Bringemovies
← Browse TV Shows
The Century of Surgeons
TITLE DETAILS

The Century of Surgeons

1972-01-20 · 25 min / episode · ★ 10.0

Drama

A special insight into medicine presented on film: sterile operations, hospitals used to be built by the wind, anaesthesia, surgical gloves, similar to the films Sauerbruch or Kneip.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Creators
Jürgen Thorwald
Production companies
BR, Schweizer Fernsehen (SF), Intertel Television, ORF
Countries
Germany, Austria
Status
Ended

Top Cast

Cast unavailable.

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Availability not listed for this country.

Seasons & episodes

Recommendations

The Resident
★ 8.4
The Resident2018Drama

A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.

SkyMed
★ 6.7
SkyMed2022Drama

Life, death and drama at 20,000 feet. The series weaves together intense character journeys and high-stakes medical rescues, as we follow the triumphs, heartbreaks and tribulations of budding nurses and pilots flying air ambulances in remote Northern Canada. They’re all in over their heads, and on their own, with no one to rely on but each other.

Good Sam
★ 7.3
Good Sam2022Drama

A gifted heart surgeon excels in her new leadership role as Chief of Surgery after her renowned boss falls into a coma. When her former boss wakes up months later demanding to resume his duties, Sam is tasked with supervising this egotistical expert with a scalpel who never acknowledged her stellar talent.

Matlock
★ 6.9
Matlock2024Drama

After achieving success in her younger years, the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock rejoins the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within. Inspired by the classic television series of the same name.

Heartbeat
★ 6.3
Heartbeat2016Drama

Based on the real life and achievements of Dr. Kathy Magliato, this unique character-driven medical drama follows Dr. Alex Panttiere, an outspoken world-renowned heart-transplant surgeon and one of the few women in her field. Stubborn and fearless, Alex always operates on her own terms. Watch as she revels in a racy personal life, manages the daily demands of skeptical faculty and dutiful interns, and pushes the boundaries of medical science to impressive new heights.

Tyler Perry's The Oval
★ 8.0
Tyler Perry's The Oval2019Drama

A seemingly perfect interracial first family becomes the White House's newest residents. But behind closed doors they unleash a torrent of lies, cheating and corruption.

London Kills
★ 6.6
London Kills2019Drama

With a documentary style delivery, this drama tells the story of a team of top murder detectives with each episode featuring a different murder while also following a serialized story involving the lead detective’s missing wife.

Hill Street Blues
★ 7.6
Hill Street Blues1981Drama

A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

Holby City
★ 5.8
Holby City1999Drama

Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.

Trapper John, M.D.
★ 6.6
Trapper John, M.D.1979Drama

Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH, concerning a lovable doctor who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran on CBS from September 23, 1979, to September 4, 1986.

Doctor Odyssey
★ 6.5
Doctor Odyssey2024Drama

Max is the new on-board doctor for a luxury cruise ship where the small but mighty medical team navigate unique medical crises and each other, miles from shore.

Berlin ER
★ 5.9
Berlin ER2025Drama

After her private life falls apart, a young doctor seeking a fresh start takes over the emergency room in Berlin's toughest, most chaotic hospital. Battling staff resistance and a run-down system, she must unite her maverick team to save lives.

The Old Fox
★ 6.3
The Old Fox1977Drama

A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.

ER
★ 7.8
ER1994Drama

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.

Emily Owens, M.D.
★ 6.4
Emily Owens, M.D.2012Drama

At long last, Emily Owens feels like she is an actual grown-up. She's graduated from medical school and is now a first-year intern at Denver Memorial Hospital. So why does everyone keep warning her that the hospital is just like high school?

Parenthood
★ 7.5
Parenthood2010Drama

The trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.

Tyler Perry's Ruthless
★ 8.4
Tyler Perry's Ruthless2020Drama

A spinoff of "The Oval," follows Ruth Truesdale as she's forced to play nice with a scandalous religious cult of powerful sex crazed fanatics in the hopes of freeing herself and her daughter.

Hostages
★ 5.9
Hostages2013Drama

A high-octane suspense drama that centers on Dr. Ellen Sanders, a premier surgeon thrust into a chilling political conspiracy when she and her family are held captive in their home by rogue FBI Agent Duncan Carlisle, a desperate man doing the wrong thing for the right reasons, who orders Dr. Sanders to assassinate the President when she operates on him.

Casualty
★ 6.2
Casualty1986Drama

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.

Ambitions
★ 7.3
Ambitions2019Drama

A multigenerational family saga centered around one woman who, having recently relocated and intent on revitalizing her marriage, finds herself going head to head with some of the most powerful and deceitful players in the city.

Similar titles

Poster unavailable
★ 9.5
Fieber: Ärzte für das Leben1998Drama

Ärzte
★ 3.7
Ärzte1994Drama

Diagnosis: Murder
★ 7.1
Diagnosis: Murder1993Drama

Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

Doc Martin
★ 8.3
Doc Martin2004Drama

Doc Martin is a British television comedy drama series starring Martin Clunes in the title role. It was created by Dominic Minghella after the character of Dr. Martin Bamford in the 2000 comedy film Saving Grace. The show is set in the fictional seaside village of Portwenn and filmed on location in the village of Port Isaac, Cornwall, England, with most interior scenes shot in a converted local barn. Five series aired between 2004 and 2011, together with a feature-length special that aired on Christmas Day 2006. Series 6 began airing on ITV on 2 September 2013.

Docteur Claire Bellac
★ 10.0
Docteur Claire Bellac2001Drama

Life Today
★ 6.0
Life Today2022Drama

Life Today is a medical and drama Turkish television series signed by O3 Medya, the first episode of which was broadcast on October 19, 2022, directed by Çiğdem Bozali and written by Ayça Üzüm and Cansu Çoban. Adapted from the 2018 American TV series New Amsterdam. The leading roles are shared by Ulaş Tuna Astepe, Hazar Ergüçlü, Tansel Öngel and Hande Doğandemir. The series ended with its 8th episode, which was broadcast on December 7, 2022.

Medical Top Team
★ 7.5
Medical Top Team2013Drama

The medical drama focuses on the lives of doctors and nurses who are members of an elite medical team from the fictional Gwang Hae University Hospital.

Dr. Klein
★ 5.2
Dr. Klein2014Drama

"Dr. Klein" is a medical and family TV series, which moves between great emotion and humor. Valerie Klein is 1,32 meter tall and the only doctor in the children's hospital, who meets the small patients at eye level. There are many conflicts to solve both at work and at home with her family.

Poster unavailable
★ 7.5
Kay O'Brien1986Drama

Kay O'Brien is an American television series set at fictional Manhattan General Hospital, which aired for one season on CBS during the 1986-87 television season.

China Beach
★ 7.4
China Beach1988Drama

Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and hospital on China Beach filled with wounded soldiers and one very lovely but damaged Army Nurse Colleen McMurphy. Many heroes, dead and alive, try to make sense of life and death in between bourbon, bullets and battles.

A Very Peculiar Practice
★ 8.2
A Very Peculiar Practice1986Drama

A young and idealistic Doctor Stephen Daker arrives at Lowlands University to work at the Health Centre, but has to cope with an eccentric set of colleagues.

My Ride
★ 7.9
My Ride2022Drama

Overworked and in love, Tawan struggles to balance his job, his relationship with Por, and a new friendship with the upbeat Mork.

Hyper Knife
★ 7.8
Hyper Knife2025Drama

Seok, an eager yet genius neurosurgeon is reunited with Deokhee, the professor who ruined her life long ago. Once, the two surgeons cared for each other more than anyone else. But now with nothing but hatred toward each other, Seok is furious that he is back in her life and vows to take revenge.

Complications
★ 6.2
Complications2015Drama

John Ellis, a disillusioned suburban ER doctor, who finds his existence transformed when he intervenes in a drive-by shooting, saving a young boy's life and killing one of his attackers. When he learns the boy is still marked for death he finds himself compelled to save him at any cost and discovers that his life and his outlook on medicine may never be the same.

Code Black
★ 7.8
Code Black2015Drama

Inspired by the award-winning documentary, this medical drama is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation where the extraordinary staff confront a challenged system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most.

Poster unavailable
★ 8.0
Kurklinik Rosenau1996Drama

Poster unavailable
★ 10.0
Die Sternbergs - Ärzte, Brüder, Leidenschaften1999Drama

Poster unavailable
★ 9.0
Sommer und Bolten: Gute Ärzte, keine Engel2001Drama

Poster unavailable
★ 8.0
Herzschlag - Das Ärzteteam Nord1999Drama

Heartland
★ 6.5
Heartland2007Drama

Dr. Nathaniel Grant is a pioneering organ-transplant surgeon who takes risks that other doctors would not in order to save the lives of his patients. He works closely with his ex-wife, Kate Armstrong, an organ-donor coordinator with whom he has a volatile relationship. Grant's arrogance and willingness to perform risky procedures causes him to butt heads with the hospital administration. But his main focus is on his intense relationship with his job and his patients, often at the expense of his family.

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.