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In the early 1980s, Dr. Zbigniew Religa grew weary of Westerners asking whether Eastern Bloc surgeons only operated on dogs and cadavers.
Cynthia Dickison, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Set in communist Poland of the 80s the movie depicts early career of cardio surgeon Zbigniew Religa.
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