Auf Messers Schneide - Eine Geschichte der Chirurgie 2024 Directed by Nina Koshofer , Christian Twente
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 The film contains fascinating and partly unpublished archive material.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
Self, bioarchaeologist
Zsolt Bereczki
Self
Ira Rutkow
Self
Marion Rusinger
Self
Susan Vassallo
Self
Christiane Druml
Self
Thomas Schnalke
Self
Levente Samu
Self
Fabio Zampieri
Self, Associate Professor of History of Medicine, Università di Padova
Sally Frampton
Self, author of 'Belly-Rippers, Surgical Innovation and the Ovariotomy Controversy'
Herwig Czech
Self
