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.
Directed by Franziska Buch
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Cast
Sonja Gerhardt
Dr. Lisa Scheel
Alexander Scheer
Dr. Christiaan Barnard
Loyiso Macdonald
Hamilton Naki
Clara Wolfram
McCarthy
Vikash Mathura
Vijay
Arnd Klawitter
De Groen
Fritz Karl
Prof. Kohlfeld
Thimo Meitner
Rupert von Aigner
Michaela Winterstein
Karin Scheel
Raphael Keric
Niekerk
Peter Miklusz
Moderator
Johannes Krimmel
Van der Straaten
Marlen Ulonska
Ann Washkansky
Damian Thüne
Martinek
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