Anatomy (film)
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Movie poster for Anatomy |
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Directed by | Stefan Ruzowitzky |
Produced by | Andrea Willson |
Written by | Stefan Ruzowitzky |
Starring | Franka Potente Sebastian Blomberg |
Music by | Marius Ruhland Fatboy Slim |
Cinematography | Peter von Haller |
Editing by | Ueli Christen |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date(s) | September 8, 2000 (USA) |
Running time | 103 min. |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Budget | DEM 8,400,000 (estimated) |
Followed by | Anatomy 2 |
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Anatomy (German: Anatomie) is a 2000 German horror film written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky that stars Franka Potente. A sequel, Anatomy 2 (Anatomie 2) was released in 2003. The film enjoyed huge box office in German,[1] and Columbia Pictures released this film's English-dubbed version in the United States theatrically.[1]
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[edit] Synopsis
Medical student Paula Henning (played by Franka Potente) wins a place in a summer course at the prestigious University of Heidelberg Medical School. When the body of a young man she met on the train turns up on her dissection table, she begins to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, uncovering a gruesome conspiracy perpetrated by an Antihippocratic secret society operating within the school.
[edit] Notes
- The film briefly mentions that the Antihippocratics were involved with the Nazi human experimentations during World War II.
[edit] Cast
- Franka Potente as Paula Henning
- Benno Fürmann as Hein
- Rüdiger Vogler as Paulas Father
- Anna Loos as Gretchen
- Sebastian Blomberg as Caspar
- Holger Speckhahn as Phil
- Traugott Buhre as Prof. Grombek
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[edit] External links
- Anatomy at the Internet Movie Database