Burden of Genius (2017)
In 1967, Dr. Thomas Starzl stunned the world with the first successful liver transplantation. His breakthrough provoked controversy.
88 min
In 1967, Dr. Thomas Starzl stunned the world with the first successful liver transplantation. His breakthrough provoked controversy. Critics accused him of recklessness, even murder. Others declared it the beginning of a medical revolution. "Burden of Genius" is the story of an innovator as complex and elusive as the biological secrets he unlocked. It is also a reflection on the price of scientific progress by the man many consider the greatest surgeon of the 20th century and the father of transplantation.
- Release date
- January 1, 2017
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $600,000
Trailer
Cast
- Thomas Starzl as Self - Distinguished Professor of Surgery, U. of Pittsburgh
- Kareem Abu-Elmagd as Self - Director, Transplantation Center of Cleveland Clinic
- Thomas Burke as Self - Patient
- Ronald Busuttil as Self - Exec. Chairman, UCLA Dept of Surgery
- Arthur Caplan as Self - Professor of Bioethics, NYU
- Andrew Corsello as Self - Journalist
- David Crosby as Self - Musician, Liver Transplant Patient
- Donald Denny as Self - Former Organ Procurement Director
- Luis Fabregas as Self - Author, 'A Transplant for Katy'
- Bridget Flynn as Self - Transplant Coordinator
Crew
- Tjardus Greidanus · Director
- Tjardus Greidanus · Writer
- Laura Davis · Producer
- Carl Kurlander · Producer
- David Majzlin · Composer
- Tjardus Greidanus · Cinematographer
- Tjardus Greidanus · Editor