The co-sleeper
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The co-sleeper |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| year | 2020 |
| Production company |
The Amazing Film Company, Ring of Fire |
| length | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 6 in 1 season ( list ) |
| genre | Comedy |
| Director | Anna-Katharina Maier |
| script |
Marble Clausen , Mike Viebrock |
| production |
Thomas Peter Friedl , Gaby Bartolomeo Ralf Kotowski |
| music | Three quarters of blood |
| camera | Thomas Wittmann |
| cut | Petra Scherer |
| First broadcast | May 29, 2020 on Prime Video |
| occupation | |
The Beischläfer is a six-part German television series by Murmel Clausen and Mike Viebrock with Lisa Bitter as judge Dr. Julia Kellermann and Markus Stoll, also known as Harry G , in the role of the car mechanic and aldermen Charlie Menzinger. Director is Anna-Katharina Maier . The series was released on Amazon Prime Video on May 29, 2020 .
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Co-sleeper is a derogatory term for honorary judges at the lay jury . From the point of view of the professional judge Dr. Julia Kellermann should just sit quietly and not disturb them any further. The car mechanic Charlie Menzinger is selected by the Munich District Court as a lay judge for a period of five years , but he no longer believes in justice after the death of his wife Marie, who was killed in a car accident together with her mother. The then trial for negligent homicide was discontinued and there was no conviction. Charlie's father-in-law Paul Seidl, with whom Charlie has his workshop, admonishes him to take his job as a lay judge seriously.
Judge Kellermann was recently transferred from Berlin to Munich and has to come to terms with the peculiarities of the Munich real estate market and the locals. Until she has found an apartment, Kellermann lives in her office in the justice building. Charlie offers her to get in touch with a friend, a real estate agent, Käser, who is supposed to get her an affordable apartment. If this works, she should in return release Charlie from his voluntary commitment. Kellermann accepts the suggestion.
At first he does not find out who suggested Charlie for the office of lay judge, Charlie suspects his friend Xaver Holzapfel. He later learned from Judge Kellermann that his wife Marie had suggested him for it. After that, his attitude towards this honorary position changes fundamentally. Charlie, who does not believe in conventions and rules, makes inappropriate comments during the negotiations and contacts the defendants. In addition, judge Kellermann criticizes the fact that he does not judge objectively as required, but according to "felt justice". While one legal case is presented per episode, the ongoing plot of the protagonists Charlie and Julia with their professional and private challenges is the focus of the story. After the search for an apartment for Julia is unsuccessful, Paul Seidl lets her move into the studio of his fatally injured wife.
Prosecutor Nils Rohrbach invites Judge Kellermann to dinner, under the pretext that Court President Straschill would also attend. Straschill decides on the promotion to single judge , one of Kellermann's goals, so that she no longer has to bother with lay judges. Rohrbach advised you on this decision. At the meeting, Rohrbach states that Straschill was unable to attend due to scheduling reasons. After dinner he confesses his love to Julia and serves her the desert naked. Julia films Nils with the smartphone and threatens him with a lawsuit for coercion and deprivation of liberty. Thereupon Nils gives in and lets them go.
Xaver Holzapfel tries to distill Munich's first tequila under the name Tequila Xavier . During a pitch for his business idea, he met Heino Ferch , who also produced his own tequila. Ferch is enthusiastic about Xavers Tequila and from now on the two do something together. After a dispute about the name under which the joint product should be sold, Heino finds out that Xaver is burning in Munich, so it is not about tequila, but mezcal , analogous to champagne and sparkling wine . After Xaver had the electricity turned off due to late payment, he produced a power outage in parts of Munich by trying to tap into the power grid for his production.
At the awarding of the Bavarian Constitutional Medal to the President of the Court, Straschill, she told Kellermann and Menzinger about a meal with the President of the Regional Court. She was criticized for a procedural error in one of the two cases. Straschill had promised the president to banish the responsible judge to Wamperschwang, Menzinger was removed from his office as lay judge. Due to the power failure caused by Xaver, Julia and Charlie are locked in an elevator. There Julia tells that she left Berlin because of her mother, Regina, representative of the State of Berlin at the federal government and State Secretary for Civic Commitment and International Affairs, with whom she has not spoken for three years. Charlie makes the mistake of Straschill, but this does not change her decision to transfer Kellermann.
After Kellermann accidentally finds out that prosecutor Nils Rohrbach is the son of court president Straschill, she suspects that she will be transferred because she had turned Nils away. Julia threatens Straschill with the Office for the Protection of the Constitution for abuse of power and ensures that Charlie can again ensure justice as a lay judge and thus fulfill the last will of his late wife Marie. Julia was promised this in return for her silence. Julia, on the other hand, would fight back on herself. Julia's mother Regina visits Charlie and blames him for the transfer of her daughter. He should therefore ensure that Julia von Wamperschwang returns to her in Berlin. Charlie is however unfazed by Regina's threat. After Julia takes up her job in Wamperschwang, Charlie follows her there.
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main actor
| actor | Role name | Main role (episodes) |
Years | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markus Stoll | Charlie Menzinger | 1- | 2020– | Car mechanic, jury ; Marie Menzinger's husband † |
| Lisa Bitter | Dr. Julia Kellermann | 1- | 2020– | judge |
| Daniel Christensen | Franz Xaver Holzapfel | 1- | 2020– | Nickname "Xavier" |
| Helmfried von Lüttichau | Paul Seidl | 1- | 2020– | Husband of Therese Seidl † and father of Marie Menzinger † |
supporting cast
| actor | Role name | Years | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lilly Forgách | Ingeborg Straschill | 2020– | President of the Court |
| Florian year | Nils Rohrbach | 2020– | Prosecutor |
| Kristina Villages | Marie Menzinger † | 2020– | Wife of Charlie Menzinger; died in a car accident |
| Gilbert von Sohlern | Conrad Boll | 2020– | Aldermen |
| Mathilde Bundschuh | Prema | 2020– | Magistrate |
| Heike Koslowski | Mrs. Fröschl | 2020– | Defense attorney |
| Fritz Scheuermann | Police chief | 2020– | |
| René Dumont | Dr. Ortmann | 2020– | Judge |
Guest actors (selection)
| actor | Role name | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Heino Ferch | Heino Ferch | 2020 |
| Juliane Koehler | Regina Kellermann | 2020 |
| Hans-Jörg Bachmeier | Hans-Jörg Bachmeier | 2020 |
| Paul Sedlmeier | Realtor cheese maker | 2020 |
| Michael Brandner | Anton Waldmoser | 2020 |
| David Baalcke | Michael Thammer | 2020 |
| Theresa Hanich | Dr. Löbel | 2020 |
| Laura Osswald | Felicitas Schreyer | 2020 |
| Michael A. Grimm | Markus Grabinger | 2020 |
| Andreas Borcherding | Rudi Hinterstocker | 2020 |
| Laura Preiss | Commissioner Obermeyer | 2020 |
| Matthias Beier | Meckfressel | 2020 |
| Miguel Abrantes Ostrowski | Cold Carlos | 2020 |
| Klaus B. Wolf | landlord | 2020 |
| Norbert Ortner | landlord | 2020 |
| Maya Haddad | Angelika Maisch | 2020 |
| Enzo Leonardo Mandarà | Hans Maisch | 2020 |
| Florian Odendahl | Hermann Schlang | 2020 |
| Daniel Reber | Waldmoser Jr. | 2020 |
| Stephan Neumüller | Fisherman | 2020 |
| Raphael Oran | Beneke | 2020 |
| Florian Rockmeier | Peter Maisch | 2020 |
| Christian Obermüller | Man from the public utility company | 2020 |
| Rudiger Repert | Firefighter | 2020 |
Production and Background
The shooting took place from October 22nd to November 30th, 2019, the shooting took place in Munich . The series was produced by the German The Amazing Film Company ( Thomas Peter Friedl ) in coproduction with Ring of Fire (Gaby Bartolomeo and Ralf Kotowski).
Sylvia Risa was responsible for the costume design, Thomas Neudorfer for the production, Harti Küffner for the sound, Udo Riemer for the make-up and Stefany Pohlmann for the casting. The music comes from the band Dreiviertelblut from Upper Bavaria.
Episode list
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
Original title | First broadcast in Germany |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Amounted to | May 29, 2020 |
| 2 | 2 | Deprivation of liberty | May 29, 2020 |
| 3 | 3 | Arson | May 29, 2020 |
| 4th | 4th | Mayhem | May 29, 2020 |
| 5 | 5 | Full intoxication | May 29, 2020 |
| 6th | 6th | Withdrawal of electrical energy | May 29, 2020 |
reception
Glenn Riedmeier ( Fernsehserien.de / Wishlist.de ) found that fans of Bavarian series should definitely enjoy The Beischläfer . It remains to be seen whether the series has what it takes to become a classic like Monaco Franze - Der eternal Stenz or Kir Royal . The creators would have made an effort to transfer the charm of the nostalgia series into the present without looking old-fashioned. Anyone who is not yet familiar with Bavarian productions could stray with the very special humor and language, even though the dialect was largely dispensed with.
Kevin Hennings wrote on DWDL.de that director Anna-Katharina Maier strives for a balanced balance so that both original Munich residents and those who have adopted their home country can enjoy the series. In any case, the production manages to present Munich not only as a beautiful, but also as a pleasant place - and thus creates a successful contrast to the chiceria atmosphere that has often been presented in Bavarian series. Harry G would therefore not necessarily appeal to the generation that Ali G has come to love, but possibly all those who need new, Bavarian cosiness after Hubert and Staller .
Ursula Scheer said in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that the series was better than its title suggests. Because Der Beischläfer is by no means an uptight, frivolous gigolo-Schmonzette of the embarrassing kind, but a surprisingly charming collection of Munich stories. It is hearty, a little cheeky, never angry, and doe-eyed, the title hero looks into the camera. Stoll's generous restrained play makes secondary characters such as the adorable Hallodri Xaver Holzapfel shine.
Julian Miller found on Oddsmeter.de that the very Bavarian Amazon series wanted to be as cool as Monaco Franze, but ended up with more cheerful to fatal . The scripts relied so much on common and expectable patterns that most of the time you don't think you are with an ambitious streaming provider, but in the remnants of the cheerful-to-fatal death zone, where local color always takes precedence over narrative coherence. In the end, unfortunately, there would be little more than a random Munich romance, an eternal stenz like Monaco Franze, but was not even created here.
Gunther Reinhardt wrote in the Stuttgarter Nachrichten that the series, like the Joyn series from the diary of an Uber driver published the day before, is based on an original basic idea, is full of funny ideas, is not stingy with idiosyncratic characters and is worth switching on, although it is worthwhile The co-sleeper proved to be the series surprise of the month. Compared to the Weimar crime scene , for which screenwriter Murmel Clausen is also jointly responsible, the tone in the Amazon series is somewhat quieter, more black-humored and permeated with gentle melancholy.
Wolfgang Höbel wrote in the Spiegel that the series was in a shameless manner based on the classic Bavarian life artist series by Helmut Dietl . There is a courage to be foolhardy and exaggerated that can sometimes be found a bit silly. In many scenes a wild brass music accompaniment honks and pumps, every major change of scene is crammed full of reveling postcard images from the Munich city panorama. The art of the director consists in always leaving it up to the audience whether they want to see this bombardment of Bavarian guilt as a sign of enthusiasm or as a means of ironic distancing.
Doris Priesching described the series on DerStandard.at as a mixture of the Royal Bavarian District Court , two Munich residents in Hamburg and judge Barbara Salesch . This rivalry for an audience that tends to cavort in linear TV . However, it is miles away from Monaco Franze , with which the series is advertised.
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According to the market research company Goldmedia, the series generated 3.18 million gross contacts in the first seven days after publication and thus came in second behind the Netflix series Haus des Geldes on their video-on-demand charts.
Web links
- The lover in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The co-sleeper at crew united
- The co-sleeper at Fernsehserien.de
- The co-sleeper on the Ring of Fire website
Individual evidence
- ↑ New Amazon series: Harry G is "The Sleeper". In: goldenekamera.de. May 29, 2020, accessed May 29, 2020 .
- ↑ a b The co-sleeper at crew united . Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ↑ Amazon original series "The Beischläfer". In: ring-of-fire.de. April 2, 2020, accessed May 29, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Glenn Riedmeier: TV criticism / review: "The bed sleeper": Is the new Amazon series a legitimate successor to "Monaco Franze"? In: Wishlist.de . May 29, 2020, accessed May 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Glenn Riedmeier: "Der Beischläfer": Is the new Amazon series a legitimate successor to "Monaco Franze"? - Review. In: Fernsehserien.de . May 28, 2020, accessed May 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Kevin Hennings: "The lover": Harry G is nothing for the generation of Ali G. In: DWDL.de . May 29, 2020, accessed May 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Ursula Scheer: Nothing can go wrong with this lay judge in court. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . May 29, 2020, accessed May 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Julian Miller: The Critics: «The Sleeper». In : quotemeter.de . May 31, 2020, accessed May 31, 2020 .
- ↑ Gunther Reinhardt: New streaming series from Germany: “Der Beischläfer” versus “From the diary of an Uber driver”. In: stuttgarter-nachrichten.de. May 27, 2020, accessed May 31, 2020 .
- ↑ Wolfgang Höbel : "Der Beischläfer" on Amazon Prime: A bissel what is still possible. In: Der Spiegel . May 31, 2020, accessed June 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Doris Priesching: Bavaria on Amazon Prime in "Der Beischläfer": The Hallodri is always right. In: DerStandard.at . June 2, 2020, accessed May 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Sidney Schering: VOD-Charts: «Der Beischläfer» makes a very respectable start. In : quotemeter.de . June 6, 2020, accessed June 6, 2020 .