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TV Series ZDF
Doktor Martin (2nd seasonl)
2008

Idea  Dominic Minghella
Director Claudia Garde, Zoltan Spirandelli
Script Dominic Minghella
Camera  Carsten Thiele
Cutter Ingo Ehrlich, Magdolna Rokob
Music  Colin Towns
Productiondesign  Olaf Rehahn, Jens Ove Sparig
Costumes  Antje Petersen
Sound  Oliver Grafe
Producer  Markus Brunnemann
Producer  Tim Gehrke
Editor  Axel Laustroer
Production manager  Peter Brodhuhn
Herstellungsleitung  Christian Dreßler
Casting  Ingrid Cuenca

with:Axel Milberg, Margrit Sartorius, Ellen Schwiers, Nora Binde, Max Hopp, Hans-Martin Stier, Florian David Fitz, Max Urlacher, Valerie Tscheplanowa, Hannes Hellmann, Petra Zieser, Uwe Bohm, Rosa Enskat, Constantin von Jascheroff, Teresa Harder, Jörg Gudzuhn, Steffen Groth,Christian Pätzold, Elisabeth Trissenaar, and many others.

PLOT

Dr. Martin Helling (Axel Milberg) had envisioned his arrival in Neuharlingersiel differently: The doctor’s office is in total chaos: the medical equipment is out of date and Melanie (Henny Reents), the young “assistant” of his deceased predecessor, could not be more incompetent and impertinent. After a traumatic experience led Martin Helling, Berlin’s most well-known specialist in vascular medicine, to quit his career, he thought it would be a nice to work as a country doctor in the sleepy town where he had spent his holidays with Aunt Alma (Ellen Schwiers) as a child. But these are not the only complications he encounters. Although he is brilliant in his field, Martin Helling completely lacks the skills needed in dealing with people. The newcomer offers the cranky townspeople with their minor quirks good medical advice, but as soon as they need their hand held or a bit of encouragement, the doctor reacts awkwardly, sometimes even defiantly. The man has a heart, but he doesn’t know it yet. After all those years working in an impersonal clinic, this organ, shy and neglected, has withdrawn into its innermost depths – a fact that doesn’t make doctor-patient relations any easier.