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Hidden Heart – The Story Of Christian Barnard And Hamilton Naki

Hidden Heart

Documentary, 95 min.

Title F:Le coeur de l'autre
Title G:Das Herz des Anderen
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by Cristina Karrer, Werner Swiss Schweizer

Switzerland / Germany / South Africa, January 2008

December 3rd, 1967 – a night that changed the world. The first human heart has been successfully transplanted in Cape Town, South Africa, a country where racial segregation was entrenched as nowhere else in the world. The heart surgeon Christian Barnard shot overnight to fame as no other doctor before or thereafter. However, Barnard didn't write the great success-story of the first heart transplantation alone. Post-Apartheid 2001: Newspapers suddenly claim that Hamilton Naki, the gardener, was equally part of the sensational operation. A story of glamour, injustice and uprising.

 

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Directed by: Cristina Karrer, Werner Swiss Schweizer
Written by: Cristina Karrer, Werner Swiss Schweizer

World Premiere: January 2008
Original Version: English/Xhosa (english subtitles), colour, 35mm, 95 min.

Production: Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion, Big World Cinema, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR, WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, Bayrisches Fernsehen
Producer: Werner Swiss Schweizer

Cinematography: Michael Hammon
Editing: Patricia Wagner
Sound: Jow Dlamini

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World Sales: Wide Management

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Distribution Switzerland: Look Now!
Distribution South Africa: Ster Kinekor
Distribution Germany: RealFiction Filmverleih

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  • Zürich, Filmpodium der Stadt Zürich, Zürcher Filmpreis 2008

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