Film
Dr. Death: Cutthroat Conman
2023 · 1h 24m · Crime · Documentary
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- 6.5
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Overview
Revealing the shocking rise and fall of Paolo Macchiarini, the superstar celebrity surgeon who ascended to global fame after performing the world's first synthetic organ transplant, only to be exposed as an international con man whose web of lies extends decades, ensnared many including those in his personal life and left a trail of devastated patients grappling with a nightmare.
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Cast
Dr. Paolo Macchiarini
Self (archive footage)
Dr. Judy Ho
Self - Clinical & Forensic Neuropsychologist
Chris Bezaire
Dr. Paolo Macchiarini
Krystal Fleisch
Benita Alexander
Crew
- John PappasDirector
- Mary RobertsonExecutive Producer
- Eli HolzmanExecutive Producer
- Aaron SaidmanExecutive Producer
- Adam CiralskyExecutive Producer
Media
Details
- Release date
- December 21, 2023
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Crime, Documentary
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