Your dad's a surgeon. You're suing him. Pass the sauerkraut.
After Dr. Patricia Engel experienced a treatment error with a fatal outcome that was also covered up, she gave up her promising career as a doctor and became a lawyer. When she once again comes across a medical error in the clinic of her father, heart specialist Professor Brenner, of all people, she tries everything she can to save the patient. But the surgeon turns against her and sics a lawyer on his daughter.
Acting
Katja Weitzenböck's perpetual wounded determination
Production
That very specific 2010s German TV aesthetic
Writing
Soap-level family drama with medical jargon seasoning
Director
Sigi Rothemund
Katja Weitzenböck
Patricia Engel
Robert Atzorn
Professor Brenner
Peter Weck
Stefan Binder
Jeannette Arndt
Natalija Polakov
Walter Kreye
Klaus Salzmann
Alexander Held
Janis Kortschak
Anna-Lena Schwing
Sarah Engel
Nicki von Tempelhoff
Thomas Engel
Philipp Moog
Jonas Binder
Roman Knižka
Marcus Hansen
Birthe Wolter
Jennifer van Eyk
Marie Gruber
Karin
Johannes Brandrup
Gernot Strasser
Stefan Reck
Rainer Honolt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the long-running German TV movie tradition of 'Herzschmerz' dramas — literally 'heart pain' entertainment for Sunday evenings.
Peter Weck (Stefan Binder) is Austrian TV royalty; casting him opposite German actors was a minor cross-border event.
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