Lindenstraße
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| Lindenstraße | |
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 The logo appearing on the series' title screen |
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| Format | Soap opera |
| Created by | Hans W. Geißendörfer |
| Starring | See below |
| Country of origin |  Germany |
| No. of episodes | 1221+ (April 26, 2009) |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time | c. 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Das Erste |
| Original run | December 8, 1985 – present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Lindenstraße is a German television show on ARD's Das Erste, one of Germany's two publicly administered TV channels. The first episode was aired on December 8, 1985, and since then has been broadcast weekly. Its current timeslot on Das Erste is Sundays at 6:50 pm. The events of the Sunday episode usually take place on the Thursday before the show, based on the show's original airing the episodes Thursday night. Exceptions are the so-called holiday episodes that take place on Sunday, such as for Christmas and Easter and also on important election days (especially the election to the German Bundestag).
Setting the pace for other soap operas in Germany, the first episodes were met with mostly bad reviews.[citation needed] However, Lindenstraße soon became one of the most successful shows on German TV and has gained enormous cultural significance.[citation needed]
The creator of Lindenstraße is Hans W. Geißendörfer, whose company Geißendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH (GFF - "Geißendörfer film and TV productions") still produces the series today. In the beginning Geißendörfer also directed the series. It is set in Munich, but filmed in the WDR studios in Cologne-Bocklemünd.
The show is based on the long-running British soap Coronation Street, from which it borrows its main premise (the everyday life of a number of neighbours). It tackles topics such as racism, cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, disabilities (both physical and mental), and homosexuality. In 1987, it gained notoriety for showing the first primetime gay kiss on German television.
Dallas star Larry Hagman made a cameo appearance on Lindenstraße on February 19, 2006.
[edit] Cast
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- Domna Adamopoulou - Elena Sarikakis
- Anja Antonowicz - Nastya Scholz-Pashenko
- Jo Bolling - Andreas „Andy“ Zenker
- Susanna Capurso - Sabrina Buchstab
- Karolin Dubberstein - Irina Winicki
- Susanne Evers - Suzanne Richter
- Irene Fischer - Anna Ziegler
- Joris Gratwohl - Alexander „Alex" Behrend
- Erkan Gündüz - Murat Dağdelen
- Ludwig Haas - Dr. Ludwig Dressler
- Willi Herren - Oliver „Olli“ Klatt
- Knut Hinz - Hans-Joachim „Hajo“ Scholz
- Hermes Hodolides - Vasily Sarikakis
- Beatrice Kaps-Zurmahr - Andrea Neumann
- Dominique Kusche - Sophie Ziegler
- Joachim Hermann Luger - Hans Beimer
- Heinz Marecek - Bruno Skabowski
- Marie-Luise Marjan - Helga Beimer
- Wookie Mayer - Hannelore Siekmann
- Bill Mockridge - Erich Schiller
- Klaus Nierhoff - Christian Brenner
- Anna Nowak-Ibisz - Urszula Winicki
- Sontje Peplow - Lisa Dağdelen
- Harry Rowohlt - Penner Harry "Hartmut Rennep"
- Moritz A. Sachs - Klaus Beimer
- Johannes Scheit - Thomas „Tom“ Ziegler
- Rebecca Siemoneit-Barum - Iphigenie „Iffi“ Zenker
- Gunnar Solka - Peter „Lotti“ Lottmann
- Toni Snetberger - Enzo Buchstab
- Andrea Spatzek - Gabriele „Gabi“ Zenker
- Julia Stark - Sarah Ziegler
- Amorn Surangkanjanajai - Gung Pham Kien
- Sara Turchetto - Marcella Varese
- Georg Uecker - Dr. Carsten Flöter
- Giselle Vesco - Hildegard „Hilde“ Scholz
- Urs Villiger - Julian Hagen
- Cosima Viola - Jaqueline „Jack“ Aichinger
- Sybille Waury - Tanja Schildknecht
- Birgitta Weizenegger - Ines Kling
- Moritz Zielke - Moritz „Momo“ Sperling
- Inga Abel - Dr. Eva-Maria Sperling
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
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