Project Detail

The English Surgeon

Synopsis

What is it like to have God like surgical powers, yet to struggle against your own humanity? What is it like to try and save a life, and yet to fail?

British neurosurgeon Henry Marsh openly confronts the dilemmas of the doctor patient relationship on his latest mission to the Ukraine.

Details

Year
2008
Type of project
Features
Running time
94 mins
Director
Geoffey Smith
Producer
Rachel Wexler
Editor
Kathy O' Shea
Director of Photography
Graham Day
Sound
ReelSound
Composer
Nick Cave, Warren Ellis

Production Status

Production Company

Eyeline Films

23 Sussex Rd,
Watford WD4 5HL
Herts
UK

Sales Company

Annie Roney

Roco Films
80 LIberty Ship Way
Suite 5
Sausalito, CA 94965
USA

T +1 415 332 8471

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