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.
- Genre: Drama, History, TV Movie
- Studio: Producers at Work, MIA Film, ORF, ARD Degeto, ARD
- Keyword: based on true story, heart transplant
- Cast: Sonja Gerhardt, Alexander Scheer, Loyiso Macdonald, Clara Wolfram, Vikash Mathura, Arnd Klawitter
