The children from the Alstertal

Television series
Original title	The children from the Alstertal
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Year (s)	1998-2004
length	25 minutes
Episodes	52 in 4 seasons
genre	Children's series
Director	Monika Zinnenberg
idea	Marlies Kerremans, ; Jörn Schröder, ; Horst Peter Lommerl
production	Televersal , NDR
music	Thomas Hettwer , ; Frederick Thoele
German-language ; first broadcast	December 7, 1998 on KI.KA
occupation

Die Kinder vom Alstertal is a German children's series of the NDR , which was produced from 1998 to 2004 and comprises 52 episodes. The series shows some parallels to the 52-part children's series Neues vom Süderhof . The director was also Monika Zinnenberg .

About the Alstertal

It's like living in the country - and yet in the city: Gut Alstertal is a holiday farm for children and families in Hamburg's Alstertal . There is a subway nearby that leads to the center of Hamburg. In the immediate vicinity there are excursion destinations such as the North Sea , the beautiful swimming lake , the fish ponds , the museum village and the creepy moor .

Which was built Good Alstertal the family Clement and the family summer country: from two related families. They each have children who experience many adventures together on the show. In the course of time there have been new additions, including Rose, Kiki, Moritz, Dolly (shepherd dog) or Tarzan (parrot).

In fact, the series was only shot in a few external scenes in the real Alstertal ; the manors, on the other hand, are actually in Brock or, from the third season, in Wiedingen , both suburbs of Soltau .

characters

Carla Sommerland

Carla is the mother of Timo and the adoptive mother of Tobias and Kiki. Her mother-in-law Ami owns the Alstertal estate and she mainly takes care of the horses on the farm. Her husband Karl died many years earlier. She has a relationship with Jan Kruse in the first half of the series. In the third season she moves to Hamburg, which is why she only has sporadic appearances.

Susanne "Susi" Clement

Susi and her husband Uwe have two girls, Hexe and Lisa. Her mother Ami owns the Alstertal estate. Her brother Karl died many years earlier. Since then, her sister-in-law Carla and her children have lived on the estate. Susi is mainly responsible for the finances. She is always very skeptical about changes and is easily irritable if she is not asked.

Uwe Clement

Uwe is Susi's husband and the father of Hexe and Lisa. He was a seaman and among other things learned on the Gorch Fock . He maintains good contacts with the Hamburg water police. His tasks on the farm are mainly field work and handicrafts. Uwe is the calm pole in the family. The children, whether his own or Carla's, can come to him at any time. Since his brother-in-law Karl died, he has taken on the role of father for Tobias and Timo and later also for Kiki. This is repeated later with Merle, Niklas, Rose and Moritz.

Timo Sommerland

Timo is 13 years old at the beginning of the series and therefore as old as his cousin Witch. His biggest hobby is canoeing on the Alster. His dog is called Oskar. He is the son of Carla and Karl and the brother of Tobias and Kiki and the cousin of Julia and Lisa. His role changes a lot in the series. He turns away from canoeing and music. He plays the keyboard and starts a band. In the middle of the series, he meets Britta. In the fourth season he lives with Carla in Hamburg and is therefore rarely seen in the series.

Julia "witch" Clement

Julia, called a witch, is 13 years old. She is in the same class, 7a, as her cousin Timo. Julia is a good rider, she initially plays hockey and does gymnastics throughout the series. Her favorite horse is called Justus. She lives in the same room as her sister Lisa, with whom there are often quarrels. She's a nut at math and she's afraid of thunderstorms. In the fourth season she flies to Spain for a year.

Lisa Clement

Lisa (12) is Witch's little sister and thus the third oldest of the children. She goes to the same high school as Timo, Hexe and Tobias. Britta, Timo's friend, goes to her class, 6b. Lisa's long-term boyfriend is called Sebastian, but she separates from him in episode 29. Lisa often takes over the work in the farm shop to supplement her pocket money. She is the only one of the "original" Alstertal children who is present throughout the series.

Tobias Sommerland

Tobias (9) is Carla's adopted son. However, he only found out by chance. At first he was very interested in astronomy and his chicken Einstein. He is Kiki's caregiver and becomes her best friend. After the family moved to the new Gut Alstertal, he became interested in football and wanted to join the HSV and become a professional footballer. In the fourth season he moves to Carla in Hamburg and can no longer be seen in the series.

Kim-Vi summer land

Kim-Vi, called Kiki, is a Vietnamese girl that Carla brings with her from Thailand at the beginning of the show. Her parents died in a major fire. Kiki has a congenital heart defect, which is then corrected surgically so that she can start school. Kiki learns quickly and enjoys looking after the animals on the farm. She has not appeared in the series since she lived with Timo and Carla in Hamburg.

Ami

Amalie (Ami) is the mother of Susi and the late Karl. She owns the Alstertal estate. Her grandchildren are Timo, Tobias, Hexe, Lisa and Kiki. Ami loves horses and is usually very generous. She drives a BMW convertible.

Broadcasts

The children from the Alstertal were and will be broadcast on public television , in the first and various third television programs. The first broadcast of the 52 episodes in KiKA took place between December 7, 1998 and September 17, 2004. Before that, a special ran on December 4, 1998: We are the children of the Alstertal - report on the shooting of the new series .

occupation

main actor

actor	Role name	Role description	consequences
Marco Soumikh	Timo Sommerland	Son of Carla, brother of Tobias, cousin of Lisa and Hexe, plays in a band, friend of Britta	1-33, 36-37, 41-43, 47, 51-52
Tim Küchler	Tobias Sommerland	Carla's adopted son, Timo's brother	1-34, 36-37, 39, 41-42
Katharina Wäschenbach	Lisa Clement	Sister of witch, cousin of Timo	1-42, 44-49, 52
Marleen Lohse	Julia "witch" Clement	Lisa's sister, Timo's cousin	1-31, 33-41, 47, 49-51
Thuy-Anh Cao	Kim-Vi "Kiki" Cao / Sommerland	Carla's adopted daughter, originally from Vietnam	1-34, 36
Simone Ritscher	Carla Sommerland	Widow of Carl, mother of Timo,	1-29, 31-34, 36, 42, 51
Kerstin Draeger	Susanne "Susi" Clement	Sister of Carl, mother of Lisa and the witch, wife of Uwe	1-36, 44-48, 50-52
Lennardt Kruger	Uwe Clement	Lisi's father and witch, Susi's husband	1-36, 38-48, 50, 52
Ursula Hinrichs	Amalie "Ami" summer land	Mother of Susi and Carl, grandma of Timo, Tobias, Lisa, Hexe and Kiki	1-28, 30, 33-35, 37-41, 43-44, 47-52
Niklas Pries	Niklas Hartung	Son of Claudia, brother of Merle	2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12-13, 16-21, 23-30, 32-40, 42-52
Elisa Pries	Merle Hartung	Daughter of Claudia, sister of Niklas	2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12-13, 16-21, 23-30, 32-52
Jan Hendrik Heinzmann	Painted Minners	Son of Carla's friend Rosa, is supposed to do an internship as a horse manager, takes over the farm shop, moves into the trailer from Bienen-Bobby, a motorcyclist	16, 18, 19, 22, 24-45, 47, 48, 50-52
Féréba Koné	Rose Reimer	Merle's girlfriend from gymnastics, father works on an oil rig	34-40, 42-52
Alexander Loeffler	Moritz Danert	Former holiday child stays on the estate as his mother travels a lot	35-40, 42-46, 49-52

Supporting Actors - Adults

actor	Role name	Role description	consequences
Sonia Farke	Barbara "Babsi" Koehler	works in the farm shop, was previously a nurse, girlfriend of Markt-Henry, buys the horse Mistral and then gives up the farm shop	1-9, 11-13, 15-17, 19-21, 25
Thor W. Muller	Market Henry	Supplier for the farm shop, Babsi's friend	2, 6-9, 11-13
Reinhard Krökel	Jan Kruse	Biology teacher, (temporarily) friend of Carla	2-9, 12, 13, 16-19
Roswitha Timm	Mrs. Winkler	Customer in the farm shop and at the street stall (episode 48)	3, 4, 10, 17, 21, 38, 47-48
Edgar Bessen	Bee Bobby (Mr. Valeitis)	Timo helps him when he has a fit of weakness while boating, moves his beehives to the estate, leaves the estate to help rebuild his birthplace	3, 5, 7-9, 11, 12
Monika Haeckermann	Mrs. Reger	Math teacher	8, 19
Lutz Herkenrath	Professor Speckmann	Tobias' English teacher	9-11
Birgit Bockmann	Claudia Hartung	Old friend of Susi, mother of Merle and Niklas, (ex) alcoholic, ex-husband Manfred lives in Munich	10, 26, 32-34, 36, 37, 39-44, 49
Karin Heine	Mrs. Brunner	customer	15, 16, 48, 51
Julia Demtroder	Mrs. Schönfeld	Diana's mother	26, 39, 43
Christian von Richthofen	Dr. Wohlfeld	Works in the planetarium, flies a glider	27, 33
Anne Moll	Caroline Danert	Moritz's mother, works for a major fashion magazine	35, 36, 41, 44
Ben Hecker	Dr. Tanner	vet	35, 47
Jasper Vogt	Forester Förnbach		40, 45

Supporting actors - children

actor	Role name	Role description	consequences
Cosima Alessa Grimm	Hanna Bertels	Friend of a witch who had a riding accident with her horse Justus	1, 7-11, 14, 19
Christian Dirksen	Sebastian Seibold	(temporarily) friend of Lisa	3-5, 8-9, 12-13, 20-21, 24, 28-29
Bjorn Vaughn	David	Player in the hockey club that witch is in love with	4-5, 12
Alina Eschke	Henrike	Classmate of Hexe and Timo, plays in Hexes hockey team, rides	4-5, 7-8, 12, 14
Jens Versemann	Ulf	Friend of Timo, guitarist in Timo's band (temporarily) interested in witches	5, 8, 10-13, 17, 19, 20-23, 26-27, 31-33, 36-37, 41-42, 52
Anna Münchow	Mia	Play on Hexes hockey team	5, 12, 14
Louisa Herfert	Britta Hansen (in episode 11 Sandmann)	Friend of Timo	9, 11-13, 18, 21, 23-24, 28, 31, 37, 42
Jonas Reinsch	Leon Leptin	(temporarily) friend of witch, plays basketball, is committed to nature conservation	13 (as Karsten) , 22, 25
Jakob Wäschenbach	Jacob	Drummer in Timo's band	17, 20-21, 23, 26-27, 31-33, 36-37, 42, 52
Yasmin Büyüksapci	Canan	Wealthy classmate who tries to buy into Timo's band & the witch borrows money for a cell phone	23, 26, 31
Clara Paulina Witsch	Diana Schönfeld	Friend of Niklas, who takes riding lessons at Gut Alstertal	26, 32, 39, 43, 46
André Mechela	Markus	(at times) friend of Lisa, knows magic tricks	28-31, 38
Dennis Christian	Jonas	Kiki's friend, his uncle works in the elephant house at the Hagenbeck Zoo	28-30
Janina Uhse	Vanessa	Guest on the estate that Tobias is in love with	32, 41, 42
Leonard Boes	Paul	Friend of Moritz	44-45

Episode roles

actor	Role name	Role description	consequences
Jasmine Buterfas	Sonia Pommerenke	Water police	2, 9
Konstantin Graudus	Holger	Water police, old friend of Uwe	2, 9
Erkki Hopf	Emergency doctor	Takes care of Bee Bobby	3
Timo Tessen	Jens	Timo's friend, with whom he paddles
Kevin Puritz	Kevin	Grandson of Bee Bobby
Burkhard Schmeerofen (in the credits as Bur g performed hard)	Dr. Büscher (in episode 48 in a different role)	School doctor examining Kiki	7th
Wolfgang Häntsch	Prof. Block	Heart specialist at Eppendorf Hospital, operates on Kiki	8th
Marek Erhardt	Police officer	Records missing persons for Tobias and Kiki	9
Tim Dominick Lee	2nd officer	Find Tobias and Kiki on a ship
Ralph Obenhaupt	Dock workers	Meets Tobias and Kiki on the Elbe
Dolly dollars	Mrs. Wesemann	Works for customer Aeromeal - Food Company des Guts	10, 12
Fabian Harloff	Buddy	Known by Britta, who is the band Kids in Between cares	13
Renate Delfs	Frida	Market woman
Ilona Christina Schulz	policewoman	Checks wallet theft
Angela Hobrig	Market stall customer	Woman who claims to have been stolen from Timo
Kids in between	Band in which Timo sings for a short time (Timo's actor, Marco Soumikh, was a member of the real band KIB)
Isabella Grothe	Mrs. Hahn	Kiki's class teacher	14th
Heinz Lück	Bernd Heitmann	Horse breeder moving to the USA	14th
Tobias Pippig	Mario	Crashkid, lives in a hut in the woods after an accident with a stolen car Tobias naively tries to help him	15th
Isabelle Carlson	Woman boy	Woman from the youth welfare office handling Kiki's adoption	17th
Hildegard Hötte	policewoman	Supervises the moped course where Timo drives into the police car	18th
Sven Mallon	Farmer	Asks Timo for help
Siegfried Fuchs	ranger	Encountered Timo on a motorcycle on a forest path
Wilfried Dziallas	Hannes Hülps	Answers to a personal ad for Carla	19th
Kristina Pauls	Jana	Older classmates, blackmail witch for stolen math work
Max Engelke		Older classmates, blackmail witch for stolen math work
Herbert Tennigkeit	Heribert Dülmen	Answers to a personal ad for Carla	19 (as photo), 20
Cora Waschke	Mona	from Rinaldo Circus, performs with horse doll	20th
Rudiger Wolff	Robby Quante	Photographer doing a shoot with witch	21st
Robert Missler	Bank employee handing Ami the profit saving check
Sandy Eick	Sandy	Classmate of witch who wants to apply for a photo story
Engin Akcelik	Mr. Cemas	Wants to buy Sally the horse	22nd
Peter Heinrich Brix	Police officer Kruger	Record Ami's complaint about the theft of their wallet	23
Edgar Hoppe	Police officer	Record Ami's complaint about the theft of their wallet
Hannelore Droege	Saleswoman in the clothing store
Sarah Mesgarzadeh	Sophie	The owner of the shepherd dog Dinah is run over in front of Niklas and Merle. The German shepherd lives on the estate and is the mother of Merle's later dog Dolly.	24, 30
Van Phuong La	Mr. Son	Lived with Kiki in a refugee home in Thailand	27
Felix Beyerbach	Soren	Leader of a boys gang in Kiki's class	28
Marco Dabelstein	Uli	Member of Soeren's gang
Julian Methler	Paddy	Member of Soeren's gang
Joachim Richert	Mr. Kluge	buys the German shepherd puppy Dixie	30th
Franziska Dressel	Franziska	Friend of Sophie (p. 24)
Sascha Greve	Jens	Friend of Sophie (p. 24)
Sebastian Niebuhr	Torsten	Lisa's classmate wants to give her sailing lessons
Bo Hansen	tries to teach Lisa sailing
Vincent Büsch	Peter	Markus' sailing partner
Ulli Lothmanns	Director Dr. Seidel	School director of Timo, Hexe and Lisa	31
Holger Umbreit	Ahlers jun.	Want to buy the south pastures of the estate to enlarge their golf course. Mix bracken into the horse feed of the estate	35
Claus Fuchs	Ahlers sen.
Ditte Peter	Mrs. Schwarzer	Former neighbor of Merle and Niklas naturopath who gives Rose and Merle healing stones for the sick horses
Urs Affolter	Photographer Max	Makes Caroline Danert's shoot into country house fashion on the farm	36
Farina Jansen	Assistant Ina	Helps Caroline Danert's country-house fashion shoot on the farm	36
Eckart Dux	Robert	Ami's childhood friend, lives in Spain	37
Edie Samland	Mrs. Bayer	Pharmacist at Lisa's internship	38
Ursula Graeff	Mrs. Busse	Customer in the pharmacy
Nicole Unger	Mrs. Busse's neighbor
Elke Aberle	Dog trainer		40
Jan Fedder	Tractor representative
Berenice Kockisch	Mrs. Ohlendorf	Dog breeder kidnapping Dolly
Susanne Walbaum	Mrs. Anders	Hofgast, Kevin's mother	42
Daniela Hüthmair	Mrs. Holm	Lara's mother
David Uhse	Kevin	Son of Mrs. Anders
Mara-Shirin Hetzmann	Lara	Guest child on the farm who has a riding accident
Albrecht C. Dennhardt	Police officer	Involved in defusing grenades in the stable	43
Gert Schaefer	Demolitionist
Florian end	Explosive Assistant
Olaf Bartels	Mr. Bartels	Shelter worker, pick up the runaway raccoon	45
Tom Muller	Mr. Kunze	Paul's father	45
Markus Stolberg	Mr. Erdmann	Niklas' chemistry teacher	46
Uli Wriedt	Supplier Uli	Delivers feed to the farm
Klaus Martin	Servant Hermann	Goes in search of Tarzan with Merle and Rose
Heidi cable	Old lady
Lars Heitmann	Taxi driver I
Lutz Herkenrath	Taxi driver II
Juan Enrique Garcia Segado	Manolo	Julia's boyfriend during her student exchange in Spain	47
Franz Joseph Dieken	Seller	Set up a street stall to compete with the estate's shop	48
Burkhard Schmeer	official	The public order office convicts street stall operators for counterfeit organic products
Willi Lütjens	Customer in the farm shop
Jazmin Maderycz	Moritz 'class teacher
Christian Bruch	photographer	Photographed Moritz with his class on the first day of school
Johannes Langer	Andreas	Get to know Merle & Rose in Heide-Park Soltau	49
Andy Jobmann	Holger	Get to know Merle & Rose in Heide-Park Soltau	49
Marett Klahn	Rebecca	Lisa's riding student	52
Udo Jolly	supplier	Bring movie projector for the open house
Janina Thom	customer
Singa Gätgens	Reporter Alstertal Kurier (43) Client Melanie (50, 51)		43, 50, 51
Thomas Krätzig	Postman Thomas		19, 51

Episodes

season 1

01: Hey, Kiki
02: Three are one too many
03: Off on vacation
04: The first kiss
05: Broken dreams
06: My Darling from the Internet
07: Kiki is not allowed to learn to read
08: Party fever
09: A ship to the Far East
10: Gift and Sweets
11: A night full of ghosts
12: potato fire
13: Timo reaches for the stars

season 2

14: The braces
15: The outlier
16: Easter lamb with rosemary
17: Kiki looks through
18: Timo's excursion
19: A witch in a tight spot
20: All because of Mona
21: Witch is discovered
22: April, April
23: Boys and Girls
24: Walpurgis Night
25: Who will save Mistral?
26: With a bow and arrow

season 3

27: Visit from the past
28: Jungle night with Kiki
29: Tobias on the ball
30: who loves whom?
31: The grease bug
32: Tobias got it
33: Niklas takes off
34: Commitment to Rose
35: Wrong spell
36: Moritz knows what he wants
37: The treasure map
38: Lisa in need
39: All men’s business

Season 4

40: Friendship in danger
41: Always stay cool
42: Storm-free booth
43: Large scale operation in the hen house
44: Mother's Day again
45: On the trail of the perpetrator
46: The big bang
47: Greetings from Barcelona
48: A case for Merle and Rose
49: Moritz and the dolphins
50: The diary thief
51: The casting
52: The movie

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Life rages on the organic estate. Hamburger Abendblatt, December 7, 1998, accessed on May 26, 2015 .
↑ Fernsehserien.de
↑ http://www.menkenhof-soltau.de/ The Menkenhof

[1] Life rages on the organic estate. Hamburger Abendblatt, December 7, 1998, accessed on May 26, 2015 .

[2] Fernsehserien.de

[3] ttp://www.menkenhof-soltau.de/ The Menkenhof