthy lawyer Jaroslav Kříž. On the day of the wedding, however, instead of the ceremony, she will have an appendectomy. After the successful procedure, the weakened Karla also develops severe pneumonia and even has a heart attack. Fortunately, she is under the care of Prague's best surgeon, MUDr. Hegl, who saves the young woman from certain death. Karla falls in love with the attractive doctor and begins seeing him. Hegl's resigned wife suffers silently from her husband's affairs in order to preserve the family. Karla's fiancé, on the other hand, cannot cope with the situation and commits suicide. When Karla becomes pregnant with Hegl, the doctor turns away from her. After all, he already has a new "patient". The girl is nevertheless determined to keep the child...

Cast

Crew

Director of Photography

Ferdinand Pečenka

Screenplay

Otakar Vávra

Details

Original Language

cs

Country

Czechoslovakia

Production

Slavia-film

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