Hard but warm

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Television series
German title Hard but warm
Original title Hard to hard
Hart to Hart de.svg
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 1979-1984
length 47 minutes
Episodes 110 in 5 seasons ( list )
genre Action series , crime thriller , sophisticated comedy
idea Sidney Sheldon
production Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg
music Mark Snow
First broadcast August 25, 1979 (USA) on ABC
German-language
first broadcast		 October 20, 1983 on German television
occupation

Hart but cordially is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1979 to 1984 . The series includes a pilot film and 110 episodes of around 47 minutes in five seasons. Between 1993 and 1996 eight " Reunion " television films were also made. Only the pilot film was not broadcast on German television.

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Jonathan Hart - described by Butler Max in the opening credits of the series - is a "self-made millionaire" who leads a life in luxury with his wife Jennifer, in his mansion in Los Angeles or in the most beautiful places on the planet. Jonathan Hart earns the money through his company "Jonathan Hart Industries" - a company complex from different branches of the economy (which provided the scriptwriters with the most varied of environments). Jennifer Hart is a freelance journalist who occasionally writes articles. The childless couple repeatedly involuntarily get caught up in criminal cases that they solve together. They are supported by Max and their beloved dog Friedwart (a Löwchen who is called "Freeway" in the original version). The episodes were always a combination of the criminal cases to be solved and the representation of the love between the two main characters.

Productions

series

The first season started with a 90-minute pilot and ran from 1979 to 1980 with 22 episodes. This was followed by the 20 episodes of the 2nd season from 1980 to 1981, 24 episodes of the 3rd season from 1981 to 1982 and 22 episodes of the 4th season from 1982 to 1983. The 5th season with the last 22 episodes was finally from 1983 to Shown in 1984.

"Reunion" television films

  • 1993 - Hart to Hart Returns
  • 1993 - Death of a Friend (Home is Where the Hart is)
  • 1993 - Crimes of the Hart
  • 1994 - Old Friends Never Die
  • 1994 - Secrets of the Heart (Secrets of the Hart)
  • 1995 - Max's Legacy (Two Harts in 3 ⁄ 4 Time)
  • 1995 - Jonathan Suspected of Murder (Harts in High Season)
  • 1996 - Operation Jennifer (Till Death Do Us Hart)

DVD

Seasons 1 and 2 have been released on DVD . Season 1 contains the unsynchronized pilot with optional subtitles. Further publications have not yet taken place. In the United States, the third season was released in December 2014, the fourth season in February 2015 and the fifth season in June 2015.

Television broadcast

In Germany, 90 episodes of the series were first broadcast from October 1983 to September 1985 in the regional evening program on Das Erste . The weekly broadcast day varied considerably for the individual ARD broadcasters. In North Rhine-Westphalia, for example, the series ran on Thursday, in the broadcasting area of ​​the NDR on Wednesday. The series later repeated the first again until 1990.

From June 1990, ProSieben repeated the series until 1996 and showed 20 new episodes. Sat.1 briefly aired the series in 1996 and handed it over to kabel eins , where the series ran from November 1997 to January 2005. Another repetition took place in Das Vierte from 2007 to 2009. The call-in gaming broadcaster Neun Live , which has since been discontinued , also had the series briefly in its program.

On pay TV , Premiere also showed the series several times between 2001 and 2006.

The Reunion films were broadcast for the first time in 1995 on the private broadcaster RTL Television and were repeated with the series on Das Vierte. The last films were first shown on ProSieben in 1998.

occupation

role actor Voice actor
Jonathan Hart Robert Wagner Joachim Kerzel
Jennifer Hart Stefanie Powers Joseline Gassen
Max Lionel Stander Arnold Marquis (series)
Jochen Schröder (films)

Episode list

Awards (selection)

The series has received multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. In 1983 Lionel Stander was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor .

Others

  • In the opening credits Max says the following text: “This is my boss, Jonathan Hart. A self-made millionaire who has nerves. This is Mrs. Hart, a wonderful woman, just great! By the way, my name is Max. I look after both of them, and that's not that easy, because their hobby is grueling. ”The theme song begins in the background.
  • The theme song varies slightly from season to season. So is z. B. to hear the piano louder in season 4. In addition, the text spoken by Max in the opening credits was re-recorded for the 20 post-dubbed episodes, which are spread over all five seasons.
  • In the Original Version, the dog was called Freeway because it was found on a freeway . In the German dubbed version Friedwart (an old Germanic sounding name) ran to the Harts in Bayreuth (the location of the Richard Wagner Festival).
  • Arnold Marquis , the dubbing voice of Max, died almost three years before the shooting of the first reunion film Hard but warm - The return .
  • At the time of the filming of the Reunion television films, Friedwart was already dead. Therefore, a similar-looking dog was taken to represent his son. The name of this dog is also "Friedwart" or "Friedwart Junior".
  • Max met Jonathan when he was a teenager selling newspapers on the street. Shortly thereafter, Max decided to adopt Jonathan, who was living in the orphanage, and take him in. He later bought Jonathan an old Ford and sent Jonathan to college .
  • The role of Jonathan Hart was actually intended to be Cary Grant , who was already 75 years old when filming began. However, Grant had retired from the movie business for years. In the end, the producers decided on Robert Wagner, whose style was similar to Grant's at a young age. Before Stefanie Powers was hired as Jennifer, Suzanne Pleshette and Lindsay Wagner were also in discussion.
  • The Harts' ranch- like house belonged to Dick Powell , a good friend of Wagner's, and producer Aaron Spelling . The address is 3100 Mandeville Canyon Road, Los Angeles. The real home was in August 2014 14.6 million US dollars bought at auction.
  • The cars that Jonathan, Jennifer and Max drive are:
These vehicles are marked 1 HART, 2 HARTS and 3 HARTS or HART1, HART2 and HART3. The Aston Martin bears the MR HART registration. In the fifth episode of the fifth season, which takes place in England , the vehicle bears the British registration number JJH 2.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hard but warm. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Pictures of Hart's residence. Retrieved June 12, 2015 .