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| Directed by | Rainer Erler |
| Written by | Rainer Erler |
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| Narrated by | ZDF |
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| Edited by | Hilwa von Boro |
| Music by | Eugen Thomass |
| Distributed by | Pentagramma |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
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]
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, encountering a dangerous and perfectly organized syndicate that supplies the world's wealthy customers in organs of young, healthy people. [5]
It was produced for ZDF and was telecast on 16 June 1979 on German television. [6] The cast of the film includes Jutta Speidel and Wolf Roth. [7]
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]
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. [10]
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