Medical Examination in movies

It's not detailed but the group hernia exam in Arachnophobia was quite exciting to me.

I remember seeing this when it first came out and hoping that no one noticed I was suddenly extra interested. I mentioned this scene in another thread on here.

The made-for-TV nuclear war movie The Day After has a school group physical in an early scene. You don't see a lot but you see a line of guys waiting in underpants and another guy in underpants on an exam table.

There was South American high school series, I forget the name, that had a scene in which one boy was at the school nurse's office for a physical with the doctor and a friend of his walks in while he is naked. You don't see the full nudity, but you are aware he has nothing on.

The movie The Babysitter from several years ago also starts with a scene in a school doctor's office. Boy has his shirt off and is waiting for a shot.

@agracier I found the opening for Mr Klein here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR6WpZfdSxA

Why did they have to have her fully naked to check her facial features…

@agracier I found the opening for Mr Klein here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR6WpZfdSxA

Why did they have to have her fully naked to check her facial features…

Good find.

Patients usually were naked when at a doctor's exam back in those years in France or elsewhere in European countries. It was pretty much standard.

In the case of the movie, examining the lady for Semitic physical traits to determine her racial category, that would have been an extra layer of humiliation to install that extra little bit of fear and dread. The doctor was portrayed as a pig, who (reluctantly) categorized the lady as from North African origin, hence not Jewish, but still close enough to arouse suspicion.

And during such racial exams during the Occupation years, far more bodily features were examined than just the face. I suspect that showing those measurement takings would have caused trouble with censors. So, no showing measurements of hips, breasts or genitals.

@agracier Measurements of genitals?!

Measurements of genitals?!

The Nazi doctors carried out countless experiments with the deportees, I don't think Zity is the place to fantasize about this, out of respect for their victims. Let's discuss only to what was shown in the movies.

@Woyzeck Oh indeed, my remark was not meant to be about fantasies! I was just surprised. I recalled reading about measurements of facial characteristics, ears and so on.

Oh indeed, my remark was not meant to be about fantasies! I was just surprised. I recalled reading about measurements of facial characteristics, ears and so on.

@Jacana Sorry if I misunderstood your intention, but I maintain that we must be careful when talking about this. These were not medical exams “just for fun” like many of those discussed on Zity.