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Charité
Compassion / Barmherzigkeit
Season 1
Episode 1
Ida Lenze drags herself to the Berlin Charite with acute appendicitis, where young staff doctor Emil Behring saves her life – yet he still can’t catch the eye of Robert Koch. Meanwhile, Crown Prince Friedrich may have cancer of the larynx.
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50:57
Dr. Behring's cure wins him favor, but he risks alienating those around him.
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49:48
A doctor falls from grace, while another rises out of the shadows.
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50:39
Ida can't decide between her two suitors. Koch tests his tuberculine on himself.
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49:36
The differences that divide the hospital – sex and religion – come to the forefront.
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50:53
The Kaiser's arrival at Charité has Dr. Koch intrigued at the implications of his success.