Meuchelbeck

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Television series
Original title Meuchelbeck
Country of production Germany
original language German
Year (s) since 2015
Production
company		 Ziegler film Cologne
length 48.5 minutes
Episodes 12 in 2 seasons ( list )
script Stefan Rogall
production Thorsten Flassnöcker, Elke Ried
music Patrick M. Schmitz
First broadcast August 24, 2015 on WDR
occupation

Meuchelbeck is a German television series that takes place in the fictional town of Meuchelbeck on the Lower Rhine .

action

The filming location of the first season, the Pitt-Jupp ferry house in Stürzelberg

Markus Lindemann returns to Meuchelbeck from Berlin with his sixteen-year-old daughter Sarah after a 20-year absence . After the death of her parents, his sister Mechthild von der Waals runs the “Zum Höllentor” inn , in which, as in the rest of the town, time seems to have stood still. In Meuchelbeck, Markus meets his childhood sweetheart Julia, who is now married to his former best friend Oliver. In the course of the story, told with a certain degree of black humor , new bizarre details are revealed.

occupation

Holger Stockhaus filming Meuchelbeck in Cologne

main actor

Role name actor Seasons consequences
Markus Lindemann Holger Stockhaus 1- 1-
Sarah Lindemann Janina Fautz 1 1-6
Lotte Becker 2– 7–
Mechthild von der Waals Dagmar Sachse 1- 1-
Frauke Vierboom Anna Boeger 1- 1-
Julia Schmidtkowsky Karin Hanczewski 1 1-6
Nadja Becker 2– 7–
Oliver Schmidtkowsky Christian Hockenbrink 1- 1-
Erwin Ingesiep Claus Dieter Clausnitzer 1- 1-
Pastor Seifert Luc Feit 1- 1-
Dennis Preck Helgi Schmid 2– 6–

supporting cast

Role name actor Seasons consequences
Lutz Weber Markus Klauk 1- 1-
Dr. Noted Hubertus Hartmann 1- 1-
Veronika Geerkens Anuk Ens 1 1-6
Horst Proepper Peter Harting 1-2 1-10
Farmer Hölscher Matthias van den Berg 1- 1-
Arndt Vechter Nikolaus Benda 1- 1-
Susi Vechter Julia Kelz 1- 1-
Cindy Geldermacher Katrin Hess 1- 1-
René Herrler Daniel Drewes 1- 1-
Lisa Herrler Katja Liebing 1- 1-
Akiko Kobayashi Mine Voss 1- 1-
Hiru Kobayashi Sun Jan Liem 1- 1-
Linda Gonny Gaakeer 1- 1-
Albert Rainer Galke 1 5-6
Jessica Taubmann Viola Pobitschka 1- 1-

Charisma

The filming location of the second season, Zur Post in Zons

The six-part first season of the mini-series was first broadcast weekly from August 24, 2015 as part of the WDR Innovation Weeks. The broadcast was repeated weekly in Einsfestival from September 1, 2015 . In addition, the entire first season was from August 17, 2015 u. a. available in the WDR media library. The series has so far only been broadcast in Germany.

The series was also available through the video-on-demand provider Netflix until May 31, 2018.

On December 24, 2015 it was announced that a second season would be produced. On July 5, 2017, it was announced that six more episodes will probably be shot by the end of August. Klaus Knoesel is again directing and the scripts are again by Stefan Rogall. The 2nd season has been broadcast on WDR since May 20, 2019.

Episode list

season 1

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		Original title First broadcast Director camera
1 1 Here and away August 24, 2015 Erik Haffner Tom Holzhauser
2 2 Layer by layer August 31, 2015 Erik Haffner Tom Holzhauser
3 3 tourism September 7, 2015 Erik Haffner Tom Holzhauser
4th 4th to show the flag September 14, 2015 Klaus Knoesel Till Müller
5 5 Risk of contagion September 21, 2015 Klaus Knoesel Till Müller
6th 6th Hope dies last September 28, 2015 Klaus Knoesel Till Müller

season 2

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		Original title First broadcast Director script camera
7th 1 Bearer of secrets 20th May 2019 Klaus Knoesel Stefan Rogall Nils Trümpener
8th 2 Rented truths 20th May 2019 Klaus Knoesel Stefan Rogall Nils Trümpener
9 3 Yin and yang May 27, 2019 Klaus Knoesel Stefan Rogall Nils Trümpener
10 4th Negative pressure May 27, 2019 Klaus Knoesel Stefan Rogall Nils Trümpener
11 5 The enemy in your bed 3rd June 2019 Klaus Knoesel Stefan Rogall Nils Trümpener
12 6th Home is a feeling 3rd June 2019 Klaus Knoesel Stefan Rogall Nils Trümpener

reception

The press response to the first season was divided.

“The 'Meuchelbeck' series is definitely a good start. It is bursting with 'power'. It's all in it: The ensemble is in great shape, that is to say: it presents a lot of weird, but unrecorded types with dust-dry humor. The punch lines are right, the local color is right, and the dramaturgy (directed by Erik Haffner and Klaus Knoesel) ensures one cliffhanger after the other, so that at the end of each episode you absolutely want to know how things will continue - in Meuchelbeck. "

- Michael Hanfeld : Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

“The lovingly designed opening credits make it clear that 'Meuchelbeck' has nothing in common with the tranquil regional series that the third programs usually show, and image design (Tom Holzhauser, Till Müller) and music (Patrick Schmitz) also play a major role in the very special atmosphere of this mini-series. The light in the restaurant alone is an art in itself. Special praise is due to the production company Zieglerfilm (Cologne), which also produced 'Die Anrheiner' for WDR, and also for the cast. The actors are not typical leading actors who have been seen a hundred times, but all of them are excellent, and most of all they are a perfect match for their characters. 'Meuchelbeck' is definitely too good to only run in 'Third'. "

- Tilmann P. Gangloff : Frankfurter Rundschau

“That is certainly all meant somehow mystery-wise, even the 'Breaking Bad' kind of egg-drenched theme melody screams: Hello, weird! But then too many clichés remain at the beginning: Markus' gnarled sister Mechthild, for example. Or an overly often themed wall in the family guesthouse that has been drawn in in an impractical place, which of course houses a walled-in secret - which a reasonably experienced series viewer knows after about five minutes. "

- Anja Rützel : Spiegel Online

Trivia

In the pilot episode it is mentioned that the nearest police station and the closest doctor's office are in Wachtendonk . The shooting took place further south u. a. in Dormagen (districts of Mitte, Stürzelberg and Zons ). Filming locations for the second season were again Dormagen, Grevenbroich and Cologne. In Grevenbroich, filming took place in the old school in the Noithausen district. In Cologne, since the second episode of the first season, it has been filmed in the Luther Church in the Nippes district.

The fictitious MEU license plate was used for production.

When it was first broadcast on the Third (WDR), Anke Engelke acted as a 1970s-style TV announcer before each episode.

In the last episode of the first season, Sarah's mother Jennifer, who was believed to be dead, suddenly appears at the end. This twist was obviously discarded by the scriptwriters for the second season, as this incident is never mentioned or cleared up in the series again.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1] DWDL. August 16, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  2. ↑ The new WDR series "Meuchelbeck". WDR. August 24, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  3. ↑ Jennifer Ullrich: Netflix in May - These films and series are disappearing this month . moviepilot.de. May 8, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  4. ↑ Meuchelbeck. Facebook. December 24, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  5. ↑ «Meuchelbeck» is alive! And new episodes are shot. Quota meter. July 5, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
  6. ↑ Busy activity in the “Höllentor” inn. Dormago. August 7, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
  7. ↑ a b Will you get the body out of the cellar or will I? Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. August 24, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  8. ↑ a b "Meuchelbeck": "Twin Peaks" on the Lower Rhine. Frankfurter Rundschau. August 25, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  9. ↑ a b Culture shock on the Lower Rhine. Mirror online. August 23, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  10. ↑ Dormagen is “Meuchelbeck” from Monday. Rheinische Post. August 21, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  11. ↑ Busy activity in the “Höllentor” inn. Dormago. August 7, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
  12. ↑ Meuchelbeck (2017. Episodes 7–12) In: crew-united.com , accessed on August 14, 2017.
  13. ↑ Grevenbroich: School becomes a police station for TV series. Rheinische Post. August 21, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  14. ↑ Filming locations from Meuchelbeck
  15. ↑ See DVD release of the series on More Entertainment