A Day for a Miracle
- Ken Duken: Dr. Markus maximum man
- Julia Koschitz: Dr. Lydia Marti Schek
- Sara Wogatai: Katharina
- Gerti Drassl: Karin Breitner
- Gerhard Liebmann: Georg Breitner
- Bernard Shir: Deputy Plögauer
- Erwin Steinhauer: Professor Lohmeyer
- Hilde Dalik: Judith maximum man
- Leon Baumgartner: Max Maximum Man
The Miracle of Carinthia is a television film by director Andreas Prochaska from the year 2011. The film is based on a true story from 1998 and tells the story of a four year old girl who fell into the parental pond. No one believed more of a chance of survival. The young heart surgeon Dr. Markus Thalmann took on the seemingly hopeless fight for the life of the girl. His salvation is received as " the Miracle of Carinthia " in the history of medicine.
The screenplay is by Christopher Silver and Thorsten Wettcke. On October 5, 2011 celebrated "The Miracle of Carinthia " in the framework of the Hamburg Film Festival premiere. The first broadcast took place on 18 January 2012, ORF 2, reaching an audience of over one million in the Austrian viewers. In ZDF saw on 5 March 2012 about 5.8 million viewers the film. Production (English title: A Day for a Miracle ) won on 25 November 2013 respectively, an International Emmy Awards.
Action
The young Viennese cardiologist and ultra - marathon runner Markus maximum man ( Ken Duken ) in 1998 in his first job at the State Hospital Klagenfurt a difficult stand his remaining family in Vienna, he sees only on weekends, the older colleagues hold him for his commuting in the big City for arrogant. It was on the weekend when his son has his fifth birthday, he must represent the were traveling in the U.S. and chief physician to operate a Carinthian deputies.
But then enters an emergency: By rescue helicopter, a four year-old girl seemingly lifeless, brought to the hospital with a body temperature of only 18.4 ° C. A well- hopeless case, because the little girl was almost 30 minutes under water. A similar rescue has never been successful. Although he has never before operated a child, the equipment for the hospital is found to be inappropriate and his more experienced colleagues see no hope of rescue, maximum man takes up the fight for the life of the patient. After a fifteen- hour operation he finally succeeds and his team to get the little Catherine alive. Against all predictions she wakes up after a few days out of the coma and is completely healthy again.
Awards
- International Emmy Award 2013 in the category: TV Movie / Mini -Series
- Nominations for the producer price in the framework of the Hamburg Filmfest 2011 in the section "16:9".
- Romy 2012 for Sam Davis and Klaus Graf as the best TV producer, Christoph Silber and Thorsten Wettcke for Best Screenplay.
- Bavarian Television Award 2012 for Andreas Prochaska in Directing.
- German actor Award 2013 of the BFFS for Gerti Drassl for Best Supporting Actress
- Nomination for Günter Rohrbach Film Prize 2012
- Günter Rohrbach Film Award 2012 Special Prize of the Mayor of Gerti Drassl and Gerhard Liebmann
- Nominated for the Grimme Award 2013 in the category of fiction
- Nomination for the Prix Europa 2012
- Nomination for Andreas Prochaska for the Best Director Award Metropolis 2012 BVR
- ORF has been nominated as a competition film at television Film Festival Baden- Baden 2012
Reviews
"So exciting it can be a miracle ," says Kleine Zeitung.
" Exciting as a thriller, simple and without pathos staged Andreas Prochaska this medical drama based on a true story ," writes kino.de.
" And Ken Duken is the ideal choice of this hero of the work. Immaculately Julia Koschitz "says the TV critic Rainer Tittelbach.
" In a story, the outcome should be clear to keep excitement and atmosphere as much a testament to the great skill of all involved ," says TV Today. , TV movie