Movie
Burden of Genius
2017 · 88 min
A sober, admiring portrait of a driven surgeon that weighs scientific triumph against human cost.
- Directed by
- Tjardus Greidanus
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- James Redford, Larry Kramer, David Crosby
- Tagline
- In 1967, Dr. Thomas Starzl stunned the world with the first successful liver transplantation. His breakthrough provoked controversy.
- Overview
- In 1967, Dr. Thomas Starzl stunned the world with the first successful liver transplantation. His breakthrough provoked controversy. Critics accused him of recklessness, even murder. Others declared it the beginning of a medical revolution. "Burden of Genius" is the story of an innovator as complex and elusive as the biological secrets he unlocked. It is also a reflection on the price of scientific progress by the man many consider the greatest surgeon of the 20th century and the father of transplantation.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Ambition, science, morality, death
- Content
- Mild gore and language. No violence or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Tjardus Greidanus
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- James Redford, Larry Kramer, David Crosby
