Das Wunder von Kapstadt

Das Wunder von Kapstadt

Released on
Drama, History, TV Movie
Runtime
105 mins
(4 votes)

The true story of an operation which was a revolution, not only for the world of medicine. Frankfurt 1967. A young doctor called Lisa Scheel is trying to get a foothold in the male-dominated world of transplant surgery. But after she is passed over by her main professor in favour of a male applicant, on the spur of the moment Lisa heads off to Cape Town. Here, she starts work for Dr. Barnaard, who, like his colleagues in Frankfurt, is planning a heart transplantation. Together with the surgeon Hamilton Naki, who due to apartheid can only join the team secretly, Lisa is a major contributor to the first heart transplant in history.

Cast

  • Sonja Gerhardt
  • Alexander Scheer
  • Loyiso Macdonald
  • Clara Wolfram
  • Vikash Mathura
  • Arnd Klawitter
  • Fritz Karl
  • Thimo Meitner
  • Michaela Winterstein
  • Raphael Keric
  • Peter Miklusz
  • Johannes Krimmel
  • Marlen Ulonska
  • Damian Thüne

Director

  • Franziska Buch

Producers

  • Tobias Stille
  • Christian Popp

Screenwriter

  • Chris Silber

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