Zdeňka Psůtková: Elixir of Life

A play about a doctor and scientist who was responsible for the discovery of insulin. What circumstances preceded this success? Listen to Zdeňka Psůtková's play Elixir of Life starring Ladislav Frey. In 1921, Frederick Banting, a Canadian physician and medical scientist, and his assistant, medical student Charles Best, succeeded in isolating insulin, making a historic breakthrough in the treatment of diabetes. However, the Nobel Prize for this discovery was awarded to Banting together with University of Toronto professor John James Richard Macleod. What all preceded it? What problems is science facing? Persons and cast: Doctor Banting (Ladislav Frej), Doctor Best (Svatopluk Skopal), Professor Macleod (Jiří Holý), Dr. Mecpherson (Jiri Klem), Dr. Campbell (Pavel Soukup), Dr. Fletcher (Milan Mach), Father Banting (Ilya Prachar), Harris (Milos Hlavica), Humes (Jiri Mikota), Sister Curson (Ludmila Roubíková), Mrs. Thompson (Růžena Merunková), Felicia, nurse (Helena Friedrich), Mary, nurse (Iveta Dušková) and others. Directed by: Jiří Horčička