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Anatomie

  • 2000
  • 12
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
14K
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Anatomie (2000)
Theatrical Trailer from Columbia Pictures
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Slasher HorrorHorrorThriller

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
    • Franka Potente
    • Benno Fürmann
    • Anna Loos
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    14K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Stefan Ruzowitzky
    • Writers
      • Peter Engelmann
      • Stefan Ruzowitzky
    • Stars
      • Franka Potente
      • Benno Fürmann
      • Anna Loos
    • 120User reviews
    • 51Critic reviews
    • 33Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Anatomy
    Trailer 0:33
    Anatomy

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    Franka Potente
    Franka Potente
    • Paula
    Benno Fürmann
    Benno Fürmann
    • Hein
    Anna Loos
    Anna Loos
    • Gretchen
    Sebastian Blomberg
    Sebastian Blomberg
    • Caspar
    Holger Speckhahn
    • Phil
    Traugott Buhre
    Traugott Buhre
    • Prof. Grombek
    Oliver Wnuk
    Oliver Wnuk
    • Ludwig
    • (as Oliver K. Wnuk)
    Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey
    Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey
    • David
    Andreas Guenther
    • Franz
    • (as Andreas Günther)
    Antonia Cäcilia Holfelder
    • Gabi
    Rüdiger Vogler
    Rüdiger Vogler
    • Dr. Henning
    Barbara M. Ahren
    • Frau Henning
    • (as Barbara-Magdalena Ahren)
    Werner Dissel
    • Grossvater
    Gennadi Vengerov
    Gennadi Vengerov
    • Präparator
    Thomas Meinhardt
    • Professor in München
    Simon Schwarz
    Simon Schwarz
    • Junger Mann
    Alexander Liegl
    • Helfer
    Martin Pölcher
    • Helfer
    • Director
      • Stefan Ruzowitzky
    • Writers
      • Peter Engelmann
      • Stefan Ruzowitzky
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    User reviews120

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    7movieman_kev

    it gets derailed on its way to the third act

    When Medical student Paula Henning (Franka Potente, of "Run Lola Run" fame") wins a highly coveted scholarship, she's understandable enthused. But strange experiments are being done on live sedated bodies somewhere on the premises. When she recognizes a corpse as the boy she met on the train there, she decides to snoop around. What starts of as a reasonably captivating little thriller derails completely by the third act and becomes a carbon copy of any other slasher film made, which is a shame as if the film just stayed on target, it would've been something special, as the acting was good into then and the camera-work was pretty good throughout.

    My Grade: C

    DVD Extras: Commentary with director Stefan Ruzowitzky; 2 Deleted scenes with commentary by director Stefan Ruzowitzky; Anna Loos - My Truth (music video); 2 & a half minute Make-up featurette; barely 5 minute Making-of featurette; Talent files; Production photos; Storyboard comparisons; Dubbed Teaser & Theatrical trailers; and Trailers for "Circus" (2000) & "Run, Lola, Run"
    7kosmasp

    Different Anatomy

    You know how (especially US) horror movies start off with quite the shocker? Something scary and most likely bloody? Well in this case we have the exact opposite happening ... we get a class and a lot of jokes about death and other stuff. After that character introduction we get the scary scene ... the scene that might haunt you.

    With an actor by the way whom I've come to learn and love in a comedy series - movies based on books. And he plays quite the funny character in them. But here he only has a small (guest) role if you want to call it that. The main focus is on Franka Potentes character and her ... well adventures. Her story and her experience - her will to achieve something and to become somebody ... she will get sidetracked and lose focus of her studies (which says something considering she says she is here to learn and not have fun) ... but it makes sense in the overall scheme of things.

    Well played by all involved and a german horror movie that actually is quite scary. It has its good and bad moments of course, but overall I'd say it is more than a decent "teen-movie" effort. It may not have aged great (especially to those understanding what is being said), but it stays a really good movie overall.
    6mario_c

    "Age Actabile Antihippocrate"

    ANATOMIE is a German horror thriller which main topic is an interesting issue: the ethic and the limits in medicine. The plot isn't very different from the typical horror flick but this specific thematic turns it a bit more interesting. In the film it's described a secret Masonic organization called A.A.A (Age Actabile Antihippocrate) - which I suppose to be fiction – that denies the Hippocrates's ideals of helping and healing. Medicine is a science, and it must be developed without caring about ethical thoughts they say. It's precisely this "implicit debate" what I found more attractive in this film and different from other flicks. I'm not telling it's completely original or brilliant, I just say it's a bit different, in good way... Apart from that it's a typical movie from the "psycho chasing victim type". It has nice suspense scenes, mainly in the last 15 minutes, but nothing outstanding... I score it 6/10.
    6lastliberal

    Leck mich am Arsch

    I had never seen Franka Potente before The Bourne identity, and I fell in love with her immediately. So far, I have only been able to get my hands on one film featuring her, and it's a real winner for those that like mystery/suspense with a little gruesomeness.

    No, it doesn't feature her bod, nor that of the incredibly beautiful German TV Star Anna Loos. Anna was hilarious with her "naughty" comments throughout. (As an aside, she is supposedly the lead singer of, or a member of a band called Leck mich am Arsch, which is also the name of a Mozart composition. You can have a lot of fun googling that bit of German.) She does do a song in the movie soundtrack.

    She is a doctor doing some research and stumbles on an old German medical society that does autopsies on people while they are still alive, using some sort of paralyzing drug. Lots of suspense as they discover she knows who they are and come after her - sort of like Extreme Measures.

    Also stars Benno Fürmann, who was in the superb Joyeux Noël, and who I am sure many will see in next year's Speed racer. Yes, it's not just Frake and Anna; there are plenty of German hunks for the ladies.
    5trashgang

    Kopferwelten alive

    Before Franka Potente became famous with the Bourne trilogy she made this German movie. As a student in, you guessed it, anatomy she has to go to the most important school to learn that but there is a secret. Some people joined a kind of mason. She notices that something is terrible wrong in the school and she starts to investigate. Wrong. What happens next isn't really horror it's more some kind of thriller but you really have to watch it for the effects. A few years ago it was a hype to see the exhibition Kopferwelten. What you saw there is what we have here only they didn't used real bodies but it was so nicely done that it could be used in classes. It never becomes gory or even bloody, it is really the atmosphere that creates the movie. But it is one that you must have seen because, some people fears that it could happen to you....

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    • 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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    • Release date
      • May 16, 2001 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Languages
      • German
      • Latin
    • Also known as
      • Anatomy
    • Filming locations
      • Munich, Bavaria, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Deutsche Columbia TriStar Filmproduktion
      • Claussen & Wöbke Filmproduktion GmbH
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • DEM 8,400,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $9,660
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,725
      • Sep 10, 2000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,501,958
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 36m(96 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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