Anatomy (2000)
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55% of critics liked it
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47% of users liked it
(5,987 ratings)
A determined medical student uncovers shady goings on during a prestigious summer anatomy course in this German thriller. When Paula Henning (Run Lola Run's Franka Potente) learns that she's been accepted to a highly competitive internship at a Heidelberg research institution, she's… More A determined medical student uncovers shady goings on during a prestigious summer anatomy course in this German thriller. When Paula Henning (Run Lola Run's Franka Potente) learns that she's been accepted to a highly competitive internship at a Heidelberg research institution, she's ecstatic. The daughter of a simple family doctor, she prefers to model herself after her terminally ill grandfather, who was once dean of the same Heidelberg university. Stern lecturer Prof. Grombek (Traugott Buhre) promises that half the students won't be around when the course ends; his prediction turns out to be true, but it's not because of the brutal exams. It seems that a group of renegade doctors is performing dissections on unwilling, still-living victims, which helps explain the artful laboratory in which plasticized human remains are lovingly displayed. Paula stumbles onto this plot when a recent acquaintance turns up on her dissection table, his blood the consistency of rubber. Studious to the extreme, Paula investigates his death with scientific determination -- despite the flirtations of handsome fellow student Caspar (Sebastian Blomberg) and the feel-good urgings of Gretchen (Anna Loos), her sexually promiscuous but utterly brilliant roommate. Just as Paula is preparing to expose the existence of the Anti-Hippocratic Society, a Nazi-affiliated group of medical malcontents, Gretchen falls prey to their extreme methods. Soon Paula, too, is in danger of becoming just another addition to the display case. Extremely popular in its native country, Anatomie was dubbed into English for American release under the title Anatomy. A sequel was in production as of 2002. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi
- Directed By
- Stefan Ruzowitzky
- Genres
- Horror, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
R,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 2000 Wide
- Studio
- Columbia TriStar Film Distribu
Critic Reviews
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Alan Simpson, Sex Gore Mutants
Stylish shot and high on atmosphere
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
[Anatomy's] premise is so strong and so creepy, that it keeps the film afloat even during its conventional slasher movie conclusion.
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Jaime N. Christley, Apollo Guide
Sure, it's a bad film - an insipid, pointless, and occasionally ham-fisted schlockfest. But on that level, it works quite well.
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Cast
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Franka Potente
as Paula Henning
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Benno Fürmann
as Hein
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Anna Loos
as Gretchen
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Sebastian Blomberg
as Caspar
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Holger Speckhahn
as Phil
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Traugott Buhre
as Prof. Grombek
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Rüdiger Vogler
as Dr. Henning
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Oliver Wnuk
as Ludwig
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Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey
as David
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Andreas Günther
as Franz
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Antonia Cacilia Holfelder
as Gabi
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Werner Dissel
as Paulas Grobvater
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Gennadiy Vengerov
as Praparator
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Thomas Meinhardt
as Professor in Munchen
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Simon Schwarz
as Junger Mann
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Alexander Liegl
as Helfer
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Martin Polcher
as Helfer
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Christoph Hagen Dittmann
as Bernie
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Berrin Alganer-Lenz
as Putzfrau
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Angelika Sedlmeier
as Frau Freisinger
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Ulrich Matschoss
as Femerichter
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Gerald Alexander Held
as Polizist
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Karl Fridrich
as Kriminalbeamter
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Susanne Grabe
as Kellnerin Heidelberg
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Johannes Nikolussi
as Junkie
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Anna Brüggemann
as Junkie-Madchen
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Axel Weusten
as Alexander
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Gabriel Bassale
as Kursteilnehmer
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Ralf Dietl
as Kursteilnehmer
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Oliver Engl
as Kursteilnehmer
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Uche Ishionwu
as Kursteilnehmer
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Michael Jank
as Kursteilnehmer
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Thomas Neumann
as Kursteilnehmer
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Armin Schlicht
as Kursteilnehmer
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Christoph Schmeiduch
as Kursteilnehmer
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Patrick Schmidt
as Kursteilnehmer
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Nico Schutz
as Kursteilnehmer
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Thijs van der Zee
as Kursteilnehmer
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Michael Wolfl
as Kursteilnehmer
- Herbert Knaup
- Heike Makatsch
- August Diehl
