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"Die Alpenklinik - Notfall für Dr. Guth" is a German television movie that according to imdb is from 2011, but I have read other sources say 2013. I am a bit surprised this exists anyway as an individual movie title here on imdb because it also could have been handled like the installment of a series because this is so far the most recent Alpenklinik episode. Like the others before that and most German small screen movies, it runs for 90 minutes and features Turkish/German actor Erol Sander as Dr. Guth. Kinda ironic really the name because he is pure good the way he is displayed. But at the same time they are trying to convince us he is also just a human who makes mistakes. While at the same time when something goes wrong with a patient they are trying to convince us that he still did his very best. At the same time, he receives a letter from a child with a hand-drawn picture that depicts him as a saint. At the same time he realized that when one colleague wants to leave the hospital, it is not because of her mother, but there is something else, namely that she has a brain tumor. And at the same time he has to deal with other doctors who are jealous of his position at the clinic as well as superiors who both want to burden him with a massive medical error, so that he cannot keep his position. It is pretty ridiculous. If you think that all this happens in the series, you are wrong. This is just what happens in this one episode. And there is more. Of course. At the same time, Mr. Guth has to juggle his family life too obviously. Or I should say his romantic relationship because his child (yep he is also a caring family father) is not present until the very end. I mean all this I just mentioned is only the exaggerated and highly unrealistic stuff that involves Dr. Guth. I haven't even started talking about his colleagues, even if most of their story lines are directly linked to Guth. There is of course also the young doctor who admired Dr. Guth and is not scared to say so and show it to others without being a suck-up. He is age-wise and in terms of competence not a risk to Dr. Guth, so he is fine. Actually, in terms of medical knowledge of course nobody is on the same level as our beloved hero here. Really really cringeworthy stuff. I would say the big problem with this film is that the characters lack shades, but this is only partially true. Looking at how one character has shades, namely the attractive female doctor who wants Guth's job, boy are they bad in writing characters with shades, so maybe it is good they did not try to do so with other characters. It is just a bad film from any perspective. In Germany we call it a Schmonzette or Arztschmonzette and that basically means a (medically themed) cheesy movie. So yes in the end all is fine again and this includes the rushed-in tumor operation plot. Sigh. So bad. Needless to say they also quickly shove a euthanasia statement into our faces because of course everybody working on this projectg is so progressive. Shame they aren't talented when it comes to filmmaking. Director Sämann and writer Freund have worked on more than just a few highly forgettable (gently-speaking) projects in the past and this one here seems to fit in nicely with both their bodies of work. Most cast members here are also not known to me despite being a German film buff, but Sander and Valencia I have come across and it seems unlikely they are ever getting out of this niche again. This filmis not even good enough for afternoon television, even if this is exactly where it was shown. So the best solution is obviously to not show it again ever. Good news is it seems the series ended with this project. So apparently audiences did not watch and showed them this is garbage. Highly not recommended. I mean the moment I heard that "although you're sexy when you're angry" I knew this was complete crap.