Das Wunder von Kapstadt

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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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    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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    2022-10-04

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    6.9

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