Anthrax (2017) on Netflix
Noam, Shai and fellow reservists volunteer for a military anthrax vaccine experiment. Seven years later they discover the vaccine's disastrous side effects and set out to expose the truth.
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Plot summary
Reserve soldiers volunteered during their military service to take part in a trial of an experimental anthrax vaccine. Seven years later, Noam, Shai and the other volunteers discover that the injections have had disastrous side effects. The reservists set out to expose the truth about what they were given and to save their own lives. The story is based mostly on real events.
Cast
- Amit Epshteinas Shai
- Dana Meinrathas Shelley
- Ziv Pelegas Danny
- Lior Hassonas Avivi
- Lelia Gormezanoas Dr. Hila Reuven
- Sandra Schonwaldas Dr. Yanir
- Ori Urianas Dr. Dotan(Ori Orian)
- Amit Epsteinas Shai
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Anthrax (2017)
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- The film is based on the Israeli military's anthrax vaccine trial, known as "Omer 2", in which the investigative program "Uvda" revealed in 2007 that soldiers had been used as guinea pigs in a secret eight-year trial of a vaccine against anthrax bacteria.
- Director Shai Sharf based the plot on his own experience: as a soldier in the Maglan unit he witnessed the trial, seeing military personnel arrive and set up a black tent where the test subjects were taken to receive the injections.
- The film's characters are based on Sharf's real friends, and authentic video clips that soldiers shot during their military service were woven into the film.
- Shai's meeting with his mother in the film comes from an authentic meeting between the director and his real mother.
