Anatomy 2

2003 Mystery & Suspense

An ambitious, working-class medical graduate with dreams of becoming a research physician arrives in Berlin eager to begin his internship at a reputable clinic in director Stefan Ruzowitzky's sequel to his 2000 sleeper Anatomie. Motivated by his desire to provide patients with human warmth often lacking in medical treatment, and driven by his desire to discover a cure for the rare muscle disease that has crippled his brother Willi, Jo (Barnaby Metschurat) eagerly begins his internship as scheduled. When Jo is approached to perform an unauthorized operation on the daughter of a colleague, he initially refuses, only relenting after personally witnessing the graveness of her situation. His successful operation and detailed dissertation drawing the attention of Professor Mueller-LaRousse (Herbert Knaup), the charismatic Mueller-LaRousse subsequently invites Jo to join in weekly gatherings in his "research salon." As Jo becomes a member of Mueller-LaRousse's elite group of talented physicians, the stress of his internship is soon lifted, replaced by a compromising situation that may not only cost Jo his career, but his life as well. more..

Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky

Starring: Barnaby Metschurat, Herbert Knaup, Heike Makatsch, Roman Knizka, Wotan Wilke Mohring

Reviews

  • Suspenseful entertainment -- but it's also a suitably chilling cautionary tale.

    Kevin Thomas - Los Angeles Times

    29 November 2012

  • A no-holds-barred, thoroughly generic follow-up to the medical horror-chiller that wowed German wickets in 2000.

    Derek Elley - Variety

    29 November 2012

  • Where the first film was something of a teen horror film, the follow-up, again from writer-director Stefan Ruzowitzky, is more of an unintentional comedy.

    Kirk Honeycutt - The Hollywood Reporter

    29 November 2012

  • Ruzowitzky concentrates on delivering on sporadic scares at the expense of figuring out how to make individual scenes coalesce into a coherent chiller about medical megalomania.

    - TV Guide

    29 November 2012

  • Suspenseful entertainment -- but it's also a suitably chilling cautionary tale.

    Kevin Thomas - Los Angeles Times

    19 January 2013

Awards

  • Best DVD Release

    Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (2004)

     
  • Best Young Actor (Darstellernachwuchspreis)

    Bavarian Film Awards (2003)

  • Actor

    New Faces Awards, Germany (2003)