Friends For Life (TV Series)

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Television series
Original title friends for life
Country of production GermanyGermany Germany
original language German
Year (s) 1992-2001
length 46 minutes
Episodes 101 in 8 seasons
genre Doctor and family series
music Mathou : You Never Walk Alone / When A Star Falls
First broadcast October 28, 1992 on ZDF
occupation

Friends for Life is a German television series of the Second German Television (ZDF), which was produced between 1992 and 2001 by the new German Film Society mbH (ndF) in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.

background

The starting point of the action is a suicide attempt by the indebted elderly general practitioner Dr. Walter Leibrecht. He can no longer hold the house and practice that his father had previously run. The young doctors who happened to be present, Bernd Rogge (gynecologist), Stefan Junginger (internist) and Daniel Holbein (pediatrician) save his life. Leibrecht offers each of them the practice for sale. After none of the three can raise the money alone, they team up and open a group practice. In addition to the patients, the friendship that develops between the three doctors and their private life are at the center of the action. In the course of the action, they enter into relationships or marriages that often break up again, and they start families. Walter Leibrecht and medical assistant Rüdiger Kissling with his changing colleagues are also key components of the series. Bernd Rogge is found murdered at the beginning of the third season. He had previously planned a vacation and asked his college friend Jörg Sommer to take his place. After a short period of reflection, Jörg decides to join the group practice. At the end of the sixth season, Stefan Junginger follows his partner Laura Domin to the USA. Jörg and Daniel then want to close the practice, but after a tragic accident with Rüdiger, Gregor Kolb comes into their lives as his treating doctor and eventually becomes Stefan's successor. After his relationship with Jutta Brandt failed, Daniel Holbein decided to go to a monastery. The series ends shortly after Jörg and Gregor in Dr. Christoph Eichhorn have found a new pediatrician for their practice.

Characters

Dr. Bernd Rogge ( Gunter Berger ) is a gynecologist . He has an eventful affair with the baroness Birgit von Teuffel and has a dissolute lifestyle. Later he falls in love with Roswitha Schütze, finally separates from Birgit and wants to be a father for Roswitha's daughter Kirsten, whose biological father is in prison. After some back and forth, Bernd and Roswitha want to get married, but on the way to the hen party, Roswitha suffers a car accident, as a result of which she dies. As a result, Bernd fights for custody of Kirsten, which her aunt Ilse Lohse claims. Since he has better chances as a married man, he enters into a marriage of convenience with the social worker Friederike Philipp. Friederike falls in love with Bernd, who, however, revives his affair with Birgit after Roswitha's death. Eventually he is shot by Birgit's jealous husband Nikolai Baron von Teuffel.

Dr. Stefan Junginger ( Michael Lesch ) was an internist in the hospital before the group practice was opened. He falls in love with the pianist Andrea Wolf, whose career is just about to start. Both come together and Andrea becomes pregnant. At the end of the first season they both get married. But Andrea is not happy with the role of mother. She is giving more concerts and planning a tour. Stefan breaks up with her after catching her cheating with bassist Steve Connolly. Andrea decides against her marriage and her son Hannes, whom Stefan now brings up alone with "Grandpa Fricke". In the third season he meets the taxi driver Hanna Uhlenhorst and the two of them also take the orphaned Kirsten with them. Due to Stefan's indecision about their relationship, Hanna breaks up with him shortly before the wedding. Later he falls in love with the model Laura Domin, who initially refuses to enter into a relationship with him because of her feelings of guilt towards her disabled sister. In the meantime, Stefan is in a coma due to an accident. Eventually Stefan and Laura decide to get married. When Laura receives a job offer in the USA , the whole family emigrates.

Dr. Daniel Holbein ( Stephan Schwartz ) is a pediatrician . He is always on the road with his racing bike and is very interested in Eastern meditation and the associated lifestyle. He is with Stefan's sister Susanne Junginger for a short time, but both have too different interests. After the separation he flies to Sri Lanka to see a guru in order to find himself. Shortly afterwards he comes back. At the beginning of the fourth season he married Dr. Beate Chevalier, who works in a hospital. Both want children, but Daniel is sterile . Shortly afterwards, Beate goes to Bosnia for an aid organization . She comes back early in the fifth season and has three children with her. But the children cannot stay with them. Beate cannot cope with the loss and goes to Africa . In the seventh season he is with Jutta. At the beginning of the eighth season, Daniel goes to a monastery and finally leaves the practice.

Dr. Walter Leibrecht ( Alexander May ) has sold his practice to the trio of doctors. He enters into a relationship with Daniel's mother Marlies Holbein, who was his patient years earlier. On the one hand, he benefits from their wealth, but on the other hand, shares their interests in travel, culture and higher social circles only to a limited extent. This constantly tests their relationship. When Marlies has to leave Germany on the run from tax investigations, they finally separate. Walter is always at the side of the entire practice team with words and deeds. In the middle of the sixth season he learns that he has a daughter who is coming to visit him.

Dr. Jörg Sommer ( Bernd Herzsprung ) comes to the practice to replace Bernd. He was hired by Bernd as a vacation replacement. Jörg is married to Ruth and has a young son named Philipp. Philipp causes trouble for both of them in the fourth season. He is always absent from school, which he later even drops out of, much to the displeasure of his parents. At the end of the seventh season, Jörg and Ruth decide to get a divorce. Nothing stands in the way of a relationship with the young student Natascha Amberg. She later briefly took over the representation for Daniel.

Dr. Gregor Kolb ( Karsten Speck ) is a surgeon in a clinic. He operates on Rüdiger when he is seriously injured. Jörg suspects him to have screwed up at the beginning , but after everything has been clarified, Daniel and Jörg offer him the open position in the practice. Gregor is with Emma, ​​who is still married. Her husband is a banker and has a relationship with a man. Emma and her husband only have a fictitious marriage, otherwise he would be fired from the bank. Gregor and Emma move in together and have a baby daughter, Lisa. Emma dies at the end of the eighth season.

Dr. Christoph Eichhorn ( Frank Jordan ) is a pediatrician and takes over the vacancy in the practice after Daniel's departure. He has a little brother named Kai who he is the legal guardian of .

Renate Paulus ( Gisela Peltzer ) was already at Walter's office hour and has recently tried hard to save the practice. She is the “good soul” of the practice and sometimes struggles with her new, younger colleagues. After the death of Bernd Rogge, she lost the joy of work and gave up her job.

Andrea Junginger, b. Wolf ( Maren Schumacher ) is a pianist who is on the verge of her big breakthrough when she meets Stefan. For his sake, she cuts her engagements and decides to have her baby; before that she marries Stefan. She later realizes that it is difficult to combine family and work. With a heavy heart she decides to go back to work. She later cheats on Stefan with bassist Steve Connolly and from then on only cares about her career. After separating from Steve, during a brief guest performance in Lübeck, she was disappointed to see that Stefan's life went on without her and that he found a new love in Hanna who became like a mother for Hannes.

Rüdiger Kissling ( Marek Erhardt ) was previously a nurse and is brought into the practice team by Walter. He enters into a relationship with Friederike Rogge and during this time develops a close relationship with her stepdaughter Kirsten. At the same time, the two fall in love with new partners and separate. Rüdiger's new relationship with his colleague Julia Talbach breaks up after she leaves the city as a result of an attack and an attempted rape. At the beginning of the sixth season, Rüdiger will host the radio show "Night Talk". At the beginning of the seventh season he had a serious car accident that left him with paraplegia . He moves in with his colleague Bärbel Schmitz, who has been interested in him for a long time, but is initially completely withdrawn.

Kirsten Schütze (Janine Dissel) is Roswitha's daughter. She does not know her biological father and Bernd Rogge takes his place as Roswitha's partner. After Roswitha died as a result of a car accident, Bernd fights for custody of Kirsten and therefore even enters into a marriage of convenience with the social worker Friederike. A few weeks later, Bernd is shot by his lover's husband, whereupon Kirsten initially lives alone with her stepmother Friederike and later with her new partner Rüdiger. After separating from Rüdiger, Friederike leaves the city with her new partner Rolf Küster and leaves Kirsten behind. She stays with Daniel and Beate for a short time, who really want a child. After the three of them don't get on well together, Kirsten finds a new home at Jens Fricke's farm with Stefan and Hanna. She goes to the USA with Stefan's new partner Laura and Hannes.

Episode list

Episodes 1 and 2, 27 and 28 as well as 81 and 82 were broadcast as pilot films for the first, third and seventh season, respectively, when they were first broadcast. In later repetitions, these episodes were sometimes shown in separate form.

1st season (D 1992–1993)

  • 1. Successor (October 28, 1992)
  • 2. New courage to face life (October 28, 1992)
  • 3. Heartbreaker (October 31, 1992)
  • 4. Pill luck (November 7, 1992)
  • 5. Death Dance (November 14, 1992)
  • 6. Love Charms (November 21, 1992)
  • 7. Blind Fear (November 28, 1992)
  • 8th vicious circle (December 5, 1992)
  • 9. Red or Black (December 12, 1992)
  • 10. Career Fever (December 19, 1992)
  • 11.Fantasy (January 7, 1993)
  • 12. Glimmer of Hope (January 14, 1993)
  • 13. Whipping Boy (January 21, 1993)
  • 14th wedding night (January 28, 1993)

2nd season (D 1993)

  • 15th Death Curve (February 4, 1993)
  • 16. Rosenkavalier (February 11, 1993)
  • 17th Bride Show (February 18, 1993)
  • 18. Millionending (February 25, 1993)
  • 19th Fear Game (March 4, 1993)
  • 20. Child Abduction (March 11, 1993)
  • 21. Jealousy (March 18, 1993)
  • April 22nd, April (March 25th 1993)
  • 23 hen party (April 1, 1993)
  • 24. Orphan (April 8, 1993)
  • 25.Love Services (April 15, 1993)
  • 26. Thick End (April 22, 1993)

3rd season (D 1994)

  • 27. Shot of the Heart - Part I (September 28, 1994)
  • 28th Shot to the Heart - Part II (September 28, 1994)
  • 29. Paper cutouts (September 29, 1994)
  • 30th summer slump (October 6, 1994)
  • 31. Problem Children (October 13, 1994)
  • 32 Farewell Pains (October 27, 1994)
  • 33rd Love Killer (November 3, 1994)
  • 34 role reversal (November 10, 1994)
  • 35th Asylum (November 17, 1994)
  • 36th Dream Vacation (November 24, 1994)
  • 37th Sale (December 1, 1994)
  • 38th Rauschgoldengel (December 8, 1994)
  • 39. Love Letters (December 15, 1994)
  • 40th Gate Panic (December 22, 1994)
  • 41. Racing Fever (December 29, 1994)

4th season (D 1995)

  • 42nd Snail Shell (January 5, 1995)
  • 43. Angel Hair (January 12, 1995)
  • 44. Eisenbart (January 19, 1995)
  • 45th Suspicion of Murder (January 26, 1995)
  • 46th doppelganger (February 2, 1995)
  • 47th TV Stars (February 9, 1995)
  • 48th Angel of Death (February 16, 1995)
  • 49. Horse Trading (February 23, 1995)
  • 50th Marzipan Pig (March 2, 1995)
  • 51 Soap Bubbles (March 9, 1995)
  • 52nd Child Abduction (March 16, 1995)
  • 53rd Brothers in Prison (March 23, 1995)
  • 54th terminus (March 30, 1995)
  • Special: The biggest festival of the year - Christmas with our TV families / winter fairy tale (December 23, 1995)

5th season (D 1996–1997)

  • 55th King's Child (November 14, 1996)
  • 56. Fatherly Love (November 21, 1996)
  • 57. Jug Male (November 28, 1996)
  • 58th Bride Abduction (December 5, 1996)
  • 59th Friendship Treaty (December 12, 1996)
  • 60th Hermit Crab (December 19, 1996)
  • 61st Götterdämmerung (January 2, 1997)
  • 62nd Miss Wonder (January 9, 1997)
  • 63.Single blues (January 15, 1997)
  • 64.Dream Woman (January 23, 1997)
  • 65th Shooting Star (January 30, 1997)
  • 66th Arsonist (February 13, 1997)
  • 67th Disservice (February 20, 1997)

6th season (D 1997)

  • 68th Love Night (February 27, 1997)
  • 69th Cult of Beauty (March 6, 1997)
  • 70th Sister Heart (March 13, 1997)
  • 71. Achilles Heel (March 20, 1997)
  • 72. Troubles of Conscience (March 27, 1997)
  • 73rd Search for Clues (April 3, 1997)
  • 74th Vows of Loyalty (April 10, 1997)
  • 75th Siren Song (April 17, 1997)
  • 76th Rainbow (April 24, 1997)
  • 77th Hostage Taking (May 1, 1997)
  • 78th wedding (May 8, 1997)
  • 79. Funnybaby (May 15, 1997)
  • 80th Women's Election (May 22, 1997)

7th season (D 1999)

  • 81st Star Allures - Part 1 (March 18, 1999)
  • 82. Starallüren - Part 2 (March 18, 1999)
  • 83rd Cry for Help (April 1, 1999)
  • 84th Played (April 8, 1999)
  • 85th Nightmare (April 15, 1999)
  • 86.Baby Blues (April 22, 1999)
  • 87. Fibrillation (April 29, 1999)
  • 88 Glimmer of Hope (May 6, 1999)
  • 89 career kink (May 20, 1999)
  • 90. Love Sorrows (May 27, 1999)
  • 91. Paths of Life (June 17, 1999)

8th season (D 2001)

  • 92. Turbulence (October 2, 2001)
  • 93rd Celestial Sign (October 9, 2001)
  • 94. Risk (October 23, 2001)
  • 95. Ransom (October 30 or November 6, 2001)
  • 96. Moments of happiness (November 13, 2001)
  • 97. Evidence of Love (November 20, 2001)
  • 98.Brother Love (November 27, 2001)
  • 99. Teething's Diseases (December 4, 2001)
  • 100th Moments of Fate (December 11, 2001)
  • 101. Guardian Angel (December 18, 2001)

occupation

In the order of their first appearance
actor role consequences Seasons
Stefan Wigger Bank director Möllemann 1-2 1
Wilfried Klaus Dr. Anton Tobler 1-3 1
Jürgen Zartmann Alfred Junginger 1-20 1-2
Nina Hoger Roswitha Schütze † 1-23 1-2
Gunter Berger Dr. Bernd Rogge † 1-26 1-2
Sissy Höfferer Birgit Baroness von Teuffel 1-28 1-3
Gisela Peltzer Renate Paulus 1-32 1-3
Maren Schumacher Andrea Junginger b. wolf 1-41 1-3
Ruth Maria Kubitschek Marlies Holbein born Jacob 1-57 1-5
Janine Dissel Kirsten Schütze 1-80 1-6
Karl-Heinz Kreienbaum Jens Fricke 1-80 1-6
Michael Lesch Dr. Stefan Junginger 1-80 1-6
Franz-Josef Steffens Ludwig † 1-90 1-7
Stephan Schwartz Dr. Daniel Holbein 1-97 1-8
Alexander May Dr. Walter Leibrecht 1-101 1-8
Gustav-Peter Wöhler Eugen Strobel 2-17 1-2
Hanns Menninger Chauffeur Wagand 2-54 1-4
Kurt Ackermann Hotel manager Manz 4-23 1-2
Rolf Becker Herbert Moll 4-26 1-2
Leon Boden Klaus Gallwitz 5-30 1-3
Martin Semmelrogge Mr. Däumler 5-30 1-3
Werner Cartano butler 6-8 1
Jens Fischer Paul Sherman 6-10 1
Ivan Desny Nikolai Baron von Teuffel † 6-28 1-3
Jennifer Nitsch Susanne Junginger 7-26 1-2
Claus Wilcke Dr. Storm 8-9 1
Andrea Lüdke Gisela Alsfeld 9-45 1-4
Marek Erhardt Rüdiger Kissling 9-101 1-8
Constanze Engelbrecht Dr. Claudia Hornung 11-14 1
Giulia Follina Sister Hildegard 12-23 1-2
Karlheinz Maslo Dieter amount 14-18 1-2
Jörg Gillner Dr. Scholz 15-16 2
Irmhild Wagner Sister Mechthild 15-16 2
Lutz Lansemann Mr. Nagel 15-18 2
Annette Mayer Elisabeth 15-26 2
Andreas Mannkopff Otto Lehmbruck 16-17 2
Anna Sekoulov Sister Inge 16-22 2
Mathieu Carrière Werner Westfal 18-22 2
Marion Kracht Verena Westfal b. Gregorius 20-22 2
Béla Erny Janosch Borg 20-26 2
Ilona Wiedem Hanna Junginger 20-26 2
Barbara Feltus Astrid 23-25 2
Gamini Fonseka Fasal Hakim "The Master" 24-25 2
Dharmadasa Kuruppu Guardian 24-25 2
Claudia Rieschel Ilse Lohse born Sagittarius 24-26 2
Sabine Wegner Friederi (c) ke Rogge b. Philip 24-46 2-4
Max Herbrechte Hans Bader 25-26 2
Heikko Deutschmann Assistant Lamprecht # 1 27-28 3
Angela Stresemann Mrs. Reinbeck 27-28 3
Klaus Mikoleit Commissioner Woiczek 27-45 3-4
Sven Martinek Steve Connolly 28-32 3
Jörg Friedrich Sergeant Werner 28-53 3-4
Bernd Herzsprung Prof. Dr. Jörg Sommer 28-101 3-8
Evelyn Meyka Mrs. Storz 29-34 3
Olivia Pascal Dr. Beate Chevalier 29-61 3-5
Marijam Agisheva Ruth Summer 29-90 3-7
Michael Schönborn Mr. Heimeran 30-33 3
Noemi tax Hanna Uhlenhorst 30-58 3-5
Victor von dem Bussche Philip (p) summer 30-82 3-7
Julia Richter Julia Talbach 31-64 3-5
Isabella Grothe Teacher 34-38 3
Ursula Hinrichs Head nurse 38-39 3
Wilfried Dziallas Hermann Uhlenhorst 38-55 3-5
Udo Thies Rolf Küster 42-46 4th
Roland Kieber Upper 43-55 4-5
Mathias Noack Willy Mattausch † 45-48 4th
Helga Goering Cynthia von Bogen † 49-50 4th
Michael Brandner Gisbert Müller from Bogen 50-51 4th
Alf Marholm Dr. Paul Tauber 50-54 4th
Gabriele Blum Sister Claudia 51-52 4th
Marc Degener Markus Reichert 51-52 4th
Bettina Kupfer Sylvia Reichert b. Woerner 51-52 4th
Judith von Radetzky Helene Vierchow 51-52 4th
NN Ilonka 52-59 4-5
NN Jurek 52-59 4-5
NN Tanja 52-59 4-5
Gertrud Nothorn Isolde Aich 53-54 4th
Joachim Regelien Kurt Aich 53-54 4th
Thorsten Nindel Jo Minzler 55-58 5
Margot Gödrös baroness 56-57 5
Walo Lüond Baron Wilhelm 56-57 5
Birgit Bockmann Mrs. Hufschmidt 56-59 5
Christoph Beis Johannes "Hannes" Junginger 57-80 5
Iris von Kluge Jutta ("rat") Brandt 58-93 5-8
Christian von Richthofen Friedhelm ("moonstone") 59-67 5
Floriane Daniel Corinna Hagen 60-72 5-6
Rosemarie Fendel Miss Maria Jütten 62-74 5-6
Diana Urbank Karla 63-64 5
Sonja Hilberger Annette 63-72 5-6
Harald Halgardt Receptionist 64-65 5
Cheryl Shepard Laura Domin 64-80 5-6
Maike Bollow Bärbel Schmitz 65-85 5-7
Jörg Friedrich Policeman Loh 77-79 6th
Karsten Bacon Dr. Gregor Kolb 81-101 7-8
Doris Schretzmayer Emma Lohkamp 82-100 7-8
Renate Schroeter Head nurse Annemarie 92-101 7-8
Frank Jordan Dr. Christoph Eichhorn 98-101 8th

Trivia

  • Under the title Bad Blood , a four-part television series with some minor characters from the second season of Friends for Life was produced as a spin-off in 1993 .
  • The title song You Never Walk Alone by Mathou achieved great fame .

Remarks

  1. ↑ The role was played in episode 45 by David C. Brunners .
  2. ↑ The role was played by unknown children in episodes 19 to 49.

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