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ANDREAS PROCHASKA wins International Emmy Award

 

One of the most prestigious television awards went to Austrian director Andreas Prochaska: A DAY FOR A MIRACLE, co-produced by ORF and ZDF took the International EMMY AWARD for BEST TV MOVIE at the 41st International Emmy Gala in New York.


A DAY FOR A MIRACLE
directed by Andreas Prochaska
produced by Graf Film, Rowboat Film & Fernsehproduktion (D) with ORF, ZDF
Austrian support by Fernsehfonds Austria, Land Kärnten
 
Young and amitious cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Markus Höchstmann has to fill in for the senior physician, as an emergency is rushed in: a drowned four-year-old girl, lifeless, cold, her heart has stopped beating. 30 minutes under water, too long for her brain to survive without damage. Markus decides to risk everything to save the girl's life. With desperate courage he tries to make a miracle happen.
 
with: Ken Duken, Julia Koschitz, Juergen Maurer, Erwin Steinhauer, Bernhard Schir