Anatomy

Original title: Anatomie

2000
R
1h 43m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

14K

YOUR RATING

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A cute med student starts a summer course at Heidelberg University. David's on her dissection table. She met him the day before on the train. Something's wrong.A cute med student starts a summer course at Heidelberg University. David's on her dissection table. She met him the day before on the train. Something's wrong.A cute med student starts a summer course at Heidelberg University. David's on her dissection table. She met him the day before on the train. Something's wrong.

Director
- Stefan Ruzowitzky
Writers
- Peter Engelmann
- Stefan Ruzowitzky
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

14K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Stefan Ruzowitzky
Writers
- Peter Engelmann
- Stefan Ruzowitzky
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total

Trivia
The models used in the film were inspired by Dr. Gunther von Hagens popular exhibition "Body Works" in which real cadavers are plasticized after being dissected. One character even mentions this process when we see the hall for the first time at the beginning of the film, but no real cadavers were used as the director thought it "too macabre". The models were created by a team headed by Joachim Grüninger and Birger Laube. The models were so accurate and detailed that the film's medical advisers thought they could be used as actual teaching specimens.

Goofs
Ischemic myocardiopathy is not a rare disease. In fact, is one of the most frequent heart diseases.

Quotes
Prof. Grombek: [first words - as med student works over cadaver bare-handed] Gloves Kaminski, gloves. The lady's a study aid, not Sharon Stone.
student hecklers: Yeah, Kaminski instincts are very basic... They're more fun when they're alive.
Prof. Grombek: Alright, pipe down. That's enough for this group. Ever seen a drowning victim? Tomorrow's putrefaction day.
Paula Henning: Uh, professor? There seems to be some kind of anomaly in the pelvic region.
Prof. Grombek: A penis per chance? It's not an anomaly, it's that little boys are created differently than little girls. Can you tell me what it is?
Paula Henning: [drops the organ] Slippery is what it is.

Crazy credits
While the cast credits roll, 2 students are talking in the anatomy room, discussing their futures.

Alternate versions
The DVD features two extended scenes as supplement:
While Hein is pulling Phil's corpse away Paula comes into the anatomy hall and almost discovers him.
When Paula is chased by Hein and his partner, she goes into the room, where the corpses are being washed, up to a steam tube and creeps to the next room. In the extended version Hein comes into the room and extensively searches it for Paula.

Connections
Featured in Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film (2009)

Soundtracks
Here's a New Thing
Written by Paul Weller
© Notting Hill Music UK Ltd.
Performed by Paul Weller
Courtesy of Paul Weller and Wintrup Musik, Detmold

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Review

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Promises more than it delivers

"Anatomie" is an OK movie if you have nothing better to do, but it promises a lot more than it delivers. It follows Paula, a brilliant student of anatomy and granddaughter of a famous doctor, at her new, elitist school. The gloomy atmosphere at the school is well made, and the sequence that reveals early on what is really happening there is very effective and chilling.

Unfortunately, the narrative tension goes down quite soon, and the rest of the revelations, the action scenes, etc. come along in blurts. I believe even in horror stories -or maybe especially in horror stories- there must be at least some character development, so that the viewer really relates to the victims and feels the tension, but there's none of that here; and the climatic ending suffers from the poor narrative and the unidimensional nature of characters.

"Anatomie" had potential for a lot more; it was a small disappointment.