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Country of origin Germany First episode date 1995 Language German | 4/10 IMDb Original release 1995 – 2001 Final episode date 5 September 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Stefan Frank – Der Arzt, dem die Frauen vertrauen is a German television series.
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Plot
The series deals with the physician Dr. Stefan Frank (played by Sigmar Solbach) who lives with his father Dr. Eberhard Frank (Hans Caninenberg), his housekeeper Martha Brunnacker (Erna Waßmer), the housekeeper's brother Louis Brunnacker (Alfons Biber) and his receptionist Marie-Luise Flanitzer (Christiane Brammer) near his practice in the district of Bogenhausen in Munich. Dr. Stefan Frank is a surgeon and gynaecologist. He works together with the chief physician Dr. Ulrich Waldner (Hartmut Becker) and the head of the clinic Irene Kaldenbach (Claudia Wenzel) in the Waldner-Klinik. Over all seasons and despite changing relationships he has maintained a close relationship to the practice doctor Dr. Susanne Berger (Daniela Strietzel) who he later has a child with.
Broadcast
The initial broadcast of the series was the pilot film Ein Ende kann ein neuer Anfang sein (An end can be a new beginning) aired on 2 March 1995 on the private station RTL. The first season was broadcast until July 1995. Broadcast date was Thursday evening at 20:15 h which was retained for the transmission of four further seasons. Season 2 was broadcast from February to June 1996, season 3 from July 1997 to January 1998. Seasons four and five were broadcast from March 1999 to Mai 2000, the time lag between these two seasons was just three months.
When the sixth and last season had been broadcast since 13 June 2001, it was the first time that the broadcast date changed; the series now was aired on Wednesday evening at 21:15 h. After 104 episodes the last episode Bei aller Liebe (For the love of god) was broadcast on 5 September.
