• StatusReleased
  • Release Date2022-10-04
  • Runtime105 minutes
  • TaglineNot Available
  • RevenueNot Available
  • GenreDrama, History, TV Movie
  • Production
    CompaniesProducers at Work, MIA Film, ORF, ARD, ARD Degeto
  • BudgetNot Available

Movie Overview

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.

Casts

Sonja Gerhardt

Alexander Scheer

Arnd Klawitter

Fritz Karl

Thimo Meitner

Michaela Winterstein

Peter Miklusz

Johannes Krimmel

Damian Thüne