Fleisch
DVD cover
Directed byRainer Erler
Written byRainer Erler
Produced by
  • Rainer Erler
  • Helmut Rasp
Starring
Narrated byZDF
Cinematography
  • Wolfgang Grasshoff
  • Wolf Bachmann
Edited byHilwa von Boro
Music byEugen Thomass
Distributed byPentagramma
Release date
  • 21 May 1979 (1979-05-21)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Fleisch (international title: Spare Parts)[1] 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.[2]

Plot

A newly married couple is spending their honeymoon in the southwestern United States.[3] 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.[4] Together they embark on the search for the kidnapped husband, they encounter a dangerous and perfectly organized syndicate that supplies the world's wealthy customers in organs of young, healthy people.[5]

Cast

Production

It was produced for ZDF and was telecasted on the 16 June 1979 on German television,[6] the cast of the film includes Jutta Speidel and Wolf Roth.[7]

Remake

The television station ProSieben narrated the 2008 remake of the film, which was directed by Oliver Schmitz,[8] the movie starred Sebastian Ströbel and Theresa Scholze.[9]

Books

Erler has the screenplay of Fleisch processed in a novel, which originally released from Goldmann Verlag, the Shayol Verlag released in 2006, a new revised edition.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Fleisch, IMDb.com; accessed 9 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Frischfleisch für Organhändler – Fernsehen – NRZ – DerWesten, derwesten.de; accessed 9 May 2017.(in German)
  3. ↑ Fleisch, Follow-me-now.de; accessed 9 May 2017.(in German)
  4. ↑ Fleisch 1979: Movie and film review, Answers.com; accessed 9 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Fleisch (1979) – Review: DVD, outnow.ch; accessed 9 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Rainer Erler: Fleisch – SHAYOL
  7. ↑ Fleisch – Regie: Rainer Erler, deutsches-filmhaus.de; accessed 9 May 2017.(in German)
  8. ↑ "Fleisch". KINO (in German). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  9. ↑ Luley, Peter (18 February 2008). "Organhandel-Thriller "Fleisch": Haste mal 'ne Niere?". Spiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  10. ↑ Fleisch – Rainer Erler, buch.de; accessed 9 May 2017.(in German)
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