The documentary tells the exciting story of the beginnings of surgery through to its specialization - a fascinating journey through time from the Stone Age with the first skull openings through antiquity and the early modern era to the first heart operation. The film was shot at the most important locations in the history of surgery - including Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Hungary and the USA. The film contains fascinating and partly unpublished archive material.
Rachel Kalisher
as Self, bioarchaeologist
Zsolt Bereczki
as Self
Ira Rutkow
as Self
Marion Rusinger
as Self
Jean-Noël Fabiani-Salmon
as Self
Susan Vassallo
as Self
Christiane Druml
as Self
Thomas Schnalke
as Self
Levente Samu
as Self
Fabio Zampieri
as Self, Associate Professor of History of Medicine, Università di Padova
Sally Frampton
as Self, author of 'Belly-Rippers, Surgical Innovation and the Ovariotomy Controversy'
Herwig Czech
as Self
