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Das Wunder von Kapstadt
Das Wunder von Kapstadt

Das Wunder von Kapstadt

6.9/10
October 4, 2022
105 minutes
Franziska Buch
Drama History TV Movie

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.

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Movie Details

Release Date

October 4, 2022

Runtime

105 minutes

Director

Franziska Buch

Rating

6.9/10

Production Companies

Producers at Work MIA Film ORF ARD ARD Degeto

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