Heartbreaker - father of four sons

Television series
Original title	Heartbreaker - father of four sons
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Year (s)	2013-2016
Production ; company	ITV Studios Germany GmbH (seasons 1–2) ; Bantry Bay Productions GmbH (seasons 3–4)
length	45 minutes
Episodes	46 in 4 seasons ( list )
genre	Family series
Theme music	Green Day - Stray Heart
idea	Christian Pfannenschmidt
production	Gerda Müller , Jan Kromschröder
music	Andreas Weidinger , Stephan Römer
camera	Heiko Merten , Rainer Lauter , Thomas Schinz , Michael Tötter , Bernhard Wagner
First broadcast	November 2, 2013 on ZDF
occupation

Heartbreaker - Father of Four Sons is a German television series that was broadcast on Saturday's ZDF evening program. The father named in the series title is a single parent Protestant pastor.

The ten episodes of the first season ran from November 2013 to January 2014. Thereafter, a second season with twelve episodes was commissioned, which was shown from October to December 2014. A third season with twelve episodes was broadcast on ZDF from October 2015 to January 2016. The fourth season was shown from October to December 2016. The series was discontinued after the fourth season.

action

At the beginning of the "Heartbreaker" series, a family has to deal with the new situation after the death of their mother. The widowed pastor Andreas Tabarius, father of four sons aged 6, 13, 17 and 20 years, accepts a vacant position in a Protestant community in Bonn . The story of the five " heartbreakers " begins here . It tells the story of the family and the daily life of a pastor and his community.

occupation

main actor

actor	Role name	consequences	Years	Remarks
Simon Böer	Andreas Tabarius	1-46	2013-2016	Pastor, widower of Natalie, father of Jo, Tom, Lukas and Jakob, grandfather of Benjamin, friend of Marie, ex-boyfriend of Katharina
Gerrit Klein	Lukas Tabarius	1-37, 41-43	2013-2016	Medical student, eldest son of Andreas and Natalie, brother of Tom, Jo and Jakob, father of Benjamin, ex-boyfriend of Lea goes abroad for an aid project
Lukas Karlsch	Thomas "Tom" Tabarius	1-46	2013-2016	Student, second oldest son of Andreas and Natalie, brother of Lukas, Jo and Jakob, uncle of Benjamin, friend of Julius
Tom Hoßbach	Johannes "Jo" Tabarius	1-46	2013-2016	second youngest son of Andreas and Natalie, brother of Lukas, Tom and Jakob, uncle of Benjamin, friend of Susanne
Maurizio Magno	James "Jacob" Tabarius	1-24	2013-2015	youngest son of Andreas and Natalie, brother of Lukas, Tom and Jo, uncle of Benjamin goes to a boarding school for the gifted
Max Krauthausen	Bartholomew "Bart" Rix	23-39	2015-2016	Son of a diplomat, lives temporarily in the rectory moves back to his family
Cordelia ways	Marie Büchner	35-46	2016	Judge, mother of Tim and Leonie, friend of Andreas
Carlo Bohnenkamp	Tim Büchner	36-46	2016	Son of Marie
Johanna Hens	Leonie Büchner	37-46	2016	Daughter of Marie

supporting cast

actor	Role name	consequences	Years	Remarks
Annika Ernst	Katharina Marquardt	1-34	2013-2016	Municipal secretary, antique dealer, ex-girlfriend of Andreas
Tamara Rohloff	Constanze Abels	1-22	2013-2014	Chairwoman of the church council, now lives in Berlin
Annette Strasser	Anna Breckwoldt	1-22	2013-2014	Member of the church council, chairwoman of the church council (episode 20-21)
Wilfried Dziallas	Willi Kockelkorn	1-46	2013-2016	Sexton / cemetery gardener
Julia Malik	Natalie Tabarius †	1-23	2013-2015	The wife of Andreas, mother of Jo, Tom, Lukas and Jakob, appears in Andreas' memories
Jochen Kolenda	Hieronymus Voigt	1-2, 8, 15, 21-22, 28	2013-2015	Superintendent (until season 3), suffers from Alzheimer's
Linn Müller	Susanne Strack	7, 22, 40-46	2013-2016	Friend of Jo
Julia-Maria Koehler	Christine Larsen	11-22	2014	Choir director, now lives in Tenerife
Paul Falk	Julius	11-21 31-42	2014 2015-2016	Friend of Tom
Hansjürgen Hürrig	Richard Tabarius †	12 40	2014 2016	Former pastor, friend or husband of Ewa, father of Andreas, grandfather of Jo, Tom, Lukas and Jakob, great-grandfather of Benjamin (death in episode 40)
Karolina Lodyga	Ewa Tabarius	12 40	2014 2016	Carer, girlfriend, wife or widow of Richard Tabarius (wedding between episode 12 and 40)
Katrin Hess	Lea Mommsen	13-46	2014-2016	new community secretary, former hairdresser, ex-girlfriend of Lukas Tabarius, mother of Benjamin
Lee Rychter	Marc Wenkstern	15-22 35, 43, 46	2014 2016	Pastor, Head of Human Resources (Season 4)
Carin C. Tietze	Astrid Kurland	23-46	2015-2016	Chairman of the church council, friend of Philip Glees
Rainer Laupichler	Reiner Bosheim	25th	2015	grandfather
Bernhard Bettermann	Philip Glees	25-46	2015-2016	Cemetery gardener, friend of Astrid Kurland
Irene Rindje	Anneliese Engel	25-46	2015-2016	cleaning woman

Location

The location for the exterior shots was the Carthusian Church in Cologne .

consultation

Mathias Bonhoeffer, pastor at the Carthusian Church and great-nephew of Dietrich Bonhoeffer , advised the actor Simon Böer, who is of Roman Catholic faith.

Episode list

Web links

Heartbreaker - father of four sons in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Heartbreaker - father of four sons at Fernsehserien.de
Heartbreaker - father of four sons on Facebook

Individual evidence

↑ Heartbreaker - father of four sons at fernsehserien.de
↑ Uwe Mantel: Passed the test: ZDF orders the second season of "Herzensbrecher" . In: DWDL.de . January 2, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
↑ "Dr. Small "and" Heartbreaker - Father of Four Sons "will be continued ( Memento from December 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Alexander Krei: “Herzensbrecher” is going into its fourth season in 2016 . In: dwdl.de . December 30, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
↑ Quota pressure instead of heartbreakers: The ZDF sees itself once again as a private broadcaster . In: screenread.de . 2016-19-12. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
↑ Start of shooting for twelve new episodes of the ZDF series "Heartbreaker - Father of Four Sons" , presseportal.de, March 30, 2016
↑ gn-online.de: ZDF series “Herzensbrecher” without Annika Ernst
↑ Evangelical Church Association Cologne and Region. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 10, 2016 ; Retrieved July 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Kölner Südstadt pastor helps ZDF: Bonhoeffer: That's how I trained the TV pastor. Express.de, May 7, 2014, accessed July 10, 2016 .

[1] Heartbreaker - father of four sons at fernsehserien.de

[2] Uwe Mantel: Passed the test: ZDF orders the second season of "Herzensbrecher" . In: DWDL.de . January 2, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.

[3] "Dr. Small "and" Heartbreaker - Father of Four Sons "will be continued ( Memento from December 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

[4] Alexander Krei: “Herzensbrecher” is going into its fourth season in 2016 . In: dwdl.de . December 30, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2016.

[5] Quota pressure instead of heartbreakers: The ZDF sees itself once again as a private broadcaster . In: screenread.de . 2016-19-12. Retrieved October 4, 2017.

[6] Start of shooting for twelve new episodes of the ZDF series "Heartbreaker - Father of Four Sons" , presseportal.de, March 30, 2016

[7] -online.de: ZDF series “Herzensbrecher” without Annika Ernst

[8] Evangelical Church Association Cologne and Region. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 10, 2016 ; Retrieved July 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[9] Kölner Südstadt pastor helps ZDF: Bonhoeffer: That's how I trained the TV pastor. Express.de, May 7, 2014, accessed July 10, 2016 .