Das Wunder von Kapstadt (2022)

Das Wunder von Kapstadt (2022)

2022-10-04 Germany 105 Min. PG-13
6.9 4 votes

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 is Dr. Lisa Scheel
Dr. Lisa Scheel
Alexander Scheer is Dr. Christiaan Barnard
Dr. Christiaan Barnard
Loyiso Macdonald is Hamilton Naki
Hamilton Naki
Clara Wolfram is McCarthy
Arnd Klawitter is De Groen
Fritz Karl is Prof. Kohlfeld
Prof. Kohlfeld
Thimo Meitner is Rupert von Aigner
Rupert von Aigner
Michaela Winterstein is Karin Scheel
Raphael Keric is Niekerk
Peter Miklusz is Moderator
Moderator
Johannes Krimmel is Van der Straaten
Van der Straaten