In this excerpt from the 2004 BBC documentary Your Life in Their Hands, physician Henry Marsh performs surgery to remove a life-threatening tumor from a patient's brain.
Interview with Dr. Henry Marsh
Dr. Marsh talks about the challenges of neurosurgery, how he began working with Igor and more.
Dr. Henry Marsh gives an update on the situation in the Ukraine, his friend Igor and more.
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The English Surgeon (90 min.)
He is firstly an artist and then a surgeon. He’s willing to look at surgery and surgeons. He’s prepared to be vulnerable ... He’s the very opposite of the arrogant, repressed surgical model.”
— Filmmaker Geoffrey Smith in Time Out London
September 4, 2009
Astonishing. . . . [An] unexpectedly effective and often affecting documentary. . . . These men perform miracles, but they are also agonizingly human.”
— Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
[T]his is one extraordinary documentary, approaching hugely emotive subject matter with nimble delicacy and...steely reserve...A life-affirming, unforgettable portrait of a true humanitarian...”
— Time Out London
So why see such a difficult film? For the same reason Smith made it: There is great beauty in watching one heroic soul insist that he can improve upon a cruel and complex world.”
— Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
…a lovely film, the best documentary for a long time.”
— The Guardian
