Red Ribbons Club
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Red Ribbons Club |
 | |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | 2015-2017 |
| Production company |
Bantry Bay Productions |
| length | 46-50 minutes |
| Episodes | 30 in 3 seasons ( list ) |
| genre | Dramedy |
| Theme music | MS MR - Hurricane |
| Director |
Felix Binder , Sabine Bernardi , Richard Huber (season 1–2) , Andreas Menck (season 1–2) , Jan Martin Scharf (season 3) |
| idea | Albert Espinosa |
| script |
Arne Nolting , Jan Martin Scharf , Felix Binder (season 3) , Marc O. Seng (season 3) |
| production |
Jan Kromschröder , Gerda Müller |
| music | Jens Oettrich |
| First broadcast | November 9, 2015 on VOX |
| main actor | |
| supporting cast | |
Club red bands (short CDRB ) is a German dramedy - television series , which on 9 November 2015 to 11 December 2017 VOX aired. The series depicts the everyday life of several young people in a hospital. It is an adaptation of the Catalan series Polseres vermelles and its book, Fortune Secrets from the Yellow World , which is based on the true experiences of the playwright and screenwriter Albert Espinosa .
The series won the German Television Award and the Jupiter Award for best German TV series in 2016 and 2017 . In addition, she received the “ International Emmy Kids Awards ” in the “Series” category.
On February 14, 2019, the film with the title Club der rote Bänder - How it all began in German cinemas started. He tells the story behind the series.
action
The series tells of the friendship that develops between the young patients of the fictional Cologne hospital Albertus-Klinikum. Mainly it revolves around the group of Leo, Jonas, Hugo, Emma, Alex and Toni, who come together to form the Club of the Red Ribbons . The teenagers spend their time together in the children's and youth ward of the Albertus Clinic, and later in a house by a lake. Together they fight against their diseases and together they cope with the problems of growing up. A special feature of this hospital series is that it revolves exclusively around the patients and not the doctors.
season 1
At the beginning of the first season, Leo, Emma and Hugo are in the Albertus Clinic in Cologne. When Leo gets a new bed neighbor, he wants to start a club. His hospital friend and mentor Benito told him that for a real club you need six people: a leader (Leo), a second leader who it would be if the first leader wasn't (Jonas), a handsome one (Alex), one Clever (Toni), the girl (Emma) and the good spirit (Hugo). During the first season, the friends strengthen each other and take care of Hugo, who has been in a coma for two years. Hugo is trapped in his own in-between world, he's in the swimming pool where he jumped from the 10-meter tower. All the people in the hospital who hover between life and death come to him. Toni is the only one who can "radio" with him. When Leo is diagnosed with lung cancer, his friends take turns accompanying him to chemotherapy. Emma accepts her anorexia and puts on weight, and Alex still doesn't know what's wrong with him. Once, when the whole club was sitting by Hugo's bed and singing for him, he gave a sign of improvement and sang along in the subconscious. When Alex finally learns of his diagnosis and that his chances of survival are 50:50, he decides not to tell the friends. He dies in the eighth episode of the first season. In the last episode, Hugo wakes up from his coma.
characters
main characters
Leo Roland
- Leo Roland is the leader of the Red Ribbon Club he founded. His leg had to be amputated due to cancer. He is also called the “veteran” on the children's ward because he has been in the children's ward for a long time and is always combative towards his illness. With his quick-wittedness and a lot of humor, he quickly succeeds in bringing together the most diverse personalities of the children's ward. But despite his positive nature, Leo always fears that the disease could come back. He defeated his rival Ruben in a “legendary” wheelchair race in the clinic's attic. At the beginning of the second season, Leo and Emma become a couple. When she is released and goes to Berlin to study, he ends the relationship again. Shortly before Leo's dismissal a routine examination showed that the cancer is back and in his liver spread has. The diagnosis is confirmed by a biopsy and his chances of survival are slim. Alex shows him virtually how his life would have been without the disease: on the surface happy, but the club of the red ribbons that he runs would not have existed, the members and thus his friends would be much worse. After one last therapy failed, he was discharged. Leo inherited a house on a lake from his "mentor" Benito, where he spends his last days with friends from the club. Shortly before his death, he undertakes a virtual “journey” with each of his friends, in which they can meet the healthy Leo and say goodbye to him. He also talks to Alex at the lake; together they attend Leo's funeral, at which Jonas gives the funeral speech written by Hugo.
Jonas Neumann
- Jonas Till Neumann is the second leader in the Red Ribbon Club. Like his roommate Leo, he will have a leg amputated due to cancer during the first season. Jonas is friendly and more reserved than Leo, but he can also be stubborn and stubborn. He studies in the hospital for school. During the course of the first season, Jonas developed feelings for Emma and the two came together. The relationship with Leo is therefore put to the test, as Leo also has feelings for Emma. At the end of the season they split up. In the second season he is released and returns to his mother in Dortmund . There he met Laura at the skater park, to whom he told his medical history. When both are at the lake with friends, Jonas notices when taking off his T-shirt that a knot has formed under his arm. He closes himself and refuses to contact the club members. Finally he confides in his mother and together they drive back to the hospital. There he fights with Leo, but is reconciled with him again. During the following operation, the new tumor turns out to be benign. He falls in love with his swimming coach, who does not allow the relationship because of the great age difference. After Leo's death, Jonas wins a medal at the Paralympics with his relay team.
Emma Wolfshagen
- Emma Wolfshagen is the only girl in the club of the red ribbons. She has been in the children's ward for a long time because she suffers from anorexia . As a result, she feels unattractive and has difficulty making decisions. In the first season she gets closer to Jonas and the two become a couple. She is released at the end of the season, but visits her friends in the hospital every day at the beginning of the second season. Meanwhile, she and Leo become a couple. After Emma got an acceptance for an apprenticeship in Berlin , Leo ended the relationship so as not to stand in her way. Emma moves to a shared flat in Berlin and meets her new roommate Viktor. During a visit with Viktor in Cologne, she suffers a panic attack and is again admitted to the hospital, where the doctors find that the disease is back, which she refuses to admit. First Kim brings her to her senses and she joins the club again. Emma and Leo become a couple again. She desperately looks for ways to save Leo's life, but then realizes that it is best to be there just for him.
Alexander "Alex" Breidtbach
- Alexander "Alex" Breidtbach takes on the role of pretty in the club of the red ribbons. He suffered from a severe heart disease that could not be clarified for a long time. Alex dies in the eighth episode of the first season in a risky heart operation. From the second season he appears to the other club members, who have each shared 20 percent of his life among themselves, as a "ghost" and gives them advice. It enables Leo to get to know in a virtual way the life that he would have had without his illness.
Anton "Toni" Vogel
- Anton "Toni" Vogel takes on the role of the cunning in the Club of Red Ribbons. Toni had a moped accident and comes to the children's and youth ward of the hospital with two broken legs and further injuries. Toni has a mild form of autism that Asperger syndrome . He lives with his grandfather. While Hugo was in a coma, Toni was the only one who could communicate with him. By the beginning of the second season, his fractures and injuries have healed. But since he doesn't want to leave his friends, he becomes a nursing intern on the ward. He tries to renew the friendship among the club members, experiencing some disappointments. Finally, he has the idea of taking the whole club to the sea in the late Benito's car so that Leo can scatter his ashes there. At the clinic, he befriends Valerie, who has Tourette's syndrome . He overcomes his childhood fear of deep water and learns to swim.
Hugo Kruger
- Hugo Krüger takes on the role of the good spirit in the club of the red ribbons. At the beginning of the first season, he has been in a coma for two years after falling from the 10-meter tower in the swimming pool. In a coma, Hugo realizes what is happening around him and in the hospital. So he comments on the events from the off . In the last episode of the first season, Hugo wakes up from his coma after his friends all sang a song for him. In the second season, his condition gradually improved, even if he had to learn to speak and move his limbs again. He helps Sara wake up from a coma. Finally he learns to walk again. When he is released, a farewell party is held on the clinic's basketball court, where all club members meet again. Hugo is bullied by Maik at school and later becomes his friend. Hugo writes down the history of the Red Ribbon Club; after Leo's death it is published as a novel.
occupation
Main cast
Tim Oliver Schultz (2016)
Damian Hardung (2016)
Luise Befort (2016)
Timur Bartels (2016)
Ivo Kortlang (2016)
Nick Julius Schuck (2016)
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| role | actor | Season | consequences | Role in the club | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Roland | Tim Oliver Schultz | 1-3 | 1-30 | "the leader" | Friend of Emma, brother of Tabea, uncle of Hanna dies |
| Jonas Neumann | Damian Hardung | 1-3 | 1-30 | "The second leader" | Emma's ex-boyfriend |
| Emma Wolfshagen | Luise Befort | 1-3 | 1-30 | "the girl" | Friend of Leo, ex-girlfriend of Jonas and Victor |
| Alexander "Alex" Breidtbach | Timur Bartels | 1-3 | 1-8, 11-28, 30 | "the attractive one" | dies, then appears as "ghost" |
| Hugo Kruger | Nick Julius Schuck | 1-3 | 1-30 | "The good spirit" | Chronicler of the club |
| Anton "Toni" Vogel | Ivo Kortlang | 1-3 | 2-30 | "The smart one" | Autistic , a nursing intern since his discharge from hospital, friend of Valerie |
- Remarks
- ↑ Does not appear in episodes 9, 10 and 29, but he is featured in the entire series as the leading actor.
- ↑ Has been the leading actor since episode 1, but only appears from episode 2.
Supporting cast
Actors who play a recurring supporting role. Sorted by episode appearance.
| role | actor | Season | consequences | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital staff | ||||
| Prof. Dr. Reusch | Julia Grafflage | 1-3 | 1-6, 8-26, 29-30 | Senior physician in the children's and youth ward |
| Deniz alias "Dietz" | Sahin Eryilmaz | 1-3 | 1-2, 4-6, 8-9, 11-28, 30 | Nurse |
| Svenja | Larissa Aimée Breidbach | 1-2 | 1-2, 11, 19 | Nurse |
| Silke | Phillis Dayanir | 1-3 | 2-3, 6, 10-11, 17-18, 30 | Nurse |
| Dr. Hein | Jonas Baeck | 1-3 | 2-3, 8-9, 11-18, 20-26, 29-30 | Assistant doctor in the children's and youth ward |
| Dr. Seckendorff | Rainer Laupichler | 1-2 | 4, 11, 17 | Senior physician in the children's and youth ward |
| Dr. Gustl | Julia Doege | 1-2 | 5, 10, 16, 18-19 | Emma's doctor |
| Dr. Wendtland | Folker Banik | 1 | 7-9 | Doctor in cardiac surgery |
| Patient | ||||
| Benito King | Matthias Brenner | 1-2 | 1-13, 15-18, 20 | Leo's mentor, dies |
| Rudi | Rolf Berg | 1-3 | 3, 5-7, 9-12, 18-19, 22, 24-26, 30 | Benito's roommate |
| Ruben | Dominik Buch | 1-3 | 5-7, 12, 21-22, 25-26, 30 | Patient, Leo's Rival (Lv.1) |
| Olga | Julia Jendroßek | 1-2 | 5-7, 15 | Emma's roommate (St. 1), intern in Berlin (St. 2) |
| Finn Kruse | Max Jakoby | 2 | 13-19 | has leukemia |
| Luis Wieland | Jonathan Jakobsson | 2 | 13-14 | Finn's roommate, who had lymphatic cancer , dies |
| Sara Winter | Luna Maxeiner | 2-3 | 13, 15-19, 25 | Sussi's roommate |
| Susanna "Sussi" Lilienthal | Fleur Julie MacLaine | 2-3 | 13, 15-17, 19, 25 | Sara's roommate |
| Kim | Nele Schepe | 2-3 | 15-20, 22 | Leo's fellow patient, Daniel's sister , has breast cancer |
| Valerie | Amber Bongard | 3 | 23-26, 28, 30 | Patient suffering from Tourette syndrome , friend of Toni, ex-girlfriend of Sascha |
| Family, friends and others | ||||
| Matthias Breidtbach | Andreas Guenther | 1 | 1-4, 6-9 | Alex's father |
| Marvin | Rouven David Israel | 1, 3 | 1-4, 8, 30 | Alex's schoolmate |
| Sabine Kruger | Stephanie Kämmer | 1-3 | 1-2, 4, 8-17, 19-28, 30 | Hugo's mother, a clown in the children's and youth ward |
| Sebastian Neumann | Jens Kipper | 1-3 | 1-2, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 24, 30 | Jonas' father |
| Anne Neumann | Alexandra Schalaudek | 1-3 | 1-2, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15-19, 21, 30 | Jonas' mother |
| Tabea Roland | Julie Stark | 1-3 | 1-2, 7-10, 13, 15-16, 20-26, 29-30 | Leo's sister, Mark's ex-girlfriend, Hanna's mother |
| Charlotte Breidtbach | Anna von Haebler | 1 | 2-4, 6-9 | Alex's stepmother |
| Karl Vogel | Dieter Schaad | 1-3 | 2-4, 11-16, 25-26, 30 | Toni's grandpa |
| Christine Wolfshagen | Alice Gruia | 1-3 | 2, 9, 11-12, 16-17, 19, 21, 23, 26, 30 | Emma's mother |
| Laura | Nicole Mercedes Müller | 2 | 14-15, 17 | Acquaintance of Jonas |
| Victor | Lucas Reiber | 2 | 14-19 | Emma's ex-boyfriend in Berlin |
| iris | Isabell Polak | 3 | 21-30 | Paramedic, Paralympian Swimming Trainer (with Jonas) |
| Maik | Marvin Jones | 3 | 22-25, 28-29 | Hugo's classmate |
| Catherine Palm | 3 | 22-24, 30 | Hugo's teacher | |
| Tobias Pollap | Tobias Pollap | 3 | 23-24, 26, 28, 30 | Paralympics, playing yourself |
| Mr. Roland | Jürgen Hartmann | 3 | 25, 29-30 | Bartender, Tabeas and Leo's father, Hanna's grandfather |
- Remarks
- ↑ voice only
- ↑ see a photo in episode 30
- ↑ in episodes 23 and 24 can only be seen in the background, in episode 30 on a photo
Guest appearances
Actors who guest roles in one or more episodes.
| role | actor | episode | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enno Kalisch | 1 | Hospital teacher | |
| Marion Hecker-Hoffmann | 1, 3 | Receptionist | |
| Biskit | Marc Justin Marsiglia | 1-2 | Jonas' friend |
| Nikita Wokurka | 1-2, 14-16 | Jonas' friend | |
| Funda Rosenland | 1-2 | Nurse | |
| Silke | Lena Markwald | 2 | Nurse |
| Mr. Kramer | Dirk Ossig | 2, 4 | Appraiser |
| Jörg Reichlin | 3 | Patient, gambler at gambling meeting | |
| Patrizia | Tanja Halle | 3, 5 | Nurse |
| Mr. Katosius | Daniel Drewes | 4th | Father of Toni's roommate Oskar |
| Markus Berger | 4th | Chemo patient | |
| Nele Kiper | 4, 10 | Nurse | |
| Moritz Heidelbach | 5 | Doctor from Benito | |
| Dennis | Fabian Lichottka | 5-6, 22 | Patient, friend of Ruben |
| Dr. Kiss man | Nikolai Knackmuss | 6th | Luke's doctor |
| hatch | Edon Rexhepi | 6th | Toni's roommate |
| Julia Schmitt | 6, 18 | Nurse | |
| Raiko Küster | 7th | Orthopedist | |
| Gabriele Schulze | 7th | Patient, poker player | |
| Manfred Boell | 7th | Patient, poker player | |
| Dorothee Foellmer | 8, 10 | Physiotherapist to Leo and Benito | |
| mark | Lars Dickel | 8-9 | Tabea's ex-boyfriend, Hanna's father |
| Nurse Paul | Benedict Hahn | 9 | Nurse |
| Johannes Heinrichs | 12 | Bufdi | |
| Thomas Schmuckert | 12, 16 | Doctor from Tonis Grandpa Karl Vogel | |
| Victoria Mercedes role | 13, 15-17, 19 | Mini-Club patient has leukemia | |
| Mrs. Kruse | Caro Scrimali | 13, 18 | Finn's mother |
| Mr. Vandenberg | Dirk Martens | 14th | Natural healer |
| Mrs. Wieland | Christina Hecke | 14th | Luis' mother |
| Mr. Wieland | Robert Oschatz | 14th | Luis' father |
| Pablo | Jakob Graf | 14th | Emma's flatmate |
| Anna | Anni C. Salander | 14th | Emma's flatmate |
| Christina | Cristina do Rego | 14-15 | Emma's flatmate |
| Daniel | Daniel Kremner | 15, 18 | Kim's brother |
| miss Winter | Annika Schilling | 17th | Sara's mother |
| Mr. Winter | Fredrik Jan Hofmann | 17th | Sara's father |
| Dr. Shepherd | Piet Fuchs | 18th | Doctor before Benitos operating theater |
| Antje Mairich | 18th | Nurse | |
| Micki | Jonathan Berlin | 18th | Patient suffering from anorexia |
| Marie Faber | Nicole Heesters | 19th | Employee of a breast cancer foundation |
| Carla | Vita Tepel | 20th | Leo's girlfriend in Leo's alternative life |
| Rafael | Jürgen Rissmann | 20th | Benito's brother |
| Marcel | David Hürten | 20th | Leo's friend in Leo's alternative life |
| Max | Moritz Klaus | 20th | Jonas' roommate in Leo's alternative life |
| Jan Liem | 21st | police officer | |
| David Bredin | 21st | Party organizer | |
| Denis Schmidt | 21st | barkeeper | |
| Mrs. Kroeger | Nicola Gründel | 22nd | Notary, representative of the probate court |
| Silke Natho | 22nd | Rubens mother | |
| Matthias van den Berg | 22nd | Rubens father | |
| Simon | Bruno Alexander | 23 | Patient, Leo's roommate, goes to psychiatry |
| Sascha Wagner | Marvin Linke | 24-25 | Valerie's ex-boyfriend |
| Stefko Hanushevsky | 26th | Hospice director | |
| Gwentsche Kollewijn | 26th | Patient in the children's and youth hospice | |
| Manuel | Andreas Patton | 27 | old friend of Benito, neighbor of Benito |
| Nina | Viven Mahler | 27 | old friend of Benito |
| Stefan Lampadius | 28 | Undertaker | |
| Cornelia Heyse | 28 | Dancer in the dance club | |
| Benjamin | Peter Eberst | 28 | new swim coach |
| Martin Aselmann | 29 | Emergency doctor | |
| Pierre Shrady | 29 | Doctor in the intensive care unit | |
| Ben Nicolas Behrend | 30th | Child in the children's swimming team | |
| Caemon van Erp | 30th | Child in the children's swimming team |
production
History of origin
The series is based on Albert Espinosa's bestseller Secrets of Fortune from the Yellow World . The book contains Espinosa's autobiographical accounts of his time as an adolescent cancer patient: for more than ten years he has been in the hospital again and again. Just like two of the main characters from the Club of the Red Ribbons , his leg was taken off. The characters in the series are based on the friendships he made during this time.
As a scriptwriter and co-producer, Espinosa brought the story to Spanish television with the series Polseres vermelles in 2011 - with great success. The series has been adapted in over 13 countries and is broadcast in over 18 countries. Among other things, an adaptation ran in 2014 on the US television station FOX under the title Red Band Society . There, however, the series was discontinued after only 13 episodes had been ordered due to low ratings. The Italian adaptation Braccialetti Rossi , of which three seasons for RAI 1 had already been shot by December 2015, was successful with critics, juries and television viewers .
Pre-production
At the beginning of 2015, the broadcaster VOX commissioned the Cologne-based production company Bantry Bay to produce the first season. Red Ribbons Club is the station's first prime-time drama series. After Simply inseparable , Club der rote Bänder is the second in-house fictional television series produced by the station. The scripts for the first season were written by Arne Nolting and Jan Martin Scharf .
For the series, VOX developed its own Helveticlub font from the Helvetica Light & Bold font . This font is used in the series logo, among other things.
In contrast to the first season, the scripts for the second season were not adapted, but for the first time completely redeveloped by Arne Nolting and Jan Martin Scharf . The scripts for the third season are also written by Nolting and Scharf. Felix Binder and Marc O. Seng also worked on the scripts for the first time.
Filming
From June to October 2015, the first season of the series was filmed in the office complex at Mittelstrasse 11 to 13 in Monheim am Rhein . A complete office floor was converted into the fictitious Albertus Clinic: with an operating theater, hospital rooms, a play / classroom, hallways and corridors as well as an elevator on which only the displays work. There is also a glass-enclosed fitness room on the top floor. In addition, it was filmed in the Evangelical Hospital in Cologne-Kalk, on the beach in Cologne-Rodenkirchen and in the Müngersdorf swimming pool.
The shooting for the second season took place from May to September 2016. The film was shot again in Monheim am Rhein and in the Cologne area. The season finale was also shot on the island of Texel .
From May to September 2017, the third season was filmed again in Monheim am Rhein and for the first time in Königswinter .
While the first two seasons were filmed under the direction of Richard Huber , Felix Binder , Andreas Menck and Sabine Bernardi , the episodes for the third season were produced under the direction of Felix Binder, Sabine Bernardi and for the first time under Jan Martin Scharf .
Broadcast and episode list
On September 7, 2015 it was announced that the series could be seen in double episodes on VOX every Monday at 8:15 p.m. from November 9, 2015 . The first episode was seen by 2.36 million people. Compared to the values of the US series Chicago Fire , which ran a week earlier on Monday evening, VOX was able to gain almost a whole million viewers within a week. The first season ended on December 7, 2015 with 2.71 million viewers.
The broadcaster VOX confirmed on November 30, 2015 the order for a second season to the production company Bantry Bay . This is to be broadcast in late autumn 2016. The decision was made on the basis of the high ratings, which doubled the channel's average market shares for individual episodes.
On August 25, 2016, the broadcaster VOX announced that the first broadcast of the second season will be broadcast from November 7, 2016 on the same slot and at the same frequency as in the first season. The season opener was seen by 2.97 million people. The season finale was followed by a total of 3.23 million viewers.
At the beginning of December 2016, VOX extended the series by a third and at the same time final season; it was broadcast from November 13, 2017 to December 11, 2017.
Video on demand
All episodes are available free of charge on TVNOW for seven days after the TV broadcast . They can then be booked for a fee. Furthermore, all previous episodes can be streamed on Amazon Video and in the iTunes Store .
Documentation
On December 14, 2015, the two-hour documentary Club of the Red Ribbons - A Story Moves the World was broadcast. This showed many interviews, including with Albert Espinosa, and impressions from the shooting. The documentary was seen by 1.79 million viewers - less than the series itself. With 5.7 percent, it still achieved a considerable market share. In the advertising-relevant target group, a double-digit figure of 10.4 percent was recorded with 1.15 million TV viewers.
On December 12, 2016, another two-hour documentary entitled Club of the Red Ribbons - The Story Lives On! broadcast. It shows making-of material from the production of the second season and further interviews, among others with Albert Espinosa and the protagonists. The main actors' journey to the last days of the season's shooting on the island of Texel is also shown. In addition, children and young people can be seen in the documentary fighting against leukemia , anorexia , lung cancer and other diseases. They report on their everyday life, their setbacks and personal moments of happiness. The documentation was viewed by a total of 1.59 million, of which 1.05 million were of the advertising-relevant age. The documentary thus achieved a very good 9.7 percent market share among 14 to 49 year olds, but only five percent overall.
During the broadcast of the third season, a five-part accompanying documentary entitled We are invincible! aired at 10:10 p.m. The one-hour episodes feature making-ofs of the series and portraits of the actors. Topics from the episodes are also highlighted. In the documentary, series creator Espinosa is also accompanied in his home town of Barcelona and during the shooting of the third season. The first episode was watched by a total of 1.26 million, of which 0.75 million were between the ages of 14 and 49 when advertising was relevant. The documentary thus achieved a very good 9.6 percent market share among 14 to 49 year olds, but only 5.4 percent overall.
Motion picture
On February 14, 2019, the movie Club of the Red Ribbons started - how it all began in the distribution of Universum Film and produced by Bantry Bay Productions. As a prequel, he tells the history of the series.
Felix Binder , who has already staged ten episodes of the original series, acted as the director . The script was written by Arne Nolting and Jan Martin Scharf , who were also responsible for the scripts for the original series. The entire main cast of the original series, consisting of Tim Oliver Schultz , Luise Befort , Nick Julius Schuck , Damian Hardung , Ivo Kortlang and Timur Bartels also appears in the movie.
The Film- und Medienstiftung NRW funded the production with one million euros.
reception
criticism
The reviews are mostly positive.
“German television lacks such a series. The implementation also leaves little to be desired. "
“Nothing is glossed over here, nobody is wrapped in cotton wool. The series is a prime example of how to tell heavy fabrics as light as a feather. How to entertain without delusional. How to tell of bad fates without becoming sentimental. "
"Unsentimental, occasionally funny, full of gallows humor and without betraying the needs of adolescents, 'Club der rote Bänder' actually brings a completely new color to the series landscape of German television."
However, Phillip Küpperbusch writes in the online magazine Vice.com :
“VOX is really trying to get quota with fictional terminally ill children and transforms cancer, eating disorders, autism, comatose children and severe heart problems into romantic entertainment shit. [...] The everyday hospital life of seriously ill patients, the problems in everyday life, the social difficulties in the various families and with friends are at best presented on the margins realistically. "
According to Albert Espinosa , the German version or adaptation of the Catalan series Polseres vermelles is the best in the world.
Audience ratings
Vox achieved the highest ratings among the total audience (3.23 million viewers and 10.3 percent) with the broadcast of the season finale of the second season ( Die Reise ) on December 5, 2016. The lowest ratings among the total audience (2 million viewers and 6.2 Percent) was measured on December 4, 2017. It ran the seventh episode of the third season, entitled Letting Go .
When the season finale of the second season was broadcast, the target group of 14 to 49 year olds measured the highest market share with a value of 18.8 percent.
| episode | date | spectator | Market share | source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | 14 to 49 years | 14 to 59 years | total | 14 to 49 years | 14 to 59 years | |||
| 1x01 | Nov 9, 2015 | 2.36 million | 1.44 million | 1.90 million | 7.3% | 12.8% | 10.8% | |
| 1x02 | Nov 9, 2015 | 2.46 million | 1.61 million | 2.05 million | 7.6% | 13.8% | 11.4% | |
| 1x03 | Nov 16, 2015 | 2.53 million | 1.66 million | 2.15 million | 7.5% | 14.0% | 11.6% | |
| 1x04 | Nov 16, 2015 | 2.65 million | 1.75 million | 2.22 million | 8.2% | 14.7% | 12.2% | |
| 1x05 | 23 Nov 2015 | 2.30 million | 1.51 million | 1.92 million | 6.9% | 12.8% | 10.5% | |
| 1x06 | 23 Nov 2015 | 2.31 million | 1.53 million | 1.93 million | 7.1% | 12.9% | 10.6% | |
| 1x07 | Nov 30, 2015 | 2.40 million | 1.54 million | 1.99 million | 7.4% | 13.6% | 11.4% | |
| 1x08 | Nov 30, 2015 | 2.60 million | 1.67 million | 2.13 million | 8.1% | 14.3% | 11.9% | |
| 1x09 | Dec 7, 2015 | 2.54 million | 1.63 million | 2.09 million | 7.6% | 13.5% | 11.3% | |
| 1x10 | Dec 7, 2015 | 2.71 million | 1.83 million | 2.30 million | 8.4% | 15.4% | 12.6% | |
| 2x01 | Nov 7, 2016 | 2.97 million | 1.84 million | 2.45 million | 8.8% | 15.7% | 13.2% | |
| 2x02 | Nov 7, 2016 | 3.03 million | 1.87 million | 2.45 million | 9.3% | 15.8% | 13.3% | |
| 2x03 | Nov 14, 2016 | 2.71 million | 1.76 million | 2.23 million | 8.0% | 14.6% | 12.0% | |
| 2x04 | Nov 14, 2016 | 2.88 million | 1.92 million | 2.43 million | 8.8% | 16.1% | 13.3% | |
| 2x05 | Nov 21, 2016 | 2.72 million | 1.85 million | 2.28 million | 8.3% | 16.4% | 12.8% | |
| 2x06 | Nov 21, 2016 | 2.94 million | 2.04 million | 2.50 million | 9.2% | 18.0% | 14.2% | |
| 2x07 | Nov 28, 2016 | 2.81 million | 1.82 million | 2.26 million | 8.4% | 16.2% | 12.6% | |
| 2x08 | Nov 28, 2016 | 2.99 million | 1.96 million | 2.44 million | 9.4% | 17.5% | 14.0% | |
| 2x09 | Dec 5, 2016 | 2.93 million | 1.87 million | 2.37 million | 9.0% | 16.8% | 13.6% | |
| 2x10 | Dec 5, 2016 | 3.23 million | 2.11 million | 2.69 million | 10.3% | 18.8% | 15.5% | |
| 3x01 | Nov 13, 2017 | 2.37 million | 1.52 million | 1.95 million | 7.2% | 14.0% | 11.0% | |
| 3x02 | Nov 13, 2017 | 2.46 million | 1.55 million | 2.01 million | 7.8% | 14.8% | 11.8% | |
| 3x03 | Nov 20, 2017 | 2.09 million | 1.29 million | - | 6.3% | 12.5% | - | |
| 3x04 | Nov 20, 2017 | 2.25 million | 1.46 million | - | 7.2% | 14.4% | - | |
| 3x05 | Nov 27, 2017 | 2.08 million | 1.35 million | - | 6.4% | 12.7% | - | |
| 3x06 | Nov 27, 2017 | 2.14 million | 1.40 million | - | 6.8% | 13.0% | - | |
| 3x07 | 4th Dec 2017 | 2.00 million | 1.32 million | - | 6.2% | 12.9% | - | |
| 3x08 | 4th Dec 2017 | 2.19 million | 1.42 million | - | 7.1% | 14.2% | - | |
| 3x09 | Dec 11, 2017 | 2.47 million | 1.46 million | - | 7.8% | 14.8% | - | |
| 3x10 | Dec 11, 2017 | 2.57 million | 1.55 million | - | 8.5% | 15.9% | - | |
- Remarks:
- ↑ In bold : highest audience rating in this category. In bold italics : lowest audience rating in this category
- ↑ In bold : highest market share value in this category. In bold italics : lowest audience rating in this category
An average of 2.92 million (9.0 percent) of the total audience watched the second season of the series on VOX. In the target group of 14 to 49 year olds, an average of 1.90 million was measured and this led to a market share of 16.6 percent. In comparison with the first season it becomes clear that the audience ratings have increased in the second season. The first season was seen by an average of just 2.52 million (7.7 percent). In the measurement for the target group of 14 to 49 year olds, an average of 1.62 million or 13.9 percent was determined.
The third season was followed by an average of only 2.37 million viewers of the total audience, which corresponds to a market share of 7.4 percent. In the target group of 14 to 49 year olds, an average of only 1.51 million was measured, which led to a market share of 14.4 percent. Despite the sharp drop in audience ratings, the values for the third season are very satisfactory for the station VOX, since, for example, the market share of 14.4 percent is almost twice the station average.
Awards
So far, the series has won a total of 15 national and international awards as well as other nominations, which are listed below:
- Audi Generation Award
- 2016: Award in the media category
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Bavarian television award
- 2016: Award for Richard Huber as a director
- 2016: Award for Bantry Bay Productions, Gerda Müller and Jan Kromschröder as producers
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German television award
- 2016 : Award in the Best Series category
- 2016 : Nomination in the category Best Music for Jens Oettrich
- 2017 : Award in the Best Series category
- 2017 : Nomination in the Best Book category for Arne Nolting and Jan Martin Scharf
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German Director Award Metropolis
- 2016: Nomination in the category Best Director TV Series / Series Episode for the second episode of the first season directed by Richard Huber
- 2016: Nomination in the category Best TV series / series episode for the eighth episode of the first season directed by Sabine Bernardi
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German actor award
- 2016: Award in the Best Ensemble category
- International Emmy Kids Awards
- 2017: Award in the Series category
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International Eyes & Ears Awards
- 2016: 1st prize in the Best Typographic Design category
- 2016: 1st prize in the category Best On-Air Program Campaign: Fiction In-House Production
- 2017: 1st prize in the category best social spot or campaign
- 2017: 2nd prize in the category Best On-Air Program Campaign: Fiction In-House Production
- 2018: 2nd prize in the Best Special Marketing category
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Grimme Prize
- 2016 : Award in the Children & Youth category
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Jupiter Award
- 2016: Award in the best national TV series category
- 2017: Award in the best national TV series category
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New Faces Award Film
- 2016: special award
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Odds meter television price
- 2016: Award for Luise Befort in the category Best Supporting Actress in a Series or Series
- 2017: Nomination in the Best Series or Series category
- 2017: Nomination for Luise Befort in the category Best Supporting Actress in a Series or Series
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Robert Geisendörfer Prize
- 2016: Award in the children's television award category
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Rose d'Or
- 2017: Nomination in the Children & Youth category
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Actor television award
- 2016: Nomination in the Best Young Actor category for Damian Hardung
- 2017: Nomination in the category Best Young Actor for Ivo Kortlang
Merchandising
book
At the start of the series of Club of the Red Ribbons , Albert Espinosa's bestseller Happiness Secrets from the Yellow World , on which the series is based, was now published again under the series title and with a new book cover. The book Club of Red Ribbons - Believe in Your Dreams and They Will Come True was published on October 19, 2015 by Goldmann Verlag.
Music albums
The album Club der rote Bänder - The original music from the VOX series was released on November 19, 2015 on the label i2i Musikproduktion . It contains 21 compositions that the musician Jens Oettrich composed exclusively for the series. A year later, on November 17, 2016, 24 more compositions by Jens Oettrich were published. The album title is Club of Red Ribbons: Season 2 - The original music from the VOX series . On November 20, 2017, 64 compositions by Jens Oettrich were released under the album title Club der rote Bänder: The final season - the original music from the VOX series .
Under the album title Club of red ribbons - Season 01 one month appeared before the broadcast start of the second season on October 7, 2016 Compilation - Soundtrack for production at PolyStar . In addition to MS MR's "Hurricane", the title song for the series, the album mainly contains music from the first season episodes, including songs by Ingrid Michaelson , Mando Diao , Aimee Mann and Ben Harper . In addition to these eighteen songs, the album also includes three compositions by Jens Oettrich. During the broadcast of the second season, another compilation soundtrack with eighteen songs and a composition by Jens Oettrich was released by PolyStar on November 25, 2016 under the title Club der rote Bänder - Season 02 . It features music from the season two episodes, including songs from A Great Big World , Lily Allen, and Hot Chip . On November 17, 2017, another compilation soundtrack with twenty songs and a composition by Jens Oettrich was released by PolyStar under the title Club der rote Bänder - Season 03 . This time it includes music from the third season episodes, including songs by Norah Jones , The Killers , Die Toten Hosen and Bosse .
DVDs and Blu-rays
All seasons of the series were released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc by Universum Film GmbH . The first season of the series was released on January 29, 2016, the second season on December 23, 2016 and the final third season on December 22, 2017.
A collection box with the twenty episodes from the first and second season was also released on December 23, 2016. The complete box with all three seasons was released on December 22, 2017.
DKMS campaign
At the start of the second season of the series, the WEFRA advertising agency in Frankfurt developed a campaign against leukemia for DKMS . In cooperation with VOX and the RTL media group , several TV clips were created, each of which is broadcast during the commercial breaks. At the same time, the campaign received cross-media coverage via Facebook , Instagram and the television broadcaster's homepage. The TV campaign called for people to register as stem cell donors for the treatment of blood cancer. Furthermore, the topic of blood cancer was discussed for the first time in the series with the role of Finn Kruse . According to the DKMS, 10,000 potential donors have registered as a result of the campaign, 19 have already donated stem cells.
Web links
- Club red ribbons in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Club of the red ribbons at Fernsehserien.de
- Website for the series at VOX
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Maciej: Club of the Red Ribbons: Song from the intro . giga.de. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ↑ Thomas Lückerath: International Emmys for "Berlin and We" and "Rote Bänder" . dwdl.de. April 10, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ↑ Timo Niemeier: "Club of the Red Ribbons": Cinema release in February 2019. March 23, 2018, accessed on March 30, 2018 .
- ^ Club of the Red Ribbons: Performers . vox.de. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
- ^ Christian Junklewitz: Club of the Red Ribbons: Visit to the set of the new VOX series . serienjunkies.de. November 7, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
- ^ Fox to Pull 'Red Band Society' With Future in Question . In: The Hollywood Reporter . November 26, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ↑ Braccialetti rossi . December 3, 2015. Accessed December 3, 2015.
- ↑ Milly Buonanno: Italian TV Drama: Multiple Forms of European Influence . In: Ib Bondebjerg, Eva Novrup Redvall, Andrew Higson (eds.) European Cinema and Television: Cultural Policy and Everyday Life . 2015, ISBN 978-1-137-35687-1 .
- ↑ Thomas Lückerath: Vox sends the “Club of the Red Ribbons” into production . dwdl.de. May 21, 2015. Accessed November 11, 2015.
- ↑ These are the winners of the Eyes & Ears Awards 2016 . dwdl.de. October 28, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
- ↑ a b "Club of the Red Ribbons" goes into the third season! VOX.de, December 5, 2016, accessed on December 6, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Uwe Mantel: Start of shooting for the finale of "Club der rote Bänder" . dwdl.de. May 11, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
- ↑ a b "Club of the Red Ribbons" - turning goes to the target grades . lokalkompass.de. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
- ↑ Uwe Mantel: "Club of the Red Ribbons": shooting for the 2nd season started. DWDL.de, May 31, 2016, accessed on June 2, 2016 .
- ↑ VOX Television GmbH: VOX shows the complete "Club of the Red Ribbons" trilogy! In autumn, fans can look forward to seasons 1 and 2 as well as the grand finale of the hit series. (No longer available online.) Presseportal.de, September 14, 2017, archived from the original on February 1, 2018 ; accessed on January 31, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Manuel Weis: Monday will be the home of the first own VOX series. In: quotenmeter.de. September 7, 2015, accessed November 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Alexander Krei: "Club of the Red Ribbons" brings a record farewell. In: dwdl.de. December 8, 2015, accessed November 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Thomas Lückerath: Vox orders the 2nd season of the “Club of the Red Ribbons” . December 1, 2015. Accessed December 1, 2015.
- ↑ Julia Schmid: "Club of the Red Ribbons": All information about the 2nd season. Serienfuchs.de, August 25, 2016, accessed on August 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Manuel Weis: This is how it continues with the “Club of the Red Ribbons”. quotenmeter.de, August 25, 2016, accessed November 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Timo Niemeier: "Club of the Red Ribbons" returns with records. In: dwdl.de. November 8, 2016, accessed November 26, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c Uwe Mantel: "Club of the Red Ribbons": New record for parting. In: dwdl.de. December 6, 2016, accessed December 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Club of Red Ribbons: The third season starts on November 13, 2017. In: vox.de. Retrieved September 22, 2017 .
- Jump up ↑ Red Ribbon Club Season 3: The series finale will move you to tears . In: KINO . ( kino.de [accessed December 11, 2017]).
- ↑ a b Manuel Nunez Sanchez: “Rote Bänder” -Document clearly falls short of series level. In: quotenmeter.de. December 15, 2015, accessed November 26, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c Alexander Krei: "Club of the Red Ribbons": Vox follows the documentary. In: dwdl.de. November 4, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016 .
- ^ A b Robert Meyer: "Rote Bänder" was successful even after the season ended. December 13, 2016, accessed December 13, 2016 .
- ↑ Sidney Schering: The accompanying documentary is intended to sweeten the farewell to the “Club of the Red Ribbons”. In: quotenmeter.de. October 16, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Robert Meyer: Slight losses for the "Club of the Red Ribbons". November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2017 .
- ↑ Film- und Medienstiftung NRW supports 32 projects with 10.5 million euros. January 30, 2018, accessed January 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Television needs this series. In: sueddeutsche.de. November 9, 2015, accessed November 11, 2015 .
- ↑ Children sick, television healthy. (No longer available online.) In: stern.de. November 10, 2015, archived from the original on November 10, 2015 ; accessed on November 11, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ You want something more out of life. In: FAZ.net. November 10, 2015, accessed November 17, 2015 .
- ↑ Does VOX actually want to fool all children with cancer with 'Club der Roten Bänder'? In: vice.com. November 10, 2015, accessed December 8, 2015 .
- ↑ 'In the second season we moved further away from the structure of the original'. In: quotenmeter.de. November 6, 2016, accessed November 8, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Manuel Nunez Sanchez: Great start: Almost two and a half million see “Club of the Red Ribbons”. In: quotenmeter.de. November 10, 2015, accessed October 11, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Manuel Nunez Sanchez: "Club of the Red Ribbons" is still increasing compared to the previous week. In: quotenmeter.de. November 17, 2015, accessed November 17, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Manuel Nunez Sanchez: "Club of the Red Ribbons" loses minimally for the first time. In: quotenmeter.de. November 24, 2015, accessed November 24, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Alexander Krei: "Club of the Red Ribbons" continues the success story. In: dwdl.de. December 1, 2015, accessed December 1, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Alexander Krei: "Club of the Red Ribbons" brings a record farewell. In: dwdl.de. December 8, 2015, accessed December 8, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Timo Niemeier: "Club of the Red Ribbons" returns with records. In: dwdl.de. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2016 .
- ^ A b Robert Meyer: "Club of the Red Ribbons": Not a week without a record, "Humans" starts with two digits. In: quotenmeter.de. November 15, 2016, accessed November 17, 2016 .
- ↑ a b TV ratings: “Club of the Red Ribbons” cannot be stopped. In: quotenmeter.de. Retrieved November 22, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Another quota record for “Club of the Red Ribbons” at VOX. Retrieved November 22, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Robert Meyer: No new record for “Club of the Red Ribbons”, “Applause and out” says goodbye with top value. In: quotenmeter.de. November 29, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Timo Niemeier: "Club der rote Bänder" starts strong, but below last year. In: dwdl.de. November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2017 .
- ↑ a b A lot of heart and even more viewers: Good start for the third season “Club of the Red Ribbons” on VOX. (No longer available online.) In: presseportal.de. November 14, 2017, archived from the original on November 14, 2017 ; accessed on November 14, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b Robert Meyer: "Club of the Red Ribbons" with an all-time low. In: quotenmeter.de. November 21, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Manuel Weis: Strong, but: "Club of the Red Ribbons" does not build on old successes. In: quotenmeter.de . November 28, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Everything about Club of the Red Ribbons. In: quotenmeter.de . Retrieved December 4, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Sidney Schering: One week before the final: "Club of the Red Ribbons" is strengthening. In: quotenmeter.de . December 5, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Fabian Riedner: "Club of the Red Ribbons" says goodbye, but ... In: quotenmeter.de . December 12, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2017 .
- ^ A b David Grzeschik: Quota check: "Club of the red ribbons". In: quotenmeter.de . December 12, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2017 .
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- ↑ a b Daniel Sallhoff: Quote Check: "red ribbons Club" . In : quotemeter.de . December 6, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
- ^ A b David Grzeschik: Quota check: "Club of the red ribbons" . In : quotemeter.de . December 12, 2017. Accessed March 31, 2017.
- ↑ a b The Club of the Red Ribbons: The real story of the series . Vox.de. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
- ↑ a b Club of the Red Ribbons (The original music from the VOX series) . Amazon.de. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
- ^ Club of the Red Ribbons: Season 2 (The original music from the VOX series) . Amazon.de. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
- ↑ Club of the Red Ribbons: Season 3 (The original music from the VOX series) . Amazon.de. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
- ↑ Club of the Red Ribbons: The soundtrack for the first season . Vox.de. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
- ^ Club of the Red Ribbons - Season 1 (track list) . tracklist.club. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
- ^ Club of the Red Ribbons: The soundtrack for the second season . Vox.de. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
- ^ Club Der Roten Bänder - Season 2 »Soundtrack Tracklist . dance-charts.de. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
- ^ Club of the Red Ribbons: The soundtrack for the third season . Vox.de. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- ^ "Club of the Red Ribbons": Vox hit series now available on DVD and Blu-ray (on filmstarts.de)
- ↑ Club of the Red Ribbons - Season 2 on DVD & Blu-ray: When will it be released? (on kino.de)
- ↑ Club of Red Ribbons - Season 3 on DVD & Blu-ray (on universumfilm.de)
- ↑ Club of Red Ribbons - St. 1 & 2 Collection on DVD & Blu-ray (on universumfilm.de)
- ↑ Club of Red Ribbons - Complete box on DVD & Blu-ray (on universumfilm.de)
- ↑ a b c DKMS cooperates with the “Club of the Red Ribbons” . Advertise & Sell . Retrieved November 25, 2016.
- ↑ 10,000 register as bone marrow donors after a series . News Germany . Retrieved May 21, 2019.
