German Medical Drama Charité Lands Netflix Pickup

Global Screen has licensed the six-part medical series Charité, set in Berlin in 1888, to Netflix.

Netflix has made the series available to subscribers in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, Benelux, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and German-speaking Europe. The drama was produced by UFA Fiction for ARD/Das Erste.

In the series, Ida is operated on as a patient of the Charité and is forced to pay back her treatment costs by working as a nursing assistant under the bigoted regiment of deaconess Martha. Through this, she discovers her passion for medicine and is able to follow her free and rebellious spirit in its desire to live a self-determined future, in an age when women hardly had a right to higher education.

Global Screen’s head of TV sales and acquisitions, Alexandra Heidrich, said, “Charité is a moving depiction of a young woman far ahead of her time. Ida dares the impossible in the fascinating but men-dominated world of medical research and supply. We are very excited to bring this relevant and gripping series to Netflix audiences around the world.”

Sebastian Werninger, executive producer and CEO of UFA Fiction, added: “We are very happy that after the extraordinary success on German television, the first season of Charité is now also available on Netflix. After Generation War and Ku’damm 56: Rebel with a Cause and with a second season in the making we have produced yet another high-end drama series that has the potential to become a great international success.”