Café Wernicke
| Television series | |
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| Original title | Café Wernicke |
| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | 1978-1979 |
| Production company |
Chamier film Berlin |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 20 in 1 season |
| genre | Family series |
| idea | Rolf Schulz |
| music | Peter Thomas |
| camera | Ingo Hamer |
| First broadcast | November 26, 1979 on ARD (SFB regional program) |
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Café Wernicke is a television series in 20 episodes, which was broadcast for the first time from November 26, 1979 on Mondays at 6:40 p.m. in the regional program of the ARD's SFB for West Berlin and a year later from December 2, 1980 also on the other ARD -Regional programs. The script was written by Rolf Schulz, who was advised by the historian Joachim Fest . Herbert Ballmann directed the film . Chamier-Film Berlin produced this series on behalf of Berliner Werbefunks for the SFB (today rbb ).
content
The history of Berlin and Germany is told in twenty episodes based on the history of Café Wernicke . The storyline spans from October 1925 to 1952. The focus is on the owners of the café and their regulars, in particular the journalist Ingeborg Gruner, the painter Bernhard Blumenau, Ministerialrat a. D. von Borck and the life artist Fritzenstein. Daily political events are critically observed and commented on at their regulars' table.
Episodes
Episode 1: Changes in
1925 - The widowed Marie Wernicke marries her employee, the master confectioner Franz Lampe. In doing so, she unwittingly thwarted the plans of the windy Bruno Matschinski, who had smelled a good game. Matschinski, who hooked up with the waitress Dolly, doesn't give up anytime soon, taking possession of the café.
Episode 2: The new boss
1927/28 - Due to inflation, Café Wernicke gets further into economic difficulties. Bruno Matschinski secretly buys up all liabilities and becomes the new boss of the café. The student Hager, a member of the Volkischer Bund Jungdeutschland , courted Dolly. The jealous Matschinski gives in to Dolly's insistence on keeping the Lamps as employees.
Episode 3: Clouds
1929 - Matschinski wants to pay the treatment costs for Dolly's terminally ill mother when he loses his fortune as a result of the New York stock market crash . The future of the café remains uncertain.
Episode 4: Bankruptcies
1930 - Matschinski intends to sell the business premises to a cinema operator. This suddenly opens up a new perspective: the entry into film production. The actress Sylvia Holm warns Matschinski, however, that he should be duped. Miss Gruner is also concerned, makes inquiries and, together with Dolly, saves him from the next bankruptcy. The café community has passed its first practical test.
Episode 5: Decree
1931 - The round table wants to prevent the café from being sold to a brewery. But Blumenau's uncle's bank went to its knees in the wake of the German banking crisis . Fritzenstein finally raised the necessary 35,000 marks through a bet in Hoppegarten and the help of his new lady of the heart. Lampes can buy back their business. Matschinski immediately invested the fresh money in a flag factory that relies primarily on homeworkers . Hager is now a member of the SA and incites against the "Juden-Café" Wernicke .
Episode 6: Terror
1932 - The economic situation is rather desolate and that's why master confectioner Lampe works at night in a bread factory. Since he was not enthusiastic about National Socialism, he got into an argument with work colleagues. Soon after, an accident occurs in the factory to which he is a victim and he has to stop working.
Episode 7: The turning point in
1933 - The house ban against the National Socialists can no longer be upheld. In the meantime, Matschinski has made a small career as a member of the NSDAP and helps the Lampes to keep their café. At the same time, however, he also plans to regain possession of it through intrigues.
Episode 8: New Order
1934 - Ms. Ellmau applies to be a waitress at Café Wernicke. When her husband, a Social Democrat, is released from prison, he finds out that his son has enthusiastically entered the Hitler Youth .
Episode 9: Intermezzo
1935 - The relationship between the journalist Ingeborg Gruners and the painter Bernhard Blumenau reaches its limits, as Blumenau is of Jewish faith and the two of them violate the racial laws. When Fritzenstein was placed in protective custody for his political jokes , Café Wernicke was again facing closure.
Episode 10: Bread and Games
1936 - The Olympic Games take place in Berlin . Blumenau's relatives come to visit from the United States but are not given any tickets. You can admire the competitions on modern television sets and you can also see positive things from the regime. When the relatives want to spend the rest of their vacation in Italy, they invite Blumenau to do so. As a Jew, however, he is not allowed to leave the country.
Episode 11: Swingtime
1938 - In Café Wernicke, swing is played with dance tea. The Lampe couple got into great trouble again. It is also known that her regular guest Blumenau - supported by friends - has secretly left the country.
Episode 12: Blitzsieg
1939 - The war has started and many are drafted into the Wehrmacht. Lampe escapes the army, but his car is requisitioned. Matschinski celebrates the "Blitzsieg" and for a short time the general ban on dancing is lifted.
Episode 13: Voluntary
1940 - When the Hitler Youth Elmau reports to the Waffen SS, he needs proof of his Aryan origin . He cannot provide this and, disappointed in himself and his family, commits suicide.
Episode 14: Ostwind
1941 - Matschinski is drafted into the army and thus loses all influence on Café Wernicke . The waitress Dolly hides her son with friends in the Spreewald and reports to the Red Cross.
Episode 15: Bombed out in
1943 - The Müller family lost their apartment due to the bombing and were assigned to the Ellmau family's apartment. Annegret Müller meets Sturmbannführer Hager and invites him to her home. Mr. Ellmau is appalled because he blames him for his son's suicide.
Episode 16: Last contingent
1944 - Café Wernicke is still open; the guests are made up of soldiers and wounded. Master confectioner Lampe is assigned to the Volkssturm ; due to an accident, however, he cannot start his work.
Episode 17: Rubble
1945 - The city commandant's office builds a people's restaurant and indirectly saves Café Wernicke . The operation of the restaurant can only be maintained through hamster trips to the surrounding area and through secret business on the black market.
Episode 18: Black Goods
1948 - With the establishment of the Berlin Airlift, the black market trade in Café Wernicke can also flourish. Matschinski comes from prisoner of war and also begins to participate in the black market. After initial successes, his fortune was wiped out by the currency reform and the end of the blockade.
Episode 19: Shadow of the War
1949 - The effects of the war can still be felt four years after its end. A dud in the neighboring building leads to the evacuation of the café and all residents. Mr. Ellmau also thinks he recognizes the former SS-Sturmbannführer in a suburb of Berlin. When he wants to ask this, however, he has to discover that he was wrong.
Episode 20: New beginning
1952 - Café Wernicke is to expand; the master confectioner wants to help a business partner to new money. He tries to found a modern dance café, the conservative lamp wants to stay with his café. The future of Café Wernicke is secured by the beginning of the "feeding wave" .
synchronization
Some roles have been synchronized.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| from Borck | Franz Schafheitlin | Friedrich W. Building School |
| Fritzenstein's girlfriend | Andrea Rau | Rita Engelmann |
publication
On February 28, 2007, the series was first released on four DVDs by Lighthouse Home Entertainment. On November 21, 2011, Edel Germany GmbH reissued the series with a booklet and Pidax Film published the series last on November 10, 2017 - but on three DVDs. All received the approval "released from 6 years" of the FSK.
Soundtrack
In 1979 the Philips label also released the soundtrack for the series, arranged and produced by Peter Thomas - divided between the two long-playing records "Tanz im Café Wernicke - The most beautiful sounds from the television series of the same name" (Philips 6305 414) and "Concert in Café Wernicke - The most beautiful sounds from the television series of the same name "(Philips 6305 415). Both named “Die Café Wernicke Kapelle” as the artist. Both LPs were released on October 8, 2010 on 2 CDs plus a bonus CD in the 3 CD box "Cafe Berlin - Peter Thomas and the Café Wernicke Kapelle".
literature
- Michael Reufsteck , Stefan Niggemeier : The television lexicon. All over 7000 programs from Ally McBeal to the ZDF hit parade . 1st edition. Goldmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-442-30124-6 .
Web links
- Café Wernicke in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Café Wernicke at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ wunschliste.de: broadcast dates
- ^ Café Wernicke German synchronous file.