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Written by | Rainer Erler |
Directed by | Rainer Erler |
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Narrated by | ZDF |
Music by | Eugen Thomass |
Country of origin | West Germany |
Original language | German |
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Editor | Hilwa von Boro |
Running time | 114 minutes |
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Release | 21 May 1979 (1979-05-21) |
Fleisch (international title: Spare Parts) is a German television horror film directed by Rainer Erler. Released in 1979, the film focuses on organ trafficking. Fleisch has been recognized as a cult film.
Plot
A newly married couple is spending their honeymoon in the southwestern United States. Suddenly, the unbelievable happens: the husband is kidnapped and assaulted by paramedics in an ambulance. The wife escapes at the last minute, and is picked up by a truck driver. Together they embark on the search for the kidnapped husband, encountering a dangerous and perfectly organized syndicate that supplies the world's wealthy customers in organs of young, healthy people.
Cast
- Jutta Speidel - Monica
- Wolf Roth - Bill
- Herbert Herrmann [de] - Mike
- Charlotte Kerr - Dr. Jackson
Production
It was produced for ZDF and was telecast on 16 June 1979 on German television. The cast of the film includes Jutta Speidel and Wolf Roth.
Remake
The television station ProSieben narrated the 2008 remake of the film [de], which was directed by Oliver Schmitz, the movie starred Sebastian Ströbel and Theresa Scholze.
Books
Erler subsequently turned his screenplay into a novel which was originally published by Goldmann Verlag. A revised edition was released by Shayol Verlag in 2006.
References
- Fleisch, IMDb.com; accessed 9 May 2017.
- Frischfleisch für Organhändler – Fernsehen – NRZ – DerWesten, derwesten.de; accessed 9 May 2017.(in German)
- Fleisch, Follow-me-now.de; accessed 9 May 2017.(in German)
- Fleisch 1979: Movie and film review, Answers.com; accessed 9 May 2017.
- Fleisch (1979) – Review: DVD, outnow.ch; accessed 9 May 2017.
- Rainer Erler: Fleisch – SHAYOL
- Fleisch – Regie: Rainer Erler, deutsches-filmhaus.de; accessed 9 May 2017.(in German)
- "Fleisch". KINO (in German). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- Luley, Peter (18 February 2008). "Organhandel-Thriller "Fleisch": Haste mal 'ne Niere?". Spiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- Fleisch – Rainer Erler, buch.de; accessed 9 May 2017.(in German)
External links
Categories:- 1979 films
- 1979 horror films
- 1979 television films
- 1979 thriller films
- Films about organ trade
- Films set in West Germany
- Films set in New Mexico
- Films set in New York (state)
- Foreign films set in the United States
- 1970s German-language films
- German-language television shows
- German horror television films
- German thriller television films
- West German films
- 1970s German films
- ZDF original programming