The long way of Luke B. (TV series)

Television series
German title	The long way of Luke B.
Original title	By way of the stars
Country of production	Canada , Germany
original language	English
year	1992
length	240 minutes
Episodes	4th
genre	Children's series , adventure series
Director	Allan King
production	Kevin Sullivan
music	John Welsman
German-language first broadcast	December 26th, 1992 on ZDF
occupation
Zachary Bennett : Lukas Bienmann Gema Zamprogna : Ursula von Knabig Christian Kohlund : Karl Bienmann Anja Kruse : Maria Bienmann Dietmar Schönherr : Friedrich Brunneck Hannes Jaenicke : Otto von Lebrecht Jan Rubeš : Peddler Nathan Dominique Sanda : Christina von Knabig Günther Maria Halmer : Heinrich von Knabig Volker Lechtenbrink : Servant Jürgen Andrew Bednarski : Helmut Michael Mahonen : Ben Davis Gavin Magrath : Mathias Toby Proctor : Franz Jiri Dolanski : Hans Damon Redfern : Dietrich von Brabent Dennis Strong : Virgil Johnson Tantoo Cardinal : Franoise John Neville : Professor Billby Albert Millaire : Renauld RH Thomson : priest Frances Bay : Annie Pyle Michelle St John : White Feather Jan Nemejowski : Piet Katarina Krizanova : Charlotte von Brabent Suzanna Jeserka : Johanna von Brabent Miroslav Donutil : Albert Vlado Durdík : Baron Lyczinsky Peter Debnar : The magistrate Chris Wiggins : Captain Harris John Gilbert : Captain Hébert David Fox : Mr. Passlinger

The Long Way of Luke B. is a television series. The adaptation of the youth novel of the same name by Willi Fährmann was broadcast on ZDF in 1992 as a six-part Christmas film.

content

The Bienmanns are a family of carpenters . But in the vicinity of their small village in East Prussia there was no longer enough work at the end of the 19th century to support them and the families of their employees. So Lukas' grandfather decides to go to America with his team for a few years in order to earn big money there.

When Lukas Otto von Lebrecht is seen murdering and his father is falsely accused of this crime, Lukas decides to go to America with him.

For the village teacher, a revolutionary, America seems to be the salvation from the Prussian judiciary. So he accompanies the carpenters. Mathilde Bienmann, who is in love with the teacher, joins as a stowaway.

Lukas finds the first traces of his father, an unfinished figurehead, on the ship . After a storm, the carpenters repair everything that was broken on the ship, and Lukas, with the help of his grandfather, finishes carving the Neptune for the bow. In return for schnapps, he receives stories about his father from the sailmaker.

In America, the Bienmanns travel across the country, building churches, houses and bridges. Two of the carpenters from the village die in the process. Again and again the tracks of his father cross Lukas' path.

Awards

In 1994 there were Gemini Award nominations for Allan King (director) and John Welsman (music) for the series .

literature

• Willi Fährmann: The Bienmann saga . Süddeutscher Verlag, Munich
  • 1. The long way of Luke B. 2001, ISBN 3-86615-104-7

Web links

• The long road of Luke as the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The long way of Lukas B. at Fernsehserien.de