Block B - Under arrest
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Block B - Under arrest |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| year | 2014 |
| Production company |
UFA Serial Drama |
| length | 45 minutes |
| Episodes | 10 in 1 season |
| genre | Drama , Weekly |
| Theme music | Tessellate by Alt-J |
| Director | Kai Meyer-Ricks, Tina Kriwitz, Jörg Mielich |
| script | Andreas Fuhrmann, Frank Speelmans, Inka Thelen, Julia Meimberg |
| production | Guido Reinhardt, Nina Philipp |
| music | Martin Berger-Damm |
| camera | Tobias Schmidt, Daniel Bussmann, Michael Clayton |
| First broadcast | March 12, 2015 on RTL |
| main actor | |
| supporting cast | |
Block B - Unter Arrest is a German television series that tells about everyday life in a prison for women. Block B is the German adaptation of the Australian series Wentworth . The series was broadcast on the private broadcaster RTL from March 12, 2015 to April 30, 2015 . On June 26, 2015, RTL announced that the series would not be continued due to insufficient audience numbers.
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Beatrice "Bea" Kröger is charged with attempted manslaughter on her husband Holger. In custody in the Tempelhof prison, she has to fight for her place quickly and learns that she cannot trust anyone but herself.
Production and broadcast
At the beginning of November 2013 RTL announced that it was planning to adapt the Australian prison series Wentworth . The series is produced by UFA Serial Drama . In early 2014, there was much speculation about Sıla Şahin's involvement in the television series. This turned out to be correct in January 2015 when Şahin publicly announced that she would play a brothel operator on the series. It was also announced that the series could be called Reutlitz in Germany . In mid-June 2014 the announcement of the cast began. Katrin Sass and Nina Hoger as well as Claudia Michelsen were able to secure the first leading roles , while the role of the leading actress was cast with Gisa Zach . The shooting of the first ten episodes took place between March 10 and June 8, 2014 in Berlin-Tempelhof.
Initially, a broadcast was planned for autumn 2014, but RTL pushed the TV series into spring 2015. The first season was from March 12, 2015 to April 30, 2015 on the channel following Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei . On July 26, 2015, RTL announced that it would not produce a second season due to low viewership.
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Bea Kroeger
Bea is in custody for attempted manslaughter on her husband and is waiting there for her trial. There she learns that you have to fight for survival in a prison. At the beginning she is supposed to smuggle drugs into the JVA Tempelhof, which she doesn't succeed. When she learns that her daughter Sophie is dead, she is shocked and finds out that she had a boyfriend, namely Rita's son. She confronts Rita, and when she confesses to the crime, she attacks Rita and apparently murders her.
Rita Plattner
Rita is the most powerful inmate in the Tempelhof prison. She has already served five years of her life sentence. She sees her position of "boss" threatened by Chris and later also by Bea. While trying to rape Chris, her son Julius gets together with Bea's daughter Sophie. Julius murdered for Rita Sophie. When Bea finds out and Rita admits to be responsible for Sophie's death, Bea attacks and apparently kills her.
Gabi Reimers
Gabi is the inmate representative until episode 4, but then had to give up the title due to alcohol relapses. She is in the Tempelhof prison for murder.
Janina Romano
Janina has been the inmate representative since episode 5. She is the foster mother of Steffi's daughter Kaya. She herself is in the Tempelhof prison for the murder of her own daughter.
Chris Wuttke
Chris is Rita's archenemy and would like to take her place. In the beginning, she is often attacked by Rita, but later strikes back successfully and after Rita loses her title because of the alleged murder of Petra Weissner, she fights for it. In reality, however, she killed Petra Weissner in an accident during a riot.
Jan Höffner
Jan is the senior enforcement officer in the Tempelhof prison. He used to be a soldier and shot a child in a war. He is a good friend of Alex and falls in love with Vera, but later separates from her again.
Vera Böhme
Vera is a law enforcement officer in the Tempelhof prison and lives with her mother. She herself is very shy and later falls in love with Jan, but nothing comes of the two.
Ariane Delbrück
Ariane is the prison director and the successor to Petra Weissner.
Alex Weissner
Alex is the husband of Petra Weissner, who dies in a riot.
occupation
Main role
| actor | role | consequences | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katrin Sass | Rita Plattner (†) | 1-10 | Prison inmate; Wife of Joachim and mother of Julius; is attacked by Bea , presumably succumbs to her injuries sustained in episode 10 |
| Gisa Zach | Beatrice "Bea" Kröger | 1-10 | Prison inmate; Wife of Holger; Mother of Sophie |
| Nina Hoger | Gabi Reimers | 1-10 | Prison inmate, up to episode 4 inmate representative |
| Ulrike Röseberg | Janina Romano | 1-10 | Prison inmate; Foster mother of Kaya; From episode 5 inmate representative |
| Claudia Gaebel | Christine "Chris" Wuttke | 1-10 | Inmate |
| Marc Ben Puch | Jan Höffner | 1-10 | Chief enforcement officer |
| Winnie Boew | Vera Böhme | 1-10 | Law enforcement officer and deputy prison director |
| Patricia Aulitzky | Ariane Dellbrück | 1-10 | Lawyer; from episode 2 prison director |
| Krunoslav Šebrek | Alex Weissner | 1-10 | Law enforcement officer; Widower of Petra Weissner |
Supporting role
| actor | role | consequences | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claudia Michelsen | Petra Weissner † | 1, 4, 7, 10 | Prison director; Wife of Alex Weissner; is accidentally stabbed by Chris death in episode 1 |
| Amy Mußul | Vivien Ben Hayali | 1-10 | Inmate |
| Marie Schöneburg | Mel Kaiser | 1-10 | Inmate |
| Stephanie Petrowitz | Linda Holfeld | 1-8, 10 | Law enforcement officer |
| Idil Baydar | Roz | 1-10 | Inmate |
| Julia Pappenberger | pep | 1, 3, 6-10 | Inmate |
| Beate Maria Schulz | Kathleen Schmitz | 1-4 | Inmate |
| Caroline Scholze | Steffi Hesse | 1-3, 6 | Prison inmate; Mother of Kaya |
| Lucas Prisor | Holger Kroeger | 1-2, 6, 9-10 | Bea's husband and Sophie's father |
| Luise Befort | Sophie Kroeger † | 1-4, 6-9 | Daughter of Bea and Holger; is murdered by Julius through a heroin overdose, death in episode 8 |
| Peter Zimmermann | Dr. Lutz Groth | 2, 4-6, 9-10 | Head of Unit |
| Christina Athenstädt | Frauke Lanz | 2, 6 | Journalist |
| Hauke Diekamp | Julius Plattner | 3-4, 7-8 | Son of Rita and Joachim |
| Klaus-Dieter Klebsch | Joachim Plattner | 4, 8 | Husband of Rita and father of Julius |
| Anne-Kathrin Gummich | Sabine | 6-10 | Inmate |
Episode list
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
Original title | First broadcast D | Director | script | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Welcome Home | March 12 2015 | Kai Meyer-Ricks | Inka Thelen | 2.46 million |
| Guest actor: Daniel Brockhaus as Kalle | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | From the gut | March 12 2015 | Kai Meyer-Ricks | Julia Meimberg | 2.08 million |
| Guest actor: Rüdiger Klink as teacher Bleiming | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | Alone | 19 Mar 2015 | Kai Meyer-Ricks | Andreas Fuhrmann | 1.81 million |
| Guest actor: Thomas Schmuckert as Hannes Klein | ||||||
| 4th | 4th | Our fault | 19 Mar 2015 | Kai Meyer-Ricks | Inka Thelen | 1.81 million |
| Guest actors: Axel Buchholz as Michael Reimers, Karin Ugowski as Maria Reimers | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | Behind the curtain | 26th Mar 2015 | Tina Kriwitz | Julia Meimberg | 1.58 million |
| Guest actors: Ole Eisfeld as Mark, Sıla Şahin as Kay Dogan | ||||||
| 6th | 6th | The prisoner | Apr 2, 2015 | Tina Kriwitz | Julia Meimberg | 1.36 million |
| 7th | 7th | Something is dying | Apr 9, 2015 | Tina Kriwitz | Frank Speelmans | 1.66 million |
| 8th | 8th | Mind games | April 16, 2015 | Jörg Mielich | Julia Meimberg | 1.67 million |
| 9 | 9 | To the moon | 23 Apr 2015 | Jörg Mielich | - | 1.88 million |
| 10 | 10 | Checkmate | Apr 30, 2015 | Jörg Mielich | Frank Speelmans | 1.86 million |
DVD release
- Season 1 was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 15, 2015
Web links
- Block B - Under arrest in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website at rtl.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Decided: RTL closes its women's bar. June 26, 2015, accessed July 31, 2017 .
- ↑ "Block B - Under Arrest" does not get a 2nd season - DWDL.de. DWDL.de GmbH, accessed on July 31, 2017 .
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- ↑ Manuel Weis: «GZSZ» exit: Sahin to the new RTL prison series? In : quotemeter.de. March 13, 2014, accessed February 28, 2015 .
- ↑ STEFAN PETER: SILA SAHIN (29) IN THE NEW RTL PRISON SERIES “BLOCK B”. In: Bild.de. January 23, 2015, accessed February 28, 2015 .
- ↑ Ralf Döbele: Katrin Sass and Nina Hoger in the new RTL prison. In: Wishlist.de. June 16, 2014, accessed February 28, 2015 .
- ↑ Block B - Under arrest. Episodes 1-10. In: Crew-United.com. 2014, accessed February 28, 2015 .
- ↑ Sidney Schering: “Block B” is a long time coming. In : quotemeter.de. October 27, 2014, accessed February 28, 2015 .
- ↑ Manuel Weis: RTL confirms the start of a new prison series. In : quotemeter.de. January 28, 2015, accessed February 28, 2015 .
- ↑ Block B - Under arrest: There will be no 2nd season , rtl.de
- ↑ a b Manuel Weis: Not a false start, but: "Block B" still has to improve. In : quotemeter.de. March 13, 2015, accessed March 13, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Kevin Kyburz: RTL: “Block B” only barely two digits. In : quotemeter.de. March 20, 2015, accessed March 20, 2015 .
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- ↑ Kevin Kyburz: Primetime check: Thursday, April 16, 2015. In : quotemeter.de. April 17, 2015, accessed April 17, 2015 .
- ↑ Alexander Krei: RTL series "Block B" can increase noticeably. In: dwdl.de. April 24, 2015, accessed April 24, 2015 .
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