Overview
- ZDF confirms no anniversary TV special; all episodes are featured in its Mediathek starting October 22.
- On-demand views averaged about 641,000 per month last year, peaking at 1.61 million in December.
- Producer Beatrice Kramm says the show’s human conflicts still resonate, noting that power-abuse dynamics would be told differently today.
- The Carlsbau in Glottertal, used for exterior shots, now houses the Thure von Uexküll psychosomatic clinic and draws fans under access restrictions.
- The 1985–1989 series helped define German hospital dramas, aired in more than 40 countries, and saw a 1986 episode placed on the index after viewer protests.