The Havel Emperor
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Havel Emperor |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | 1994-2000 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Episodes | 11 in 4 seasons |
| genre | Family series |
| idea | Knut Boeser |
| production | new German film company |
| music | Günther Fischer |
| First broadcast | April 4, 1994 on Das Erste |
| occupation | |
u. v. a. | |
The Havelkaiser is an 11-part television series that was produced in four seasons by the new German film company on behalf of ARD between 1994 and 2000. Directed by Herbert Ballmann and Eberhard Pieper .
action
The series is about the Berlin entrepreneur Richard Kaiser and his family, who runs a shipyard and shipping business on the Havel . Richard, who has successfully expanded the family business, has to fight back the financial demands of his economically less successful brother Bruno and his wife Magda in the first few episodes. The relationship with his own children is also exposed to strain: his daughter Vera's marriage to the chef Ecki is about to end, for which Richard, with his patriarchal demeanor, is not entirely to blame. His youngest daughter Jette, who is to succeed Richard to manage the shipyard, has a lesbian relationship with the lawyer Elisabeth. His son Ulrich fails because of dubious real estate deals and has to go to jail. In the 10th episode, Richard marries his longtime employee Lotte. After his daughter Vera drowns tragically and parts of the Kaiser shipyard are destroyed by a major fire, Richard Kaiser decides to postpone his planned retirement and to continue running the company.
Episode list
|
Number (total) |
Number (season) |
title | First broadcast (on Das Erste ) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 (1) | Launch | April 4, 1994 |
| 2 | 2 (1) | Ready to turn | April 6, 1994 |
| 3 | 3 (1) | Storm warning | April 8, 1994 |
| 4th | 1 (2) | Cast off | March 2, 1996 |
| 5 | 2 (2) | Out of control | March 6, 1996 |
| 6th | 3 (2) | Sure ship | March 8, 1996 |
| 7th | 1 (3) | Full speed ahead | April 21, 1998 |
| 8th | 2 (3) | Average | April 22, 1998 |
| 9 | 3 (3) | Land in sight | April 24, 1998 |
| 10 | 1 (4) | Keel above | May 1, 2000 |
| 11 | 2 (4) | Firestorm | May 3, 2000 |
reception
"[...] If a television film fails, the author and director always have to take the beating. The mimes cannot help it, they are puppets. That's mostly true when things go wrong. But that actors who are not puppets, a modest story and a simple direction more than make up for the fact that they can win great moments from a maudlin family film and thereby bribe the viewer and seduce them to endure even a three-part - that is what the Havelkaiser taught . "
Trivia
In September 2006, a converted open space in the Berlin district of Spandau was renamed Havelkaiser-Platz . For the first time in Germany a public square was named after a television series.
The series also received media attention through the theme of a lesbian love affair between daughter Jette Kaiser (played by Marion Kracht ) and her friend Elisabeth (played by Michèle Marian ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ zeit.de: Review on zeit.de , Die Zeit in the online article, April 15, 1994, accessed on December 27, 2009.
- ↑ Berliner Morgenpost of June 10, 2008: A place for the "Havelkaiser" .