SYNOPSIS
The black comedy “Cutting Edge” tells the story of how two formerly amicable hospitals are forced to fight each other ruthlessly for economic survival.
DIRECTOR
Carsten Strauch was born in Offenbach in 1971. He graduated in Film at the Academy of Arts and Design Offenbach (HfG) in 2001, having produced many multi-award winning short and medium length films. “Cutting Edge” is his first full feature length film.
CREDITS
CAST:
Dr. Steffen Wesemann- Carsten Strauch
Dr. Klaus Kunze – Rainer Ewerrien
OP-Schwester Sylvia Göbel – Cosma Shiva Hagen
Dr. Christiane Tietz – Nina Kronjäger
Prof. Reinhold Radwanski – Christoph Maria Herbst
Prof. Udo Keller – Burghart Klaußner
Dr. Frank Norbert Stein – Stipe Erceg
Werner Vierkötter – Josef Ostendorf
CREW:
Director: Carsten Strauch
Screenplay by: Nina Werth, Rainer Ewerrien, Carsten Strauch
Director of Photography: Nina Werth
Editor: Jörg Hauschild
Music: Udo Schöbel
Casting: Tina Böckenhauer
PRODUCTION:
Razor Film Produktion, MTV Films Europe, 3L Filmproduktion
Funded by:
FFA, Kuratorium junger deutscher Film, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Hessische Filmförderung, Investitionsbank Hessen, BKM, European Union Media Programme