The Ludolfs - 4 brothers in the junkyard

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Television series
Original title	The Ludolfs - 4 brothers in the junkyard
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Year (s)	2006–2011, 2016
Production company	Preview Production GBR
length	42 minutes
Episodes	92+ in 8 seasons
genre	Documentary soap
First broadcast	September 2, 2006 on DMAX

Die Ludolfs - 4 Brüder auf'm Schrottplatz is a docu-soap of the German television channel DMAX . It was about four brothers who ran a car recycling business in Dernbach, Rhineland-Palatinate .

History of production

Ludolf's car recycling in Dernbach

The car recycling seen from the street

In 2002 the SWR produced a program about the 700th anniversary of Dernbach's village. The mayor made the film team aware of the Ludolfs. A short portrait of the four Ludolfs Uwe (* September 27, 1951), Horst-Günter (* February 22, 1954 - January 31, 2011), Peter (* August 5, 1955) and Manfred "Manni" (* 29 July 1962) and the then still living mother Marianne Ludolf, b. Krügener (1932-2005), shot. SWR later produced a two-part documentary of 30 minutes each with the title Schrott-Brüder - Die Autoverwerter aus dem Westerwald .

Various private broadcasters , such as Kabel 1 and RTL II , wrote additional articles about the Ludolfs for their magazine programs and reports. From 2006 the special interest broadcaster DMAX produced a television series on the subject. This became so successful that DMAX broadcast a 24-hour "Ludolf Marathon" for the first time on New Year 2008, which was repeated in 2009 and 2010. On the DMAX website it was possible to vote on which episodes should be shown in the new year's program of the station. In 2008 and 2009, this type of programming meant that the broadcaster had the highest daily market shares in its history.

On March 12, 2008, the fourth season of the series began, consisting of 17 episodes. In 2008 Erwin Hilbert produced the Ludolf brothers and their first musical setting, "We are the Ludolf brothers!" The fifth season started on January 28, 2009 with nine episodes. The sixth season started on April 1, 2009 and consisted of five episodes. The first episode of the sixth season premiered online on the DMAX website. The series can now also be seen on Dutch television (with subtitles) and, since the beginning of 2008, has been dubbed in Russian on Discovery Channel . The broadcast in other European countries is planned.

In February 2011 it was announced that the production of further episodes would switch from Preview Production to Good Times . The new episodes, each subdivided into five-minute " webisodes ", will initially only be published on the Internet.

On the afternoon of Christmas Eve 2011 , ProSieben broadcast a single episode entitled Schöne Bescherung with the Ludolfs with guests Charlotte Karlinder and “Checker” Thomas Karaoglan .

On July 26, 2012, Sport1 managing director Thilo Proff announced that the Ludolfs would be broadcast on Sport1 with a new broadcast format from September 5, 2012 . Every Wednesday from 9:15 p.m. to 10:15 p.m., the three brothers in SEK Ludolf - Das Schrott-Einsatz-Kommando could not only be seen in the junkyard during their everyday life, but also received a special order in each episode, which they performed in their own way should solve. In the first episode, for example, they pimped up an old Lincoln in order to compete in the 1/8 mile race at “Sport1 Trackday”, which was broadcast live.

action

Gate to the court of the Ludolfs

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Peter Ludolf explains the "heap principle"

The television series shows the life and work of the Ludolf brothers, who run a car recycling company. In over 30 years, up to his death, together with her father, the company founder Horst Ludolf (1925–1991), around three million car parts were collected on various heaps in a warehouse, according to her own statements. The way the brothers work and the parts store based on the “ heap principle ” are very unusual, which earned the car recycling in the vicinity a certain reputation long before the first film recordings. The series draws its charm from the different characters of the brothers, who are also perceived as humorous, as well as from the often bizarre-looking devotion with which they devote themselves to their work in the junkyard. Some episodes deal with family outings, such as the Ruhr area or Great Britain . In the eighth season, renovation measures are carried out in the company.

Recurring elements

In addition to canning, the recurring elements of the series also include the preparation of various oldtimers or the tuning , repairing and painting of older vehicles. In addition to their work, the brothers often organize races with vehicles that are ready for scrap or give themselves to various experiments in remote areas, such as a crash test or a moose test . After the first half, Peter prepares lunch for his brothers in almost every episode, mostly pasta , but often also dishes that fit the theme of the episode in question. For example, in the episode “Elk test à la Ludolfs”, in which two Volvo vehicles can be seen, he cooks his brothers with Swedish köttbullar . Manni uses a special kind of conflict resolution in several episodes: he insults his garden gnomes , whom he has named Günter, Peter, Uwe and Manfred, on behalf of them. Almost every episode ends with an evening dialogue between Peter and Manni, which quotes the take at the end of every episode of the television series The Waltons .

actor

Uwe Ludolf on August 5th, 2011

The main actors of the show are Peter, Uwe, Manfred and Horst-Günter (Günter) Ludolf. Each of the four brothers has a special task.

Managing director Peter Ludolf knows exactly which car part he has put in the warehouse on one of the piles sorted by assembly. It is up to Peter (his own name: “The Computer Brain”) to find the parts the customer wants. Peter is unmarried and lives with the playful Manni in their parents' house on the company premises.

“Casanova” Uwe Ludolf, on the other hand, leads a middle-class life with wife Karin and three children, who should take over the business later if possible. Uwe and Manni (own designation: "Kraft und Hand", due to the division of labor into coarser and finer activities) are responsible for collecting and canning the junk cars. Manni has been married since October 10, 2012.

Günter Ludolf was responsible for direct customer contact. He took the telephone and personal customer inquiries and stoically passed them on to Peter for procurement. In addition, he took care of the issuing or packaging and shipping of the ordered parts. Günter suffered a life crisis after being cheated on by his wife. Since then he has spoken little, reluctant to move, no longer drove a car, smoked a lot and ate almost exclusively coffee and vitamin tablets during working hours. He died on the night of January 31, 2011 of complications from a heart attack .

Guests

In the episode "Daddy Cool", rappers Bushido and Kay One are looking for a replacement part for a Ford Fiesta.

Influence and perception

In the ranking show Die 10… the protagonists were certified as having “weird XXL careers” in 2009, and in general the success of the Ludolfs is often perceived by the media with amazement. According to the mayor of Dernbach, between 15,000 and 20,000 people came to the Ludolfs in April 2007 on the occasion of an “open day”, which is said to have led to a traffic jam on the nearby Autobahn 3 .

Media presence

The Ludolfs have already appeared on various television programs, including Schmidt & Pocher , TV total , Kerner , Sat.1 breakfast television and Stern TV . They also took part in some TV total sports events , such as the Wok World Cup in 2009 and 2010 and, since 2008, in the TV total Stock Car Crash Challenge . At the Stock Car Crash Challenge 2009, Manfred took third place for vehicles up to 1500  cm³ , and Uwe took second place for vehicles up to 1900 cm³. At the Stock Car Crash Challenge 2011 Manfred finished third in the 1500 cm³ class and won the so-called rodeo together with teammate Joey Kelly . The Ludolfs were also parodied in the television series Switch reloaded . Manfred also took part in the ProSieben reality show Die Alm in 2011 , in which he also won. In 2017 Manfred took part, together with his wife, at the summer house of the stars .

Promotion and other media

With the increasing popularity of the television series, efforts by the rights holders to re- use the brand increased. Some fans of the Ludolfs criticized this "commercialization". For those that reveal themselves in particular in the production of a single that the Ludolfs recorded together with Jürgen Milski , as well as in the futureTV offer, where each episode of the program was divided into several five-minute “webisodes”.

Motion picture

The Munich production company Preview Production, which also produced the docusoap on DMAX, shot the movie Die Ludolfs - The Film: Thank you for Italy in cooperation with Zorro Film GmbH . . Users could suggest the film title in the title competition on the Internet. The running time of the film is about 98 minutes, locations were among others the local Dernbach and Venice . Before the German theatrical release on April 9, 2009, a premiere party took place on April 4, 2009 with around 1500 guests in a rented tire warehouse in Daufenbach , to which the Ludolfs also came.

Rally participation

In June and July 2010 Preview Production produced a series special for Kabel 1 that accompanied the four brothers as participants in the Dresden – Breslau adventure rally. The two-hour documentary shows the way to the rally and the experiences within the race itself, which extends over eight days and a total of 1500 km. The Ludolfs started with the number 263, the support vehicle with the 264. It was first broadcast on July 17, 2010.

Books

So far three books have been published: Die Ludolfs - The book about the background to the series, Peter cooks with 40 recipes as well as memories from and on Horst Günter Ludolf with an illustrated book and biography of the late Horst-Günter Ludolf. In addition, a comic entitled The Ludolfs - The Curse of Tut Nich Imun was published.

Merchandising

Merchandising items can also be purchased from the Ludolfs, such as puzzles, calendars, coffee mugs, cooking aprons and clothing such as base caps, sweatshirts and T-shirts. The toy manufacturer Dickie Toys released a series of toys for the cinema release that showed the Ludolfs and some of their cars in small format.

Discography

Singles

• 2011: fat correct woman
• 2011: You are SuperPlus (with Jürgen Milski)
• 2012: Don't pack on the manifold

album

• 2014: We from the scrap

DVD boxes

DVD box	Number of DVDs	consequences	Special offers	Image format	FSK	publication
The Ludolfs DVD Box 1st season	3	Season 1 episode 1–4 + 6–13	-	16: 9	oA	04/25/2007
The Ludolfs DVD Box 2nd season	2	Season 2 episodes 1-8	-	16: 9	from 12	10/26/2007
The Ludolfs DVD Box 3rd Season 1	3	Season 3 episodes 1–9 + 11–13	-	16: 9	from 6	03/28/2008
The Ludolfs DVD box 3rd season 2	3	Season 3 episodes 14-24	-	16: 9	from 6	06/27/2008
The Ludolfs DVD Box 4th season	4th	Season 4 episodes 1-16	Bonus episodes: "Sleepless in Dernbach" and "Günter alone at home"	16: 9	from 6	04/24/2009
DVD Die Ludolfs - Thank you for Italy	1	-	Super8 films, interviews, photos, unused scenes	16: 9	oA	09/25/2009
The Ludolfs DVD Box 5th season	3	Season 5 episodes 1-8	Bonus episodes: "Sleepless in Dernbach" and "Günter alone at home"	16: 9	oA	23.10.2009
The Ludolfs DVD box 6th season	3	Season 5 Episode 9, Season 6 Episode 1-8	-	16: 9	oA	02/26/2010
The Ludolfs DVD Box 7th season	3	Season 7 episodes 1-9	-	16: 9	from 6	07/16/2010
The Ludolfs rally	1	-	-	16: 9	oA	11/26/2010
The Ludolfs DVD Box 8th season	2	Season 8 episodes 1-5	-	16: 9	oA	28/01/2011
The Ludolfs celebrate Christmas	1	-	-	16: 9	oA	October 28, 2011
The Ludolfs - News from the scrapyard / The Ludolfs on Mallorca	1	-	-	16: 9	from 6	04/13/2012

Episode list

Season 1: The barn find A mustang for the ladies Full of manta Uwe wants to know again Manni knows what cars need A heart for Günter The last ride Cream 21 Oh, you beautiful Westerwald Duck dance with 2CV Homesickness Ludolf Jr. There must be order Special: The Ludolfs celebrate Christmas Season 2: Full throttle under the red sun Gentlemen, start the engines! Mercedes flambé Backwards faster than forwards Herbie vs. Rally egg The caravan moves on The lemon on three wheels Moose test à la Ludolfs

Season 3: Manni's thoughts on climate change Peter turns blue The fickle marvel Flower power in Dernbach The dwarf revolt I'm the captain in my Opel BOOM! Una festa nella Spider Topless Help the Chinese come The Italian bull The Ludolfs go camping Be design or not Landlord vs. cowboy Snow White and the 4 dwarfs The pack donkey Go East The Nippon Connection Now people are spitting on their hands again The goddess from France The car of evil It's Peter's birthday Balance of power The Bavarian challenger Special: The highlights

Season 4: Long he should live From the front or from the back? Long live the heap principle The Roman pot A Hamburg affair of the heart A boxer's heart Off to the south The new modesty Kikeriki - The Ludolfs on the farm No more fun French safari Dike adventure They're crazy, the English Heavy rider Crocodile Manni Long live Europe! Special offers: The Ludolfs - sleepless in Dernbach Günter alone at home Season 5: The round Baron von Dernbach I switch, therefore I am America is everywhere The silver lemon Relax revolution The all-rounder The duel Olympic games Everything stays different (best of)

Season 6: Daddy cool Rocket Manni Egg, egg, egg - the Ludolfs Treasure hunt in the Westerwald The soap box race The honor of the Ludolfs Great Cooper The driving test Season 7: A car goes to sea The monster truck Under the clouds Renovation The wallpaper revolution Taxi, taxi In the land of french fries Five o'clock tea with the Queen Westerwald car dreams Season 8: Games without limits A luxury sedan chair for Manni Who dances with the car Holy Sunday The way to a man's heart goes through his stomach

Offshoot from 2011

After the death of Horst-Günter Ludolf, various specials and offshoots with different constellations of the protagonists were created, which, however, could not build on the success of the original series.

The Ludolfs - The 5-minute episodes

The online magazine Bild.de published 12 short episodes in two seasons under the name Die Ludolfs - The 5-minute episodes .

Season 1:

1. With Jürgen in the recording studio
2. A professional photo shoot
3. Casting in the loony bin
4. Music video in Mallorca
5. The first live performance

Season 2:

1. Farewell to Günter
2. Life must go on
3. Test of strength of stubborn heads
4. How does the dispute continue?
5. Who will keep the scrapyard overview?
6. Uwe and Manni want to know
7. Spinning at speed

The episodes were released on DVD under the title Die Ludolfs - Season I: News from the scrap yard / Season II: The Ludolfs on Mallorca .

TV special 2011

On December 24, 2011 ProSieben broadcast the special Today comes Santa Claus - Beautiful Christmas presents with the Ludolfs . In the 30-minute film, Charlotte Karlinder and Thomas Karaoglan , better known as the Checker , are guests of the Ludolfs.

SEK Ludolf

On September 5th, 2012 Sport1 broadcast the first episode of SEK Ludolf - Das Schrott Einsatz Kommando . The first season was produced by Good Times and contains 12 episodes as well as a best-of-special.

Season 1 - SEK Ludolf:

1. Preparation for the SPORT1 track day
2. The Ludolfs clean up
3. A present for Peter
4. The Ludolfs drive tanks
5. The Ludolfs on safari
6. The Ludolfs in the museum
7. The Ludolfs want to Paris
8. The Ludolfs in the car dump
9. The Ludolfs in the amusement park
10. The Ludolfs go to France
11. The Ludolfs visit Louis de Funès
12. Christmas baking
13. Best of

The Ludolfs - The scrap empire is back

Since the beginning of 2016, a continuation of the original docu-soap has been broadcast on Kabel 1 at prime time under the title Die Ludolfs - Das Schrottimperium ist zurück . The series features Manni and Uwe Ludolf, who are building a new junkyard together with Uwe's youngest son, Tommy.

Peter Ludolf is not part of the recordings. He has lived in Westphalia since 2014 and organizes parties across Germany.

season 1

1. Flirt, have a barbecue and don't sell anything
2. trip to the past
3. The Ludolfs conquer England
4. Ludolf final spurt before the opening

Web links

Commons : The Ludolfs  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• The Ludolfs - 4 brothers auf'm junkyard in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Mourning in the scrap yard: Günter Ludolf is dead. Rhein-Zeitung , January 31, 2011, accessed on May 21, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Horst Günter Ludolf died. ( Memento of December 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) N24. February 1, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
3. ↑ The Ludolfs - Die Schrottbrüder - SWR report on Youtube. Retrieved April 1, 2020 . 
4. ^ Anja Rützel: Trash TV. 100 pages: Reclam 100 pages . Reclam-Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-15-961213-3 ( google.de [accessed April 1, 2020]).
5. ↑ Uwe Mantel: Thanks to the Ludolfs. Dmax: New Year was the best day since it started broadcasting. DWDL. January 2, 2009. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
6. ↑ Torsten Zarges: New exclusive contract: The Ludolfs shoot with Good Times. kress.de. February 15, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
7. ↑ Alexander Krei: Now on the net. Ludolfs return in mini format at Bild.de. DWDL. September 2, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
8. ↑ Manuel Weis: There are new "Ludolf" episodes at Bild.de. Quota meter. September 2, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
9. ↑ Uwe Mantel: "New Program Colors". Surprise: Sport1 shows films and the Ludolfs. DWDL. July 26, 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
10. ^ Welded together: Manni Ludolf got married. Rhein newspaper. January 22, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
11. ↑ "The 10 ..." Weirdest XXL Careers (2009). . imdb.de. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
12. ↑ The 10 weirdest XXL careers. rtl.de. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
13. ↑ Peter Luley: Media miracle "The Ludolfs": From real scrap and grain. Spiegel.de. April 7, 2009. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
14. ↑ Deike Diening: media phenomenon. The Ludolfs: A lot of feeling, little grammar. Daily mirror. April 12, 2009. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
15. ↑ The Ludolfs. A terribly crazy family. Stern.de. April 15, 2009. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
16. ↑ Falko Lippke: Stock Car Crash Challenge. Sheet metal damage, noise and the smell of gasoline. DerWesten.de. October 12, 2009. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
17. ^ Sylvie-Sophie Schindler: Finale of the "Alm". Manni Ludolf gets the winner's bell. Stern.de. September 4, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
18. ↑ [1]

Coordinates: 50 ° 32 ′ 46 "  N , 7 ° 35 ′ 43"  E