Das Wunder von Kapstadt
Das Wunder von Kapstadt

Das Wunder von Kapstadt

6.9(4 votes)
2022
1h 45m
Drama
History
TV Movie

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.

Production

Producers at Work, MIA Film, ORF, ARD, ARD Degeto

Cast

Sonja Gerhardt

Sonja Gerhardt

Dr. Lisa Scheel

Alexander Scheer

Alexander Scheer

Dr. Christiaan Barnard

Loyiso Macdonald

Loyiso Macdonald

Hamilton Naki

Clara Wolfram

Clara Wolfram

McCarthy

Vikash Mathura

Vikash Mathura

Vijay

Arnd Klawitter

Arnd Klawitter

De Groen

Fritz Karl

Fritz Karl

Prof. Kohlfeld

Thimo Meitner

Thimo Meitner

Rupert von Aigner

Michaela Winterstein

Michaela Winterstein

Karin Scheel

Raphael Keric

Raphael Keric

Niekerk

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