Hospitals: The White Mafia(Bisturi, la mafia bianca)
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Italy · 1973
Rated R · 1h 43m
Director Luigi Zampa
Starring Gabriele Ferzetti, Senta Berger, Enrico Maria Salerno, Claudio Gora
Genre Drama
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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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