Check check

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Television series
Original title Check check
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Country of production Germany
original language German
Year (s) since 2019
Production
company		 Bird and Bird Film GmbH (season 1) ,
Florida Film GmbH (season 2)
length 25 minutes
Episodes 10 in 1+ seasons ( list )
genre Comedy
Director Lars Jessen , Ole Zapatka
idea Klaas Heufer-Umlauf
script Ralf Husmann , Tobias Wiemann , Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen , Judy Horney , Peter Güde , Lena Krumkamp
Initial release October 21, 2019 (DE) on Joyn
occupation

Check Check is a German comedy series by Klaas Heufer-Umlauf , which started on October 21, 2019 in Joyn's streaming service . The series takes place in the fictional small town of Simmering. The place has its own airport where most of the action takes place. As a backdrop of provincial airports served Kassel-Calden Airport . The idea for Check Check comes from Klaas Heufer-Umlauf, who also embodies the protagonist Jan Rothe.

In January 2020, the series was extended for a second season. It should be published on October 15, 2020 on Joyn's paid subscription video-on-demand offer Joyn Plus + .

action

Jan Rothe is in his mid-thirties, who develops burgers from algae with his Berlin start-up. When he drives to his father Udo in the small town of Simmering, Jan realizes that he suffers from dementia . First of all, Jan would like to hand over his father to the old people's home. But when he realizes the bad conditions there, Jan decides to be there for his father and to stay in Simmering. His ex-girlfriend Sabine Grünberg gives him a job as a security employee at Simmering Airport, where he and his colleagues deal with various problems. In this way Jan can prevent the airport from being sold and achieve a wage increase for the employees. Despite moving to Simmering, Jan tries to pursue the idea of ​​the algae burger.

background

The idea for the series about the security check at the airport came to Klaas Heufer-Umlauf when he was more thoroughly checked at the security check at an airport. Heufer-Umlauf also embodies the main character Jan in the series.

The series premiered on October 17, 2019 in the Astor Filmlounge in Berlin with the presentation of three episodes. Two episodes a week have been published on the Joyn streaming platform since October 21, 2019 . Since April 1, 2020, it has also been broadcast in double episodes on the ProSieben station.

In January 2020 it was announced that the series would be renewed for a second season, which began filming that same month. The second season with eight episodes is to be released on October 15, 2020 on Joyn's subscription video-on-demand offer Joyn Plus + .

production

The series is produced by Bird and Bird Film and Florida Entertainment for ProSieben with Lars Jessen , Sebastian Schultz and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf as producers. The directors of the first season are Lars Jessen and Ole Zapatka, the head writer is Ralf Husmann .

The second season is produced by Florida Film GmbH, in which Bird & Bird Film GmbH has been absorbed. The producers are Lars Jessen , who also directs, and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf . The head author is Lena Krumkamp.

Kassel-Calden Airport served as the airport backdrop , while the associated city of Simmering is represented by the city of Immenhausen . Parts of the airport were not specially blocked for shooting, but instead it was filmed while the film was in operation.

The filming of the ten episodes was spread over two blocks. The first block, the first four episodes, was filmed from January 23, 2019 to February 8, 2019. The second block, episodes 5 to 10, followed in mid-2019. Filming closed on July 30, 2019.

occupation

Leading actor Klaas Heufer-Umlauf (2017)
role actor
Jan Rothe Klaas Heufer-Umlauf
Sabine Grünberg Doris Golpashin
Harald Jan Georg Schütte
Udo Rothe Uwe Preuss
Samira Sara Fazilat
Ertu Kailas Mahadevan
Ingrid Petra Kleinert
Sven Mergental Patrick Joswig

Episode list

On October 21st, the first two episodes were released on Joyn. The series consists of ten episodes, two of which are published on Joyn every Monday. From April 1, 2020, the series could be seen in double episodes on free TV on ProSieben at 9:20 pm.

No. Original title Initial release Director script First broadcast on TV ProSieben
1 The terror Oct 21, 2019 Lars Jessen Ralf Husmann Apr 1, 2020
2 The plague Oct 21, 2019 Lars Jessen Ralf Husmann Apr 1, 2020
3 opportunities Oct 28, 2019 Lars Jessen Ralf Husmann Apr 8, 2020
4th The party Oct 28, 2019 Lars Jessen Tobias Wiemann , Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen Apr 8, 2020
5 The strike Nov 4, 2019 Lars Jessen Ralf Husmann Apr 15, 2020
6th Contaminated sites Nov 4, 2019 Lars Jessen Ralf Husmann Apr 15, 2020
7th The investor Nov 11, 2019 Lars Jessen Judy Horney Apr 22, 2020
8th The Simmering Syndrome Nov 11, 2019 Ole Zapatka Peter Güde Apr 22, 2020
9 The baby Nov 18, 2019 Ole Zapatka, Lars Jessen Judy Horney Apr 22, 2020
10 Gifted differently Nov 18, 2019 Ole Zapatka Lena Krumkamp Apr 22, 2020

criticism

Anja Rützel from Spiegel Online praises the series: Ralf Husmann cuts “the sometimes rather clumsy to highly foolish charades at the security checkpoint” against “the second level of action, the increasingly confusing world of Jan's father Udo”. Strangely enough, this mood clash works surprisingly well. “As if the Check Check figures needed the nonsense level to be able to withstand the serious narrative parts better - almost like in life.” Florian Kaiser also rates the series positively on quotenmeter.de with similar words . So “[i] n especially these changes between funny and touching in connection with this bizarre and at the same time grounded troop” are the elements “that don't make this series about a tiny airport somewhere in the middle of nowhere seem irrelevant, but open up the possibility of being yourself, so to speak To be entertained in a calm and original way - and that is quite an achievement in the age of overstimulation ”. Peer Schader from dwdl.de also praises Check Check : “Thanks to its lovable characters, 'Check Check' manages to strike an unusual balance of being silly and melancholy, superficial and thoughtful at the same time. But you can turn a blind eye and ignore the weaknesses that have crept into the story. "Saskia Braun from Musikexpress.de recognizes," 'Check Check' offers the opportunity to be entertained in an unexcited and original way ". She adds that "[t] he series [...] brings humor and melancholy together in an unconventional way".

Glenn Riedmeier rated the series more critically on fernsehserien.de : “The series filmed at Kassel-Calden Airport offers nice entertainment, but nothing more. You can safely watch it on a rainy Sunday afternoon, but it is unlikely to be the big new hit for Joyn. "

In the Süddeutsche Zeitung , Maresa Sedlmeir criticizes that the series revolves too much in circles and always follows the same pattern: "Jan Rothe is an arrogant asshole with a very soft core and all crying women [...] and all angry men Raison brings ". She also criticizes the acting performance of Heufer-Umlauf, from whom this role is not accepted. With the exception of Jan's father, who is suffering from dementia, all figures are interchangeable, according to Sedlmeir. Daniel Gerhardt is also not convinced in his review for Zeit Online . “Public television is currently filling entire focal weeks with topics such as senile dementia, the condition of local nursing homes and the moral-ecological implications of flying . […] Check Check does not, however, exhaust this potential. As the author of the series, Stromberg veteran Ralf Husmann thinks strictly from point to point. "

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b Joko & Klaas found new production company for fictional content , accessed on February 23, 2020.
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  4. ↑ a b Uwe Mantel: "Check Check": Klaas will be back in mid-October. In: DWDL.de . September 1, 2020, accessed September 1, 2020 .
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  6. ↑ DWDL de GmbH: ProSieben: Series evening with "Frau Jordan" & "Check Check". Accessed March 31, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Ralf Döbele: "Check Check" with Klaas: Start of shooting for the second season. Accessed January 21, 2020 .
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  9. ↑ a b series "Check Check" with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf: This is what awaits you in season 2! on prosieben.de
  10. ↑ Lasse Deppe: Pro7 is shooting a series with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf at Kassel Airport. In: Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine. December 28, 2018, accessed on 21 October 2019 .
  11. ↑ "In good hands right from the start": Klaas Heufer-Umlauf is shooting a new series at Kassel Airport. July 6, 2019, accessed October 21, 2019 .
  12. ↑ a b ProSieben series: FFH was there when shooting in Kassel. Retrieved October 21, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Pro7 shot Check Check in Kassel! February 8, 2019, accessed October 21, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Check Check Cast , accessed on October 20, 2019.
  15. ↑ Check Check - IMDb. Retrieved October 23, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Anja Rützel: Big Wave in the Small Town , In: Spiegel Online , October 21, 2019, accessed on November 13, 2019.
  17. ↑ Florian Kaiser: “Check. Check »: Not stupid at heart, but calm (and) original. In: quotenmeter.de. October 19, 2019, accessed October 21, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Peer Schader: Klaas series "Check Check": They all come down. In: dwdl.de. October 21, 2019, accessed October 21, 2019 .
  19. ↑ "Check Check" in the check: What episodes 1 and 2 promise about Klaas Heufer-Umlauf's new comedy series. In: musikexpress.de. October 22, 2019, accessed October 28, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Glenn Riedmeier: TV review “Check Check”: Klaas' airport comedy misses the optimal flight altitude. In: fernsehserien.de. October 20, 2019, accessed October 21, 2019 .
  21. ↑ Maresa Sedlmeir: Schema Klaas In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of October 22, 2019, accessed on November 13, 2019.
  22. ↑ Daniel Gerhardt : The thing doesn't take off In: Zeit Online from October 21, 2019, accessed on November 13, 2019.