Hein the next day, he menacingly tells her it's dangerous to know too much. Grombek reveals that her grandfather was a member, and that the drug he became famous for developing was the result of his experiments in Nazi concentration camps. She flees to the hospital to confront her grandfather, but is told that he has died. At the assembly of the Society, Hein expresses no remorse for the murders and defiantly accepts their punishment, slashing himself three times in the face. Grombek takes responsibility for the killings and leaves to call the authorities to arrest Hein. Later, while Paula destroys the diplomas granted to her grandfather, a crazed Hein kills Grombek in his house. Paula gets back to the school but is trapped by Hein and his accomplice, Ludwig. While they are preparing her for preservation, her bindings are partially cut by Casper. Paula gets loose, poisons Ludwig, and runs away until Hein strikes a high voltage cable and dies. Casper and Paula then escape together. Halfway through the end credits, a sequence shows two of Paula's classmates praising Hein's abilities in dissection and preservation, discussing Grombek's imminent replacement, and how in their respective practices they will keep a low profile while experimenting for the Anti-Hippocratic Society. Cast Franka Potente as Paula Henning Benno Fürmann as Hein Rüdiger Vogler as Dr. Henning Anna Loos as Gretchen Oliver Wnuk as Ludwig Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey as David Sebastian Blomberg as Caspar Holger Speckhahn as Phil Traugott Buhre as Prof. Grombek Gennadi Vengerov as the Preparateur Reception On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 58% based on , with a weighted average rating of 5.3/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 33 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "Generally unfavorable reviews". Dennis Schwartz from Ozus' World Movie Reviews gave the film a grade B, calling it "both eerily written and directed". Stephen Holden from The New York Times gave the film a negative review, stating that the film "lacks the raucous, anything-for-a-shock carnival humor of its American prototypes". See also Plastination References External links 2000 films 2000 horror films 2000 psychological thriller films 2000s slasher films 2000s German-language films German psychological thriller films German horror films German horror thriller films German slasher films Films set in universities and colleges Films shot in Germany Films set in Germany Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Stefan