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Berlin Bohème is a German television series that was produced from 1999 to 2005. There were four seasons with a total of 53 episodes of 24 minutes each. The series describes the events around some (life) artists in Berlin (cf. Bohème ). The majority of the protagonists are gay or lesbian . Homosexual characters, who mostly only represent a tolerated fringe group in German TV series, are the focus of the action. Another special feature of the series: Different series concepts are implemented in each season.

Seasons

In the first season, created in 1999 with 11 episodes, the main characters work together in a large studio, the fulcrum in which the entire plot takes place. In the first season two characters, Lisa Kleinert and Holger Prehm, are at the center of the plot, who are already known from the series Monday Children and Monday Stories. In addition, other characters from these two series appear as guests in season 1. The 11 episodes are the same as chamber plays and could also have been realized as a play, as the room is never left. In addition, the episodes play in real time, similar to series 24 , in every 24-minute episode, 24 minutes also pass in the plot.

In the second season, created in 2002 and 2003 with 21 episodes, this concept is abandoned: there are changes of location and time leaps as in normal soap operas. The common thread of the second season is the no-budget theater project "Always Open Stage", which connects most of the characters in the series. The concept of the season can best be compared to that of the series Lindenstrasse . In terms of content, there are some interesting secondary characters in addition to the usual soap opera topics, e.g. For example, a gay wheelchair user who is coming out and has a crush on his supervisor, and a conservative politician who lives in hiding and who makes an actress friend his bogus fiancée for career reasons.

Season 3, which was created in 2004 with five episodes, was the first time that filmmaker Andreas Weiß , who was mainly responsible for the script and direction of the first two seasons, realized the respective episodes with several guest authors and directors. The soap opera's concept of presenting parallel storylines as endless stories is also abandoned: the episodes of the third season are largely complete and only build on each other in a few details.

In season 4, which was created in autumn 2005 with 16 episodes, elements from the previous seasons are taken up again and "mixed" anew. As in season 2, there is also a theater project in season 4 that serves as a red thread and connects the characters. As in season 3, the 16 episodes tell more or less complete stories, but there are also elements of the soap opera (storylines with cliffhanger). The 4th season is also characterized by a lot of new continuous characters, while numerous main and secondary characters of the 2nd and 3rd season only appear as guests in a few episodes. Only the characters Clou and Ruben, who have been with us since season 1, are once again the focus of the plot. Several episodes were again written by guest authors and 3 episodes were realized by guest directors.

Some roles and actors

Since season 1:

Since season 2:

Guest roles:

Channel

In Germany, the series was broadcast on some open channels :

  • Magdeburg: all 53 episodes from 2001 to 2006, repetition 2007–2009
  • Salzwedel: all 53 episodes from 2001 to 2006
  • Stendal: all 53 episodes from 2001 to 2006, repetition 2008–2009
  • Berlin: all 53 episodes from 2000 to 2008
  • Essen: 20 episodes (seasons 3 and 4), from January to May 2008
  • Dortmund: 20 episodes (seasons 3 and 4), from March to July 2008
  • Wernigerode: 11 episodes (season 1) from October to December 2000
  • Hanover: 11 episodes (season 1) from June to August 2001
  • Wolfsburg / Braunschweig region (OKTV): 11 episodes (season 1) from November 2001 to January 2002.
  • Bremen, on August 24th, 2000 (only episode 1 as part of a special broadcast)
  • Hamburg, September 7, 2000 (only episode 1 as part of a special broadcast)
  • Oldenburg, September 19, 2000 (only episode 1 as part of a special broadcast)
  • Bremerhaven / Weser estuary, in August 2000 (only episode 1 as part of a special broadcast)
  • Rostock, December 2000 (only episode 1 as part of a special broadcast)

In Vienna, the complete series was broadcast by Okto from November 2005 to December 2006 and repeated in 2007, 2009 and since July 2012.

In Switzerland, some episodes of the series were broadcast on City Channel 1 in the spring of 2012, which can be received across Switzerland via digital cable.

Video performances

Individual episodes took part in the following festivals:

  • Trier Film Festival in Broadway Kino, February 6th and 7th, 2004 (episodes 12 and 15)
  • 21st VideoFilmTage Thuringia & Rhineland-Palatinate in Gera, November 4th - 7th, 2004 (episode 15)
  • 3rd lesbian-gay film weekend in the municipal cinema in Kiel on March 14th and 15th, 2008, a total of 6 episodes of season 4 were shown in the program, episodes 43, 44, 49, 51, 52 and 53.

A total of 8 episodes of the 3rd and 4th season were shown as Berlin premieres on July 18 and September 16, 2006 in Berlin-Kreuzberg, in the censorship cinema in Künstlerhaus Bethanien, episodes 35, 39, 43 , 44, 46, 49, 52 and 53.

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