ICH LIEBE DAS LEBEN  
MY LIFE TO LIVE
2003 TV

Die hochbegabte Chirurgin Kathrin und ihr Freund Daniel stehen kurz vor ihrem Umzug in die USA, wo Kathrin an einer der führenden Herzkliniken arbeiten soll. Diese Pläne werden plötzlich von einer fatalen Diagnose zerstört:  Kathrin ist HIV-positiv. Kathrin wird auf der Stelle vom leitenden Arzt suspendiert und sieht sich kurz darauf einer Diffamierungskampagne ausgesetzt. Auch privat bricht die Nachricht über die Infizierung brutal in ihr Leben ein. Kathrin gerät in einen Strudel aus Verwirrung, Lähmung, Resignation - und schließlich Wut...

Katrin, a young surgeon, is full of plans: an internship in New York, an anticipated promotion at the hospital, marriage to her boyfriend Daniel. Then, out of the blue, comes the news that she is HIV-positive. Dismissed on the spot she is even accused of misleading the authorities, possibly covering up a drug addiction or sexual promiscuity. Katrin, however, is not one to let her life collapse around her. In her search for the truth and for justice, she forges ahead with a lawsuit against the hospital and investigates into the source of her infection. Since Daniel is HIV-negative, it can’t be him. But even though Daniel is unwaveringly loyal to her, she gradually shuts him out of her life with her bristling, aggressive activism. As her crusade takes her on a roller coaster of victories and defeats, she ultimately realizes that she must fight not only for her honor, but also for her love.

Genre Drama Category TV Movie Principal Cast Anneke Kim Sarnau, Jan Josef Liefers, Roman Knizka, Inka Friedrich, Marie Gruber, Michael Gerber, Sina Richard Director Anna Justice Screenplay Eva von Schirach Director of Photography Carl-Friedrich Koschnick Editor Uta Schmidt Music by Christoph M. Kaiser & Julian Maas Production Design Patrick Müller Costume Design Beate Scheel Sound Michael Junge Producer Herrmann Kirchmann, ndf/Fontana Film

Festivals and Awards
Nominierung Adolf-Grimme-Preis 2006
Fernsehfilm-Festival Baden-Baden 2005

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