Acting

Gunther von Hagens

Born — Died

1945-01-10 — 2026-07-24

Place of birth

Sulmierzyce k. Ostrowa Wielkopolskiego, Polska

Known for

Acting

Credits

12 titles

Gunther von Hagens was a German anatomist who developed the technique for preserving biological tissue specimens called plastination.

Known for

Beckmann poster
4.5

Reinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show.

Beckmann

1999

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Aeschbacher

2001

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross poster
6.1

Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band.

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

2001

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Menschen hautnah

1998

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8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Fliege

1994

Anatomy for Beginners poster
1.0

Anatomy for Beginners is a television show created by Gunther von Hagens. In this 4-part series, Dr Gunther von Hagens and Professor John Lee demonstrated the anatomical structure and workings of the body. The 4 episodes were screened in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 in 2005. The show features public anatomy demonstrations with the use of real human cadavers and live nude models, carried out at Gunther von Hagens' "Institute for Plastination" in Heidelberg, Germany. Dr von Hagens’ public demonstrations are not formal anatomy dissections performed by medical students in some countries as part of their medical training. Formal dissection are performed slowly and take dozens of hours of dissection. Anatomy for Beginners performs quicker autopsy and also combines with demonstration of plastinated body parts and specimens to gives just a glimpse of the human anatomy. The individuals on whom the demonstration was performed had, before their death, enrolled on von Hagens’ body donor programme and consented to the use of their bodies for public education in anatomy, including public demonstration.

Anatomy for Beginners

2005

Film credits

Series credits

Beckmann poster
4.5

Reinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show.

Beckmann

1999

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Aeschbacher

2001

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross poster
6.1

Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band.

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

2001

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Menschen hautnah

1998

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Fliege

1994

Anatomy for Beginners poster
1.0

Anatomy for Beginners is a television show created by Gunther von Hagens. In this 4-part series, Dr Gunther von Hagens and Professor John Lee demonstrated the anatomical structure and workings of the body. The 4 episodes were screened in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 in 2005. The show features public anatomy demonstrations with the use of real human cadavers and live nude models, carried out at Gunther von Hagens' "Institute for Plastination" in Heidelberg, Germany. Dr von Hagens’ public demonstrations are not formal anatomy dissections performed by medical students in some countries as part of their medical training. Formal dissection are performed slowly and take dozens of hours of dissection. Anatomy for Beginners performs quicker autopsy and also combines with demonstration of plastinated body parts and specimens to gives just a glimpse of the human anatomy. The individuals on whom the demonstration was performed had, before their death, enrolled on von Hagens’ body donor programme and consented to the use of their bodies for public education in anatomy, including public demonstration.

Anatomy for Beginners

2005

Autopsy: Life and Death poster
NR

In this new four-part series, anatomist Dr Gunther von Hagens and pathologist Professor John Lee get right under the skin to reveal the processes in life that tie us to our ultimate fate in death. The two scientists perform a series of autopsy demonstrations at the Institute of Plastination in Heidelberg, Germany, in which they demonstrate the process of finding a cause of death. With the aid of human dissection, live models and scientific models they are able to reveal what disease really looks like and how it works.

Autopsy: Life and Death

2006

Behind the camera