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.
Genre: Drama, History, TV Movie
Stars: Sonja Gerhardt, Alexander Scheer, Loyiso Macdonald, Clara Wolfram, Vikash Mathura, Arnd Klawitter
Crew: Franziska Buch (Director), Peter Deininger (Foley Artist), Chris Silber (Screenplay), Frizzi Kurkhaus (Title Designer), Iris Trescher (Production Design), Andrea Bogad-Radatz (Editorial Staff)
Country: Germany
Language: Deutsch
Studio: Producers at Work, MIA Film, ORF, ARD Degeto
Runtime: 105 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Oct 04, 2022
IMDb: 4.1
Keywords:based on true story, heart transplant
