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The New Nurses

2018 · 8 seasons

A gentle, earnest period drama that immerses you in the daily struggles and small victories of nursing students, with a warm nostalgic glow.

Created by: Lars Mering, Claudia Boderke
Genres: Drama
Starring: Morten Hee Andersen, Molly Egelind, Jens Jørn Spottag

Overview: The lives of Erik and Anna, students at a nursing school in 1950s Denmark, a time and place where it was not normal for a man to become a nurse.

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Created by: Lars Mering, Claudia Boderke
Genres: Drama
Starring: Morten Hee Andersen, Molly Egelind, Jens Jørn Spottag

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
coming-of-age
work
friendship
gender
Places: school
hospital
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Created by: Lars Mering, Claudia Boderke
Written by: Iben Albinus Sabroe, Kari Vidø, Jesper Malmose, Søren Felbo
Starring: Morten Hee Andersen, Molly Egelind, Jens Jørn Spottag, Katrine Greis-Rosenthal, Anette Støvelbæk, Benedikte Hansen, Mikkel Hilgart, Jesper Groth
Music: Mikkel Maltha
Cinematography: Jan Pallesen
Length: 8 seasons, 43 episodes, 45 min each
Network: TV 2 Charlie, TV2 Play
Country: Denmark
Languages: Danish

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