Fleisch
Written, Directed & Produced by: Rainer Erler
125 minutes ·
Release year: 1978
Cast: Jutta Speidel, Wolf Roth, Herbert Herrmann, Charlotte Kerr, Christoph Lindert, Bob Cunningham, Tedi Altice, Ben Zeller, Ron Williams, and others.
Camera: Wolfgang Grasshoff
Music: Eugen Thomass
Editor: Hilwa von Boro
Produced as: Book and Film
Filmed on location in New York, New Mexico and Texas, Fleish was produced by Pentagramma (Renate Erler) in co-production with ZDF, ORF-Vienna and SRG-Zurich. Distributed by Avis Filmverleih, Filmallianz, Filmverlag der Autoren and ImBild. Worldwide distribution by Atlas International (Munich) and Viacom (Los Angeles).
A story of selfless friendship set against a backdrop of ultimate horror, Fleish became a cult sensation. Shown in cinemas across more than 100 countries, it continues to live on in home video releases through EuroVideo, Munich. Erler’s novelization of Flesh was published by Goldmann, Das Neue Berlin, Ullstein and Herbig and translated into numerous European languages. The German edition alone sold over 600,000 copies.
Fleisch received the “Golden Nymph” at the 1980 Monte Carlo Film Festival.
Synopsis
While honeymooning through the southwest United States, a young man is inexplicably hunted down and abducted by the crew of an ambulance. His wife, a German student, narrowly escapes the attack and finds unexpected help from a truck driver hauling frozen sides of beef from Texas to New York. Together, they follow the trail of the missing husband—straight into the deadly web of a vast criminal syndicate. Their discovery is more terrifying than they could have imagined: a ruthless trade in human beings, abducted to serve as living “flesh” for the organ banks of the world’s wealthiest clients.
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