Charité (2017)

Name: Charité
Rating: 7.3

TV-MA — Mature Audiences

Rating: 7.3

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Synopsis

Berlin, 1888. After penniless Ida’s life is saved at the Charité Hospital she must work off the treatment costs. While she becomes acquainted with the most brilliant physicians of this era at the world-famous hospital, the self-determined young woman discovers her passion for medicine.

First Air Date: 2017-03-21

Last Air Date: 2024-04-05

Number of Seasons: 4

Number of Episodes: 24

Networks: Das Erste, ARTE, ARTE

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Top Cast

Alicia von Rittberg as Ida Lenze
Mala Emde as Anni Waldhausen
Nina Gummich as Dr. Ella Wendt
Max Bretschneider as Georg Tischendorf
Ulrich Noethen as Ferdinand Sauerbruch
Nina Kunzendorf as Dr. Ingeborg Rapoport
Justus von Dohnányi as Robert Koch
Jannik Schümann as Otto Marquardt
Philipp Hochmair as Otto Prokop
Matthias Koeberlin as Emil Behring

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At Berlin's Charité hospital in 1888, Ida finds romance, a path to her dream job and an inside look into cures for tuberculosis and diphtheria.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Compassion (2017-03-21)

Pathologist Virchow tries to uphold his liberal values in a time of upcoming nationalism. Doctor Koch continues his work on battling the rampant tuberculosis. Von Behring tries, in vain at first, to join his lab while Jewish Doctor Ehrlich is welcomed for his work on colorizing cells. Ms. Lenze recovers after an appendicitis but has to work off the fees for her treatment by working as a nurse.
Ep. 2: Sunny Weather (2017-03-21)

Spinola repays Behring for saving a life. Ida is urged to pursue an ambitious dream. Koch receives two visitors: a Tokyo doctor and the new emperor.
Ep. 3: The Light of the World (2017-03-28)

Koch reveals big news at the congress while Ehrlich struggles to find a doctor to deliver his wife's breech baby. Tischendorf and Ida's romance blooms.
Ep. 4: Miracle Cure (2017-04-04)

Nurse Therese falls ill. Koch tests tuberculin on humans, starting with himself. Behring reaches a breakthrough in his work on a diphtheria cure.
Ep. 5: Twilight of the Gods (2017-04-11)

Despite worrying results, demand for tuberculin overwhelms the Charité. Behring's diphtheria cure is put to the test. Ida meets Tischendorf's father.
Ep. 6: Turning Point (2017-04-18)

Koch fails in one aspect of his life, but succeeds in another. Ehrlich faces a betrayal and increasing anti-Semitism. Ida rethinks her future plans.