Big man - now what?

Television series
Original title	Big man - now what?
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Year (s)	1967-1968
Production company	Südwestfunk
length	60 minutes
Episodes	8 ( list )
genre	Family series
Director	Eugene York
script	Hans Erman Horst Pillau
production	Hans Hirschmann
music	Hans-Martin Majewski
First broadcast	September 27, 1967 on ARD

Big man - now what? is a television series that was broadcast by ARD in 1967 and 1968 .

action

The factory director Heinrich König ( Gustav Knuth ) started small, but is now a wealthy, successful businessman and head of the König-Delikatessen company . At the bottom of his heart, however, he has remained down to earth. He loves the local cuisine, especially his wife Marie's bean stew. His family includes the son Dieter, the daughter Helga and the adopted son Jürgen. Over the course of the eight episodes, König has to manage problems in the company and cope with many anger. Not everything goes well in the family either. In addition to Dieter, who tends towards the sweet life, especially Helga with her amours causes some excitement.

Actors and roles

The following table shows the actors with more than two appearances and their roles. Well-known artists such as Liane Hielscher , the Ohnsorg stars Karl-Heinz Kreienbaum , Otto Lüthje and Ernst Grabbe and the former Ufa star Willy Birgel had guest appearances .

actor role consequences Michael Agola Vincenzo Schiavetti 3 Folker Bohnet Jürgen König 7th Francesco Causarano Ulisse Zucconi 3 Ettore Cella Luigi Voiro 3 Gerda Gmelin Mrs Fall Beaker 5 Gardy Granass Charlotte Weber 8th Walter Grüters Director Schneidemühl 4th Joachim Hackethal Board member Einhaus 5 Karl Hellmer Walter Kallikeit 7th Gustav Knuth Director Heinrich König 8th Maja Kreienbaum Anita 8th Hermann Lenschau Board member Bamberger 5

actor role consequences Ralph Persson Dieter König 5 Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann Board member 4th Dunja Rajter Dunja Radoja 3 Günther Schramm Dr. Peter Rehbein 8th Werner Schuhmacher Chauffeur Czarski 8th Camilla Spira Marie King 8th Barbara Stanek Helga King 8th Edith Steinacher Ida Weiland 4th Herbert Tiede Dr. Begerow 3 Viktor Warsitz Director Robert Jacquet 3 Jean-Pierre Zola Arturo Pancaldi 3

Episodes

episode	title	First broadcast
1	The incident	September 27, 1967
2	The new house	November 1, 1967
3	The son-in-law	November 29, 1967
4th	The check	December 27, 1967
5	The flight	January 24, 1968
6th	The great love	February 21, 1968
7th	Hot days	March 13, 1968
8th	The crisis	April 17, 1968

DVD release

The series was released on December 8, 2017 in a complete box (3 DVDs) with all eight episodes of Pidax.

Web links

• Big man - now what? in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Big man - now what? at Fernsehserien.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Reufsteck, Stefan Niggemeier: Das Fernsehlexikon. All over 7000 programs from Ally McBeal to the ZDF hit parade . Goldmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-442-30124-6 .
2. ↑ Thomas Hrsuka, Jovan Evermann: The new series guide . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89602-513-9 .