Main Cast: Barnaby Metschurat, Herbert Knaup, Heike Makatsch, Roman Knizka, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Franka Potente, August Diehl
Release Year: 2003
Country: DE
Run Time: 101 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
An ambitious, working-class medical graduate with dreams of becoming a research physician arrives in Berlin eager to begin his internship at a reputable clinic in director Stefan Ruzowitzky's sequel to his 2000 sleeper Anatomie. Motivated by his desire to provide patients with human warmth often lacking in medical treatment, and driven by his desire to discover a cure for the rare muscle disease that has crippled his brother Willi, Jo (Barnaby Metschurat) eagerly begins his internship as scheduled. When Jo is approached to perform an unauthorized operation on the daughter of a colleague, he initially refuses, only relenting after personally witnessing the graveness of her situation. His successful operation and detailed dissertation drawing the attention of Professor Mueller-LaRousse (Herbert Knaup), the charismatic Mueller-LaRousse subsequently invites Jo to join in weekly gatherings in his "research salon." As Jo becomes a member of Mueller-LaRousse's elite group of talented physicians, the stress of his internship is soon lifted, replaced by a compromising situation that may not only cost Jo his career, but his life as well. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Frank Giering - Sven; Hanno Koffer - Willi Hauser; Felix Kramer - Kurt; Sebastian Nakajew - Wulf; Rosie Alvarez - Lee; Joachim Bissemeyer - Dr. Schinder; Boris Pietsch - Fred; Rosel Zech - Dr. Bamberg
Credit
Ulrika Andersson - Art Director, Nessie Nesslauer - Casting, Nicole Fischnaller - Costume Designer, Stefan Ruzowitzky - Director, Hans Funck - Editor, Marius Ruhland - Composer (Music Score), Henrik Scheib - Makeup, Andreas Berger - Cinematographer, Armando Arriola - Producer, Jakob Claussen - Producer, Thomas Woebke - Producer, Andrea Willson - Producer, Thomas Wobke - Producer, Max Rammler-Rogall - Sound/Sound Designer, Dirk Jacob - Sound/Sound Designer, Manfred Banach - Sound/Sound Designer, Eileen Kastner-Delago - Special Effects Supervisor, Stefan Ruzowitzky - Screenwriter, Gerd Feuchter - Special Effects Coordinator, Henrik Scheib - Special Effects Coordinator
Early on Benny, a member of the Anti-Hippocratic Society, slashes himself in front of professor Mueller LaRousse and an audience.
The main character is the young neurosurgeon Jo from Duisburg, who wants to complete his practical course at a large hospital in Berlin. He hopes to join the research group of Mueller LaRousse because his younger brother has Muscular Dystrophy, which was the cause of their father's death...
Paula Hennig (Franka Potente) has become a police investigator investigating the antihippocratic society.
The antihippocrats perform surgeries in blood red surgical gowns.
