Olivia - Ein Kinderschicksal bewegt die Welt

Overview

When six year old Olivia is diagnosed with the Wilms tumor in her kidney, the doctors suggest an immediate operation and chemotherapy. Healing chances would be 95%, but when her parents learn how other children suffer from the procedure, they're terrified and refuse to expose their daughter to such a torture. Instead they consult faith healer Hamer, who claims to be able to heal cancer without drugs. When the youth welfare office attempts to force them to have Olivia medicated properly, the family flees from Germany. So Olivia's condition worsens, and a great press campaign is started to change the parent's mind...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 27, 1996

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Cast

Gila von Weitershausen,Martin Lüttge,Michael Roll,Ludwig Schütze,Karl Markovics,Christina Uhl,Therese Lohner

Director

Wolfgang Mühlbauer

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0117236