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Anatomy

2000 · 103 min

A slick, grisly medical thriller that keeps you tense with its creepy dissection-room atmosphere and secret-society paranoia.

Directed by: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Anna Loos

Tagline: Some study. Some are studied.
Overview: Medical student Paula wins a place at an exclusive Heidelberg medical school. When the body of a young man she met on the train turns up on her dissection table, she begins to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death.

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Directed by: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Anna Loos

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
corruption
betrayal
death
guilt
Places: school
big city
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	5
Horror	6
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	5

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