Das Wunder von Kapstadt

APPROPIATE

2022 / 105min.

Rating6.9

Genres

Drama

History

TV Movie

Synopsis

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.

Directors

Actors

Arnd Klawitter

Peter Miklusz

Sonja Gerhardt

Alexander Scheer

Raphael Keric

Damian Thüne

Fritz Karl

Thimo Meitner

Marlen Ulonska

Michaela Winterstein

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