The institution
| Television series | |
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| Original title | The institution |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | 1996-2002 |
| Production company |
Cologne sitcom |
| length | 22 minutes |
| Episodes | 86 in 7 seasons |
| genre | Sitcom |
| idea | Dietmar Jacobs |
| production | Gerhard Schmidt , Micha Terjung |
| music | Markus Lonardoni , Chris Hein |
| First broadcast | February 14, 1997 on RTL |
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The office is a German sitcom about everyday office life in a building authority , the seven seasons of which were first broadcast on RTL from 1997 to 2003 . As Hagen Krause , the main actor Jochen Busse led an ensemble that embodied typical clichés of the civil service with a satirical view of the German bureaucracy . The series of the later Grimme Prize winner Dietmar Jacobs paved the way for a series of RTL formats about the occupation of 7 days, 7 heads .
action
The setting is the building authority of a small German town, mainly the office of District Councilor Hagen Krause and his employees. In addition to the grumpy boss, his experienced secretary Ulla Herbst, the naive womanizer Rüdiger Poppels and the idealistic Nadia Schäfer work there. However, the office community mainly follows private interests while avoiding any work and effort. Incoming building applications are therefore generally initially rejected without being viewed. Everyone always makes sure that their superior, Dr. To be caught stüsser. This, in turn, is primarily concerned with appearing in a good light from the outside, and often disregards the regulations for this. He prefers to transfer responsibility for mistakes made to Hagen Krause's office. Since everyone in the office is primarily concerned with their own benefit, there are regular - sometimes bizarre - problems that the civil servants have to deal with later. Only the committed Nadia Schäfer takes her tasks seriously.
characters
- Hagen Krause
- forwards as Amtsrat office for approval of building permits , Section A-K, in the local authority. There he has approved "a few dozen" applications over the years, but mostly only on instruction from a higher authority or if they were in his own interest. Most of the others are flat-rate rejected in order to avoid work. In particular, his open disdain for the applicants (“Get out!”) Often brings him into conflict with Nadia. The quick-tempered Hagen is selfish, self-loving and narrow-minded, but at the same time is under the thumb of his dominant wife, with whom he is unhappily married. The only thing that is worse than his working day is the end of the day at home - especially when his mother-in-law is around. Hagen's best friend is his dog Rex. In his passion for mobile homes, he is regularly outdone by Stüsser. In the last episode, Hagen finally takes over his post after Stüsser was fired due to a gross mistake.
- Ulla Herbst
- As Hagen's secretary, she is the good soul of the office. She spends most of her time making coffee, placing sandwiches and any - mostly private - assignments from Hagen. The single Ulla is always concerned about her appearance and likes to flirt , which also leads to occasional affairs. At the end of the seventh season, she falls in love with the father of the new secretary Silvia Meier and the two become a couple.
- Rudiger Poppels
- sits as a rather simple candidate in Hagen's office. The self-proclaimed "sexy Rüdi" regularly appears hungover for work, either after a night of partying or because of a new conquest. At work, however, his flat pick-up lines are radically rejected by most without shaking his self-confidence as a womanizer. His colleague Nadia, in particular, considers him a lazy and underexposed sexist . His naivety often makes him - especially for Hagen - the scapegoat for problems that he often contributed to. In the fourth season, Rüdiger was in Africa for some time, during which time Hans-Günther Timpel took over. In the last episode, Rüdiger learns the secret to make Stüsser's secretary Silvia Meier “mindless”, who then finally falls for him.
- Nadia Schäfer
- starts the series as a candidate in the Krause office. Highly motivated and committed, the college graduate wants to redesign the office and make it more citizen-friendly. The active women's rights activist is also a staunch vegan , peace activist , opponent of nuclear power , and founder of several citizens' groups, and she expresses these views very courageously at work and at demonstrations. Her repeated commitment to healthy eating in the workplace has met with little approval from her colleagues. Although she deeply disapproves of Hagen's behavior towards applicants, Nadia has an even deeper dislike of Kimmel. In the course of the series, she is permanently taken over and employed.
- Dr. Paul Stüsser
- is administrative director and member of the CDU . As head of the building authority - salary group A14 , as he always emphasizes - he is the superior of Hagen and Kimmel. But the former in particular considers him incapable, whereas Stüsser himself repeatedly finds a reason to criticize Hagen. He always tries to make a good impression towards influential people, regardless of his own subordinates. Stüsser has a daughter who is enthusiastic about mobile homes and was in his youth goalkeeper in the football - national team . He is so proud of his doctorate ( economics ) that he even insists on it as Santa Claus at the official Christmas party.
- Rudi Kimmel
- assists Stüsser, with whom he regularly glows in order to advance his career. He has an intimate competitive relationship with Hagen, whom the bourgeois councilor Kimmel keeps getting into trouble; both try at every opportunity to expose the other to superiors. Kimmel’s favorite football club, Bayern Munich, is fueling Hagen’s contempt. His colleague Nadia he threw from the outset an eye, but it has made his penetrating overtures always rebuffed .
- Lunebach
- As an office messenger he has access to all processes in the office, which gives him a lot of influence. He is well rewarded for information or other favors - especially from Hagen. He always knows how to make personal profit out of everyone's plight and always emerges as a laughing third party.
- Stefanie Hemmer (from season 4)
- becomes mayor in the course of the series and uses every opportunity in this role to make the city better known and to advance her career. For this purpose, she often plays off the employees of the building authority against each other. As a woman and social democrat , she is not taken seriously by either Stüsser or Hagen. Her predecessors in office (including several times Lutz Herkenrath as Mayor Dr. Behr) had previously made sporadic guest appearances.
- Hans-Günther Timpel (Season 4)
- takes over Rüdiger's position during his trip to Africa. Office messenger Lünebach got him the post with forged certificates, but the supposed genius is noticeable due to his clumsiness. He was supposed to work for Kimmel first, but with Lünebach's help he was able to get him transferred as quickly as possible. As a result, he can't stand Kimmel, but quickly sees a role model in Hagen that he emulates. The relationship with his possessive girlfriend Babsi is ended at the end of the fourth season when she suspects an affair between Hans-Günther and Nadia.
- Silvia Meier (from season 6)
- later became Stüsser's secretary. Her arrogant manner makes her unpopular with her colleagues. Nevertheless, Rüdiger raves about her. However , she only gives in to his permanent advances in the series finale and the two become a couple.
background
In addition to the series creator and main author Dietmar Jacobs , Andrea Bosse and the Cologne author Torsten Goffin also wrote other scripts . Jacobs later received the prestigious Grimme Prize for his work on the similarly positioned office mockumentary Stromberg . It was directed by Micha Terjung , Titus Selge and Franziska Meyer Price , among others . The former also acted as a producer from season five . The old town hall of Wesseling , which is particularly recognizable on the city coat of arms above the entrance, and its surroundings were used for the exterior shots of the series . The buildings around the town hall were also used as a backdrop for the window views. Many prominent stage and television comedians such as Hans-Joachim Heist , Hugo Egon Balder , Elisabeth Wiedemann , Oliver Kalkofe and Bastian Pastewka as well as the pop singers Peter Kraus and Achim Mentzel took part as guest actors .
The half-hour series was from 1997 to 2003 on Friday evening before the Comedy - panel game 7 days, 7 heads erstausgestrahlt whose moderator was also Jochen Busse. The premiere on February 14, 1997 was already followed by 6.12 million viewers, which makes it one of the most successful comedy series starts on German television. Due to the popularity of the office , other of the heads received their own comedy series on the same evening as Rita's World (1999-2003) around Gaby Köster or Bernds Hexe (2002-2005) with Bernd Stelter , which peaked up to 8 million Audience reached. In the summer of 2002, lead actor Busse confirmed the end of the series after season seven because "the stories are all told". The series was repeated several times and is now available on DVD with the exception of the two season premieres Every Jeck is Different and The Office in Berlin .
In 1998 the office had various crossovers with the series And bye! and Nikola : First of all, Ulrike Bliefert and Thorsten Nindel appeared in their roles from Das Amt in the television film And bye !: Ballermann olé . Later, nurse Nikola Vollendorf ( Mariele Millowitsch ) and Dr. Robert Schmidt ( Walter Sittler ) from Nikola Hagen Krause entered the hospital ( Das Amt , episode 20 Des Wahnsinns fat booty ), who was then seen as a nagging patient in Nikola (episode 17, Is' was Doc? ). Following on from Das Amt , series creator Jacobs developed the short-lived series Not of this World , also for Cologne sitcom and with Busse in the lead role of the alien Yok. The broadcast of the family sitcom based on Mork vom Ork took place on the same slot as Das Amt , but could not build on its success.
Web links
- The Office in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The office on fernsehserien.de
swell
- ↑ a b The Office. In: Crew United . Retrieved April 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Focus - 20 Years of RTL: 1996–1998. In: quotenmeter.de . January 31, 2004, accessed April 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Christian Richter: Focus - This was television ten years ago: RTL. In: quotenmeter.de . February 6, 2010, accessed April 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Diana Michnay: Seven seasons are enough. In: kressreport . July 24, 2002, accessed April 17, 2019 .