Das Wunder von Kapstadt
Release Date: 2022-10-04
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.
Rating: 6.9 / 10
Cast
Sonja Gerhardt
as Dr. Lisa Scheel
Alexander Scheer
as Dr. Christiaan Barnard
Loyiso Macdonald
as Hamilton Naki
Clara Wolfram
as McCarthy
Vikash Mathura
as Vijay
Crew
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Franziska Buch - Director
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Steffen Sureck - Costume Assistant
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Patrick Noel Simon - Editorial Staff
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Greta Baumann - Casting Assistant
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Tobias Stille - Producer
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