Backdrop image for movie Auf Messers Schneide - Eine Geschichte der Chirurgie

Auf Messers Schneide - Eine Geschichte der Chirurgie (2024)

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 The film contains fascinating and partly unpublished archive material.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Rachel KalisherRachel KalisherSelf, bioarchaeologist
  • Photo of Zsolt BereczkiZsolt BereczkiSelf
  • Photo of Ira RutkowIra RutkowSelf
  • Photo of Marion RusingerMarion RusingerSelf
  • Photo of Jean-Noël Fabiani-SalmonJean-Noël Fabiani-SalmonSelf
  • Photo of Susan VassalloSusan VassalloSelf
  • Photo of Christiane DrumlChristiane DrumlSelf
  • Photo of Thomas SchnalkeThomas SchnalkeSelf
  • Photo of Levente SamuLevente SamuSelf
  • Photo of Fabio ZampieriFabio ZampieriSelf, Associate Professor of History of Medicine, Università di Padova

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