A home for animals

Television series
German title	A home for animals
Original title	A home for animals
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Year (s)	1984-1991
length	45 minutes
Episodes	80 in 8 seasons
Theme music	Alain Goraguer and his orchestra - A home for animals
German-language first broadcast	January 23, 1985 on ZDF
occupation
Siegfried Wischnewski : Dr. Willi Bayer Marion Kracht : Lisa Bayer denominator Michael Lesch : Dr. Horst Nenner Hans Heinz Moser : Dr. Hannes Bayer Angela Pschigode : Aunt Martha Gisela Fischer : Mrs. Gissel Loni von Friedl : Ingrid Probst Beate Hasenau : Hanna Dudek Kristina Böhm : Christina Dudek Tobias Meister : Dr. Erich Dinter Bettina Spier : Stefanie Sommer Eleonore Weisgerber : Gudrun Reichert Sabine Pfeifer : Claudia Reichert Wolfgang Völz : Franz Schöbel Jeannine Burch : Sabine Kupfer Kurt Schmidtchen : Alwin Bunte Gerd Duwner : Chief Forester Knapp Dieter Kursawe : Farmer Klose Vera Chekhova : Julia Gessner Almut Eggert : Edith Sommer Luise Lunow : Head of the animal shelter Heidi Brühl : Brigitte Graeter

A home for animals is an 80-part television series that was broadcast from 1985 to 1992 in the evening program on ZDF . The episodes lasted 45 minutes each. The first broadcast started on January 23, 1985, the last part was shown on March 19, 1992.

content

The series is about a veterinary practice on a farm in the town of Adelsheim , where Dr. Willi Bayer , played by Siegfried Wischnewski, lives with his daughter Lisa ( Marion Kracht ) and many abandoned pets and wild animals. The vet prefers to drive through town in a carriage pulled by his pony Blondie. The doctor's assistant is Dr. Horst Nenner ( Michael Lesch ). Later the doctor's sister Martha ( Angela Pschigode ) moves into the household and takes over the household.

The individual episodes always deal with the suffering of the animals and their treatment within the farm, and also with the pets of the villagers. In addition to the storyline of the episode, the following storylines also play out:

• Willi befriends the doctor Ingrid Probst ( Loni von Friedl ).
• Lisa and Horst get married and later divorce.
• Alwin Bunte ( Kurt Schmidtchen ) loves Martha in vain.
• Lisa suffers a car accident and is recovering in Canada.
• Willi can no longer operate the practice because of a heart attack, and Martha's brother Dr. Hannes Bayer ( Hans Heinz Moser ) takes over with the new physician assistant Stefanie Sommer ( Bettina Spier ).
• The friend Dr. Erich Dinter ( Tobias Meister ) marries the office assistant Stefanie.
• Christina Dudek ( Kristina Böhm ) becomes the new office assistant, later leaves the practice and is replaced by Sabine Kupfer ( Jeannine Burch ).
• Gudrun Reichert ( Eleonore Weisgerber ) moves into the neighboring house with her ten-year-old daughter Claudia ( Sabine Pfeifer ) and becomes the new friend of the veterinarian.

production

The first author of this family series production was Ted Willis . Later, Inge Dorska , Jochen Wedegärtner , Anita Mally , Gerd Oelschlegel and Alexander Rentsch , who also wrote the novels for the series, wrote the episodes.

As directors recorded Kai Borschemich , Werner Dauth , Rainer Klingenfuss , Thomas Nikel and Sigi Rothemund responsible.

Under the title The Adventures of Dr. Bayer partially broadcast the series in the United States and under L'ami des bêtes in France.

Episodes of the eight seasons

1st season

1. Mikki
2. Mohrle
3. comet
4. Caesar
5. Ally
6. Erna
7. Aki
8. Rudi
9. Rikki
10. Hasso

2nd season

11. My dog, my friend
12. Donkey Egon
13. A shock for Willi
14. Martha and Co.
15. Sad sunday
16. A relatively minor misfortune
17. Dr. Bayer's secret
18. Fear for Lilli Blue
19. Rex needs them
20. misfortunes never come singly

3rd season

21. The secret of the forest
22. The move
23. By a hair's breadth
24. Benjamin the monkey
25. Thank you, Caruso
26. The mother cat
27. Arco in danger
28. Does Sascha have to die?
29. New friends
30. The wild boar

4th season

31. Expensive grapes
32. Ronny, the runaway
33. Samson and Susi
34. Lots of emergencies
35. The four-legged rival
36. Toni and the kid
37. Timmy and the hedgehog
38. All because of the Dachshund Anton
39. A smart dog
40. Franziska, the truffle pig

5th season

41. The shared Peterle
42. The Sunday Hunter
43. Richie and Bobby
44. Peggy's double
45. Sebastian and the swan
46. Max the marten
47. Poachers
48. Sagittarius and Pisces
49. Like cats and dogs
50. Aunt Martha and the little elephant

6th season

51. Animals sense that
52. The winged guard dog
53. What's wrong with Ira?
54. Adoptable
55. Juliet's dog
56. Beelzebub
57. The double lucky
58. Mrs. Stenzel's will
59. The frogs and the composer
60. The raven and the monkey

7th season

61. The new neighbor
62. Limbo and the kitten
63. Shiran the peacock
64. Wrong dog
65. A raven in mourning
66. Spatzi, the pot-bellied pig
67. Flotsam
68. If dogs could talk
69. One bird too many
70. infidelity

8th season

71. Limbo is the best
72. The promenade mix
73. The rookie
74. Risk of contagion
75. The fawn
76. The birthday animal
77. Velvet paws
78. Star and Starlings
79. Bully in silk fur
80. The shelter is on strike

Trivia

The cars used in the series had the fictitious license plate AD for Adelsheim, although Adelsheim actually has the license plate for Mosbach (MOS, BCH).

The villa shown in the later seasons was later also used as a veterinary practice in Unser Charly .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Description of the individual episodes

Web links

• A home for animals in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Information about the series