Movie Drama
This Italian film is a searing indictment of the greed and ambition which warp the medical profession. It focuses especially on surgeons in the persons of Professor Valiotti (Gabriele Ferzetti) and Dr. Giordani (Enrico Maria Salerno). Many of the scenes are based on Italian news stories of the period ('70s) which recount the suffering and high costs of unnecessary or overly aggressive treatment motivated by academic ambitions or simple greed.
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Enrico Maria Salerno Gabriele Ferzetti Senta Berger Claudio Gora Luciano Salce Enzo Garinei Tina Lattanzi Antonella Steni Pier Luigi Modesti Claudio Nicastro Gino Pernice Gabriella Boccardo Roberto Bisacco Ernesto Colli Piera Degli Esposti Sandro Dori Tom Felleghy Emilio Marchesini Enrico Marciani Giuliana Rivera Giorgio Sammartino Aldo Vasco Federico Scrobogna
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