Fleisch (international title: Spare Parts) is a German television horror film directed by Rainer Erler. Released in 1979, the film focuses on organ trafficking. Fleisch has been recognized as a cult film.

Plot

A newly married couple is spending their honeymoon in the southwestern United States. Suddenly, the unbelievable happens: the husband is kidnapped and assaulted by paramedics in an ambulance. The wife escapes at the last minute, and is picked up by a truck driver. Together they embark on the search for the kidnapped husband, encountering a dangerous and perfectly organized syndicate that supplies the world's wealthy customers in organs of young, healthy people.

Cast

Production

It was produced for ZDF and was telecast on 16 June 1979 on German television. The cast of the film includes Jutta Speidel and Wolf Roth.

Remake

The television station ProSieben narrated the Deadly Harvest (2008 film), which was directed by Oliver Schmitz, the movie starred Sebastian Ströbel and Theresa Scholze.

Books

Erler subsequently turned his screenplay into a novel which was originally published by Goldmann Verlag. A revised edition was released by Shayol Verlag in 2006.