Auf Messers Schneide - Eine Geschichte der Chirurgie
The documentary tells the exciting story of the beginnings of surgery through to its specialization - a fascinating journey through time from the Stone Age with the first skull openings through antiquity and the early modern era to the first heart operation. The film was shot at the most important locations in the history of surgery - including Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Hungary and the USA. The film contains fascinating and partly unpublished archive material.
Cast: Rachel Kalisher, Zsolt Bereczki, Ira Rutkow
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Auf Messers Schneide - Eine Geschichte der Chirurgie
The documentary tells the exciting story of the beginnings of surgery through to its specialization - a fascinating journey through time from the Stone Age with the first skull openings through antiquity and the early modern era to the first heart operation. The film was shot at the most important locations in the history of surgery - including Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Hungary and the USA. The film contains fascinating and partly unpublished archive material.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Nina Koshofer, Christian Twente
- Cast
- Rachel Kalisher, Zsolt Bereczki, Ira Rutkow, Marion Rusinger, Jean-Noël Fabiani-Salmon, Susan Vassallo
- Studio
- Autentic, ZDF, ARTE
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