Alle in einem Boot

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.

Music manager Eric quits his job and decides to become a mortician of all things

In order to find an apartment, dancer Pia pressures the straight-laced clerk Hartwig to pretend to be a prosecutor and pose as her husband. Although Hartwig is acting on behalf of his snobbish girlfriend, he agrees and falls in love with the vivacious blonde. But Pia isn’t quite ready for that yet.

Tom and Mark are a close-knit rope team. While Mark dreams of Nanga Parbat, Tom furnishes the new house with his girlfriend Franziska. Tom has a serious accident on a particularly challenging route. Not only do Tom and Franziska have to rethink their life plans, but Mark also has to face a new reality. A story about friendship, guilt and responsibility.