5.048 minSeason 4 • Episode 6
LatestBerlin, 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.
Production
Meticulous 1880s Berlin hospital recreation
Costume
Starched aprons and elaborate facial hair
Writing
Real historical figures behaving badly
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robert Koch actually discovered the tuberculosis bacterium in this hospital; the series films in the real Charité buildings.
The show sparked renewed German debate about medical ethics and whose stories get told in historical dramas.
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