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Surgery (1984)

Original title: Lõikus

Documentary Duration 19:01

Surgery

Reportage documentary about the story of an operation - how a patient reaches the operating table and how the operation saves his/her life. Filmmakers follow the daily work of cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Toomas Sulling and his team. The surgeons are around the operating table in the department of cardiac reanimation in North Estonia Medical Centre. Heart surgeon Toomas Sulling operates cardiac blood vessels on a patient who later shares his experience about his illness and the process of getting better.

Director: Peep Puks

Keywords: helping | doctors | expertise | electric shock | hospital | hospital corridor | hospital milieu | hospital ward | fighting an illness | heart attack | View all »

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Main Data

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Production Firm(s) Tallinnfilm
Color bw
Sound sound
Film Category Documentary, Observation
Text / Dialogue Estonian
Duration 19:01

Crew

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Director Peep Puks
Screenwriter Peep Puks
Cinematographer Nikolai Šarubin
Composer Andres Valkonen
Editor Aino Lootus
Content Editor Uno Heinapuu
Managing Director Vaike Mesila

First releases

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  • Premiere: 08.10.1984, Tallinn, Estonia

Partners and Sponsors

  • Kultuuriministeerium
  • EFI
  • Eesti Kultuurkapital
  • ERR
  • Rahvusarhiiv
  • BFM
  • Kinoliit
  • Eesti Filmiajakirjanike ühing
  • Tallinnfilm