Das Wunder von Kapstadt

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 maledominated 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