Schölermann family
| Television series | |
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| Original title | Schölermann family |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | 1954-1960 |
| Episodes | 111 |
| genre | Family series |
| First broadcast | September 29, 1954 on German television |
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"Our Neighbors Tonight - The Schölermann Family " was the first family series ever on German television - just two years after it started broadcasting.
The series produced by the NWDR ran from 1954 to 1960 and had a total of 111 episodes. Even if you consider that there was only one television program in the Federal Republic at that time, the audience ratings of 70–90% were considerable. In the beginning, the programs were played and broadcast live and recorded later.
The small and big worries, but also the joys of an average German family who experienced the economic miracle up close, were shown.
Formal efforts were made to create the illusion of looking a real family into the living room, as it were today following the pattern Reality - Soaps . That's why the names of the actors were initially not disclosed. In addition, the action took place at the same time of day as the broadcast - in the evening between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. The events of the day were discussed in retrospect in the studio / living room without going to other locations.
The series
Episodes
Since the individual episodes were not titled, it is difficult to list them in the form of an episode guide. In terms of content, it was primarily about family life and family events: new acquisitions, family celebrations, school problems, the first infatuations of adult children, financial worries.
Political issues emerge on the fringes when relatives from the GDR come to visit. Youth protest (the " youngsters ") is completely excluded as a topic.
roll
You first get to know the father , Matthias Schölermann, as an employee in a small company , which later grows up but then becomes unemployed. He then opened a pension . In the end he was successful again as a dishwasher representative .
The mother Trude is the housewife .
The older son Heinz works in a car repair shop and falls in love with an older woman. However, this connection is rejected by the parents.
The younger daughter Eva initially still goes to school and later does an apprenticeship as a tailor - in the course of the series she breaks up an unhappy engagement and finally gets married in the end.
The little son Joachim ("Jockeli") still goes to school.
actor
The main roles were shown:
- Lotte Rausch (mother Trude Schölermann)
- Willy Krüger (father Matthias Schölermann)
- Charles Brauer (son Heinz Schölermann; later known as Commissioner Peter Brockmöller , partner of Manfred Krug at the crime scene )
- Margit Cargill (daughter Evchen)
- Harald Martens (Jockeli)
- Giulia Follina (Bärbel)
- Lotte Brackebusch (Aunt Marie)
- Joachim Wolff (Uncle Eduard)
Director, quota, slot
At the director's desk was Ruprecht Essberger . He later appeared as a crime writer and director, as well as the creator of the reality series Marriages in court . The stories were written by, among others, Walther von Hollander and Rolf and Alexandra Becker , who also put Dickie Dick Dickens and Gestatten, my name is Cox on paper. The broadcast slot was prime time on Wednesday evening between 8.15pm and 9pm.
The Hesselbach family from Hessischer Rundfunk , which went on air in 1960, when the Schölermann family was already discontinued in terms of content , could be seen as a follow-up series for the Schölermanns .
reception
The series reflects the values of the 1950s. The distribution of roles was patriarchal: the father, the breadwinner, makes all decisions, such as holiday destinations, and also reserves the right to “put his son on his knee”. The mother is a housewife and only has a job when her husband becomes temporarily unemployed.
Some of the spectator families thought the Schölermanns were simply the German family. Others thought the family quarrels were unrealistic. Towards the end of the 1950s, the series showed signs of wear.