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Charité

20174 Seasons24 Episodes24/24 historically placed~45 min / episodeIMDb 7.8/10 · 3.9K votes

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.

SERIES-LEVEL HISTORY

1888 → 1961

Series-level placement confidence: high. Importance: 3/5.

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series
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Period Setting
Accuracy
4/5
Seasons
4
Episodes
24
Episode coverage
24/24
Historical links
0
EPISODE HIERARCHY

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24

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.

S01E01 · 2017-03-21

Compassion

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.

1888high placement
50 min · Open episode profile →
S01E02 · 2017-03-21

Sunny Weather

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.

1888high placement
51 min · Open episode profile →
S01E03 · 2017-03-28

The Light of the World

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.

1888high placement
50 min · Open episode profile →
S01E04 · 2017-04-04

Miracle Cure

Nurse Therese falls ill. Koch tests tuberculin on humans, starting with himself. Behring reaches a breakthrough in his work on a diphtheria cure.

1888high placement
51 min · Open episode profile →
S01E05 · 2017-04-11

Twilight of the Gods

Despite worrying results, demand for tuberculin overwhelms the Charité. Behring's diphtheria cure is put to the test. Ida meets Tischendorf's father.

1888high placement
50 min · Open episode profile →
S01E06 · 2017-04-18

Turning Point

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.

1888high placement
51 min · Open episode profile →

In 1943, the staff at Berlin's Charité hospital struggle against the effects of World War II and the Nazi regime, including eugenic medical practices.

S03E01 · 2021-01-12

Iron lung

East Berlin in the summer of 1961: Dr. Ella Wendt is transferred from Senftenberg to the Charité to ensure health care. Doctors and nursing staff leave the GDR en masse for West Berlin.

1961high placement
45 min · Open episode profile →
S03E02 · 2021-01-12

Bloodsucker

A newborn baby with jaundice is announced in the children's ward from the women's clinic. When the ambulance finally arrives, the baby's condition is poor. He needs a direct blood donation.

1961high placement
45 min · Open episode profile →
S03E03 · 2021-01-19

Limits

In a covert operation, the provisional wall is erected, dividing the city into East and West Berlin, thus making the Charité an immediate border area.

1961high placement
45 min · Open episode profile →
S03E04 · 2021-01-19

Respiratory arrest

The first person killed at the Wall is floating in Humboldt Harbor. Ella is terrified that it could be Curt. Prokop performs an autopsy on the body. The investigation is carried out in absolute secrecy...

1961high placement
45 min · Open episode profile →
S03E05 · 2021-01-26

Sepsis

Ingeborg Rapoport continues to try in vain to enter into dialogue with Prof. Kraatz when a case of neonatal sepsis shows in a drastic way that the paths between gynecology and neonatology are too far apart.

1961high placement
45 min · Open episode profile →
S03E06 · 2021-01-26

Heart flutter

Ella is supposed to represent Prof. Prokop at a research conference in West Berlin and present her latest results there. In order to be able to leave the country, Dr. Nowack has to vouch for her.

1961high placement
45 min · Open episode profile →
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