Fleisch (German for flesh or meat; international title: Spare Parts)Fleisch, IMDb.com; accessed 9 May 2017. is a German television thriller directed by Rainer Erler. Released in 1979, the film focuses on organ trafficking. Fleisch has been recognized as a cult film.Frischfleisch für Organhändler – Fernsehen – NRZ – DerWesten, derwesten.de; accessed 9 May 2017.
Plot A newly married couple is spending their honeymoon in the southwestern United States.Fleisch, Follow-me-now.de; accessed 9 May 2017. 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.Fleisch 1979: Movie and film review, Answers.com; accessed 9 May 2017. 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.Fleisch (1979) – Review: DVD, outnow.ch; accessed 9 May 2017.
Cast Jutta Speidel - Monica Wolf Roth - Bill - Mike Charlotte Kerr - Dr. Jackson
Production It was produced for ZDF and was telecast on 16 June 1979 on German television.Rainer Erler: Fleisch – SHAYOL The cast of the film includes Jutta Speidel and Wolf Roth.Fleisch – Regie: Rainer Erler, deutsches-filmhaus.de; accessed 9 May 2017.
Remake The television station ProSieben narrated the , which was directed by Oliver Schmitz, the movie starred Sebastian Ströbel and Theresa Scholze.
Books 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.Fleisch – Rainer Erler, buch.de; accessed 9 May 2017.
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