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Auf Messers Schneide - Eine Geschichte der Chirurgie
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Auf Messers Schneide - Eine Geschichte der Chirurgie

Jul 20, 2024
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★ 8.0

Overview

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 The film contains fascinating and partly unpublished archive material.

Genres

Documentary
History
TV Movie

Production Companies

Autentic
ZDF
ARTE

Cast

Rachel Kalisher

Self, bioarchaeologist

Rachel Kalisher

Zsolt Bereczki

Self

Zsolt Bereczki

Ira Rutkow

Self

Ira Rutkow

Marion Rusinger

Self

Marion Rusinger

Jean-Noël Fabiani-Salmon

Self

Jean-Noël Fabiani-Salmon

Susan Vassallo

Self

Susan Vassallo

Christiane Druml

Self

Christiane Druml

Thomas Schnalke

Self

Thomas Schnalke

Levente Samu

Self

Levente Samu

Fabio Zampieri

Self, Associate Professor of History of Medicine, Università di Padova

Fabio Zampieri

Sally Frampton

Self, author of 'Belly-Rippers, Surgical Innovation and the Ovariotomy Controversy'

Sally Frampton

Herwig Czech

Self

Herwig Czech

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