105m •
2022
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.
Producers at Work • DE
MIA Film • CZ
ORF • AT
ARD Degeto • DE
ARD • DE
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1981•
6.9
2025•
0
2016•
7.4
2004•
0
1979•
7.7
1987•
7.6
1990•
8.5
2022•
6.5
2005•
7.0
1982•
7.6
2000•
7.5
2016•
5.9
2001•
7.4
2001•
7.4
1998•
8.2
2016•
5.9
2023•
5.9
1966•
6.3
2001•
6.4
1993•
7.1
