Das Wunder von Kapstadt

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.

Cast

Sonja Gerhardt

Dr. Lisa Scheel

Alexander Scheer

Dr. Christiaan Barnard

Loyiso Macdonald

Hamilton Naki

C

Clara Wolfram

McCarthy

V

Vikash Mathura

Vijay

Arnd Klawitter

De Groen

Fritz Karl

Prof. Kohlfeld

Thimo Meitner

Rupert von Aigner

Michaela Winterstein

Karin Scheel

R

Raphael Keric

Niekerk

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