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Charité

★ 7.8 4K votes 2017–present 4 seasons · 25 episodes Returning Series Das Erste
MedicalHospitals, medicine and doctors under pressure.This show: 9/10Real historyReal historical events and figures woven into the story.This show: 9/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10
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Starring
Alicia von RittbergMala EmdeNina GummichSesede TerziyanMaximilian Meyer-BretschneiderUlrich Noethen
Written by
Sabine Thor-WiedemannJakob HeinChristine Otto
Starring
Alicia von RittbergMala EmdeNina GummichSesede TerziyanMaximilian Meyer-BretschneiderUlrich Noethen
Written by
Sabine Thor-WiedemannJakob HeinChristine Otto
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About

"History's darkest hours, told through one hospital"

Charité is a German anthology drama set inside Berlin's real-life Charité hospital, with each season jumping to a different era of medicine and politics colliding on the wards. Doctors, nurses, and patients navigate breakthroughs and moral compromises against turbulent historical backdrops. The tone is somberly atmospheric rather than fast-paced, leaning on period detail, hushed hospital corridors, and quiet ethical dilemmas rather than flashy plotting. It rewards patience: the drama builds through character tension and historical weight more than twists, and the production's careful recreation of each era is what really carries it.

Watch it for

the meticulous historical recreation of a real institution living through turbulent eras.

Maybe skip if

you want fast pacing rather than slow, atmosphere-driven historical drama.

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All Seasons

Season 12017
7.494564h 49m
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.
Season 22019
7.895564h 52m
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.
Season 32021
7.047464h 53m
Season 42024
5.732174h 54m

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Alicia von Rittberg Ida Lenze
Mala Emde Anni Waldhausen
Nina Gummich Dr. Ella Wendt
Sesede Terziyan Dr. Maral Safadi
Maximilian Meyer-Bretschneider Georg Tischendorf
Ulrich Noethen Ferdinand Sauerbruch
Nina Kunzendorf Dr. Ingeborg Rapoport
Angelina Häntsch Julia Kowalczyk
Justus von Dohnányi Robert Koch
Jannik Schümann Otto Marquardt

Crew

Sabine Thor-Wiedemann
Jakob Hein
Christine Otto

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