Palliative Care Unit

Palliative Care Unit

245 mins | Documentary | Feb. 19, 2025

Life only ends with the final heartbeat. The palliative care unit at Berlin’s Franziskus hospital. For one summer, Philipp Döring documents conversations driven by humanity, institutional bottlenecks and the light that streams in despite everything.

Palliative Care Unit

245 mins | Documentary | Feb. 19, 2025

Palliative Care Unit
Life only ends with the final heartbeat. The palliative care unit at Berlin’s Franziskus hospital. For one summer, Philipp Döring documents conversations driven by humanity, institutional bottlenecks and the light that streams in despite everything.
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Original title Palliativstation
Directors Philipp Döring
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