Behind bars - the woman barn

Television series
Original title	Behind bars - the woman barn
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Year (s)	1997-2007
Production company	Grundy UFA TV Produktions GmbH
length	45 minutes
Episodes	403 in 16 seasons
genre	Drama , Weekly Soap
production	Rainer Wemcken
music	Stephan Wildfeuer Ludwig Eckmann
First broadcast	September 22, 1997 on RTL Television
main actor
supporting cast

Behind bars - Der Frauenknast (short: HG or HiGi ) was a German television series in the form of a soap opera , which told the dramaturgically exaggerated everyday life in a prison for women. The series was broadcast from September 22, 1997 to February 13, 2007 on the private broadcaster RTL .

background

The first episode was broadcast on September 22, 1997 on the private broadcaster RTL, where the series was broadcast every Monday evening until November 20, 2006, seven years even without a summer break . Since December 5, 2006, the series has aired every Tuesday at 1:05 am. The series was produced by Grundy UFA TV Produktions GmbH on the former military site of the "Wavell Barracks" in Berlin-Wilhelmstadt ( Spandau district ) under the direction of Dagmar von Chappuis, Roger Wielgus, Axel Bock, Sebastian Monk, Bodo Schwartz, Oren Schmuckler , Heinz Dietz, Olaf Götz, Conny Dohrn and others.

The action takes place in the fictional prison Reutlitz in Berlin. The individual episodes build on each other. As is typical for a soap opera , new storylines are regularly added to the series and intertwined with one another, while others then run out ( pigtail dramaturgy ). In this context, lesbian love relationships, drug deals, attempted escape, disputes with prison officers (“turnkey”) as well as crimes such as murders are described. Often prison jargon used. After a while, Christine Walter (played by Katy Karrenbauer ), a bank robber and an authority figure among the other prisoners, became the most important and well-known role beyond the regular audience .

Despite the sometimes absurd and unrealistic plot, the series has earned a comparatively good reputation for the quality of the acting, as in contrast to many daily soaps, almost exclusively trained actors were used - most of them with theater experience.

In addition to a permanent cast of actors since the beginning of the broadcast, there are roles that are only temporarily introduced into the plot; on the other hand, roles that are reintegrated into the series after sometimes longer breaks. The breaks are also used to make a character change and make it plausible. As a result, the series has a balanced balance of popular characters and their opponents, both among the inmates and among the prison staff. An example of such changes is the figure of Jutta Adler . These rotations, which resulted in more or less long breaks in broadcasting for most roles, made it possible to meet the needs of the dramaturgy as well as the respective actress of this soap opera. Some of the characters in the series that are only temporarily present have met with particular approval from the audience. An example is the unscrupulous prison inmate Natascha Sanin played by Susann Uplegger or the story about Dr. Kerstin Herzog and Sascha Mehring , whose story has been accompanied by four novels.

From a dramaturgical point of view, elements of action , romance, suspense, etc. serve a broad spectrum of viewer interests. The stylistic device of irony is often used, which happens in such a way that certain audiences are addressed by the mere wording or the unreflected action, while other audiences recognize the irony and feel addressed as well.

When Mona Klare got out of the series Gute Zeiten, Bad Zeiten in 2000 , the Barbara Graf she portrayed was jailed. The set from Behind Bars served as the setting and the characters Melanie Schmidt and Horst Dahnke , who live there, were part of the plot for some episodes. In the same year, an episode of the series The Puma - Fighters with a Heart also played in Reutlitz , with Jutta Adler , Birgit Schnoor and prison inmates played by permanent extras . Through guest appearances and crossovers, Hinter Gittern has become part of the common series universe of Everything that counts , The Puma - Fighter with a Heart , Good Times, Bad Times , Big City Dreams , SK Babies and Unter Uns .

After a relatively short 14th season (20 episodes), the series went on a summer break for the first time in June 2005. On August 22, 2005 a special was broadcast (What happened in Reutlitz?) , Which heralded the return of the role of Jutta Adler . In addition, the plot of the previous season was summarized in flashbacks, which should make it easier for new viewers to get into the series action. The 15th season, which began on September 12 with a double episode, ran unusually long with 33 episodes. After a final double episode on May 22, 2006, the series took a second summer break. It was completely new from September 2006 in its 16th season under the motto Behind Bars - RELOADED! presents. New backdrops, such as a protection zone in the prison yard, a different camera technology and a "back to the roots" thinking in the story made for a changed appearance. In addition, some characters, some of which had been established for many years, were no longer taken into account in the further action, although their disappearance was not explained. A total of 19 new characters were introduced.

In the course of the 16th season, falling audience figures led the program managers to decide to let the series run out and to broadcast the last episodes on Tuesday night. The last episode aired on February 13, 2007 at 1:05 am. In the last scene the prison gate opened first and then the lock. All participants left Reutlitz in the back light. Only director Juliane Sürth ( Susanne Schäfer ) remained on the stop marking of the prison yard. The last sentence was pronounced by Christine Walter after she had looked back at the director for a moment: "Wait for me!" . Whether this last scene is supposed to be a dream of a serial character or a very unrealistic fictional reality remains open.

By the end of February 2007, all the sets on the grounds of the old British barracks in Berlin Spandau had been torn down. Only the backdrops of the prison nursery, which is located a bit away from the main and production site, and the prison's own chapel have been preserved for posterity, but are becoming increasingly dilapidated.

As offshoots to the series, there are novels in which, for example, previous stories about people from the series are told or events from the series that were particularly well received by the audience are examined in more detail (e.g. The Vattkes - for life and death ). There is also a computer game of the same name ( genre : Adventure ) along with a sequel and a mobile game for the series. In addition, two music albums were recorded with the stars from behind bars . The included titles also served as the soundtrack of the series episodes for a while. A wall calendar for the series is also published annually.

Released on July 23, 2010, the DVD box for the 15th season contains two bonus episodes (379z A Woman Picks Up And 380z Haltlos ) that were not broadcast on television. The main plot of these two episodes about Ginger and Daniela was shortened afterwards, the subplots about Annabelle , Jeannette , Ilse , Esther and Teresa were largely deleted and replaced by the storyline about Walter , Manu and their sister Jana . The original two episodes became the final episode 379 (A woman punching her way through) , but it has a different ending. While Daniela is taken home by Jutta at the end of the non-broadcast episodes , she is suspended by her at the end of episode 379 that has been broadcast.

From September 13, 2004, the first episodes of the series (with the subtitle How it all began ) were repeated after the new episode at 11:15 pm. Since the subsequent RTL Nachtjournal was not supposed to be postponed in its early days, the episodes were shortened by a few minutes each. In January 2005, the slot was moved from Monday to Thursday before the repeat with the April 7th episode was finally canceled. The first ten seasons of the series were repeated on the pay TV channel Passion from April 14, 2008 to April 22, 2013 on Mondays at 8:15 p.m. Since November 18, 2013, the other episodes have been broadcast on weekdays at 1.30 p.m. in the afternoon program in double episodes. In mid-February 2015, Passion skipped seasons 8, 9 and 10 for licensing reasons. Between December 1, 2013 and January 12, 2015, an episode was published every day on the video-on-demand portal RTL NOW , which was free for 30 days was available. Since the end of the 30 days it has been possible to rent the individual episodes. From September 26, 2015 to March 13, 2016, the series ran weekly on Super RTL . She has been on RTLplus since June 6, 2016 .

occupation

Inmates

actor	Role name	Season (s)	consequences	Year (s)	Offense
Katja Strobel	Martina Thielmann	1	1-19	1997-1998	Alleged murder of her child (innocent)	Was almost raped by the customs officer and for a long time ostracized and avoided by the other inmates. Dismissed after proven innocence.
Ana Fonell	Regine Seifert	1-2	1-36	1997-1998	Terrorism with multiple murders	Mother of Michael. Transfigured worldview. Relocated at his own request when Frank Gitting was moved to Reutlitz.
Kristiane Kupfer	Dagmar Friese	1-2	1-36	1997-1998	Blackmail and grievous bodily harm	Zöllner's murderer. Has put Katrin Tornow under pressure for a long time because she betrayed her to the prison management. Drug dealer. Was put in the freight elevator by Katrin and then admitted to psychiatry.
Tanya Neufeldt	Katrin Tornow	1-2 4	1-44 91-94, 97-98	1997-1998	Drug trafficking, attempted murder of Dagmar Friese	Affair between Matthias Goran and Leo Meineke; Friend of Richard; Has prostituted himself to tax collectors; Escaped with Richard; Came back later to fetch diamonds from Reutlitz; Fled again with the help of Richard.
Annette Frier	Vivien "Vivi" Andrascheck	1-3 4, 6	1-57, 65-66 84, 91-92, 127	1997-1998 1999, 2000	Armed robbery and attempted murder	Physical mother of Philipp Bötel (born as Lukas Andrascheck), ex-girlfriend of Walter, one-night stand of Susanne, girlfriend of Matthias Frowein; Was raped by customs officers, the resulting child secretly aborted her and could not have children afterwards; After she was declared fit for probation due to spying, she moved in with Matthias and his two children.
Isabella Schmid	Ilona "Lollo" Fuchs, b. Kühne  †	1-3	1-60	1997-1999	Black copy	Wife of Daniel Fuchs (living separately until her death), ex-girlfriend of Marc Schneider; Wanted to start an affair with the prison chaplain; Is mistaken for Susanne Teubner by Benita Wolf and stabbed to death.
Cheryl Shepard	Susanne Teubner †	1-4	1-93,114	1997-1999 2000	Murder of her husband (converted to manslaughter of her husband in affect after retrial)	Mother of Nina, Martin and Christine, grandma of Stella (never met her), daughter-in-law of Marlies, ex-fiancee of Thomas, ex-girlfriend of Walter, one-night-stand of Vivi. Station spokeswoman; Was released early and shot dead by Melanie Schmidt in a bank robbery.
Marie-Ernestine Worch	Nina Teubner	1-12	1-282	1997-2003	Drug trafficking, escape assistance	Daughter of Susanne, granddaughter of Marlies, sister of Martin, half-sister of Christine, foster daughter of Walter, mother of Stella, friend of Andy, ex-girlfriend of Kevin, best friend of Raffi; Has been sexually abused by her own father for years as a child; Left town with Andy and Stella after their release. ( The role of Nina Teubner is played by Julia Mallwitz in episodes 137 and 138, as Marie-Ernestine Worch was out due to illness.)
Katy Karrenbauer	Christine Walter "Walter"	1-16	1-403	1997-2007	Armed robbery, prison mutiny, attempted murder of Jörg Baumann, murder of Erich Gomulka (innocent, but committed the act)	Lesbian ; Sister of Andreas, foster mother of Nina, foster grandma of Stella, ex-girlfriend of Vivi, Susanne, Bea and Manuela, affair of Tina, Conny and Blondie, one-night-stand of Ariane and Ines; Over time, became Uschi's best friend; Was raped by Jörg Baumann and was then dependent on pills; Karin Seefeld came back to Reutlitz briefly as a turnkey, was arrested again by the police with the help of Jutta Adler after the explosion; Several attempts to escape, but was caught again and again; Was temporarily a prisoner representative.
Brigitte Renner	Margarethe "Mutz" Korsch	1-5 6, 9	1-123, 133, 209	1997-2000 2002	Killing on request in 4 cases (once innocent, but took the act upon himself)	Mother of Gaby, grandma of Felix and Sebastian; Born in 1927; Because of her old age she was moved to a nursing home in Bad Hersfeld.
Christiane Reiff	Ilse Wünsche, born Brahms	1-16	1-403	1997-2007	Insurance fraud, forgery of documents, corpse-busting, escape assistance, assisted manslaughter of Jörg Baumann	Gregor's ex-wife. Friend of Joachim Franke until he leaves Germany without her. In the meantime tried herself as an author; Interested in tabloid journalism; Very hysterical.
Christine Schuberth	Jeanette Bergdorfer	1-16	1-403	1997-2007	Bribery in office, burglary and theft, illegal gambling	"The old leather bag"; Spy of the institution management. Almost wife of Peter Kittler (fictitious marriage), ex-fiancee of Anton Kornbichler; Became station spokeswoman after the tightened safety precautions due to the explosion caused by Cobra.
Barbara Freier	Ursula "Uschi" König	1-16	1-403	1997-2007	Murder of her first husband's mistress and attempted murder of her husband, murder of Marc Schneider, attempted murder of Jutta Adler and Dr. Lorenz Strauss	Widow of Horst-Wolfgang, mother of Sonja, ex-wife of Lorenz; Over time, became Walter's best friend; Several stays in psychiatry; In the meantime declared incapable of detention for health reasons, which was later revoked; Headed a contact point for inmates in Reutlitz and ran a transition home for women released from prison.
Martina Baumann	Gerda Keller	1-12	1-306	1997-2004	Armed robbery, drug trafficking, willful homicide	The role has been renamed several times from Tina Stein to Tina Schäfer to Tina Keller to Gerda Keller; Lesbian; Temporarily had an affair with Walter; Illiterate; Plant in Reutlitz drug trade and was relocated to Preekow; Later came back and trafficked Godzilla again; Discovered when a junkie died of an overdose and was relocated to Preekow with Godzilla.
Anja Beatrice Kaul	Mona Suttner †	3-6 9	46-141 203-221	1998-2000 2002	Tax evasion, attempted murder of Eva Baal	Biological mother of Jule; Peter's affair, Tom's one-night stand; Drug dealer; Opened a phone sex hotline in Reutlitz; Vera gouged out an eye, which was replaced by a glass prosthesis; Later headed an escort agency; Was strangled (in episode 218) by Ruth with a red scarf.
Christine Wodetzky	Katharina von Preiss	3 6	49-59 143-148	1998 2000-2001	Repeatedly drink-driving, hit-and-run, insulting officials	Aunt of Burghard; Self- proclaimed Sissi expert; Was incarcerated twice: the second time innocently in prison, as her nephew took advantage of her amnesia to give her a false identity in order to get her inheritance.
Kristin Lenhardt	Cornelia "Conny" Starck	3-6	55-137 140	1998-2000	Robbery, drug offenses, attempted murder of Vivi Andrascheck	Walter's ex-affair, Olli's friend. Jule's best friend. Tried to kill Vivi because she was whistled to the prison management for a fake rape to the disadvantage of Gitting in order to receive parole. Was disciplined by Eva Baal for her insubordination and tortured with a hose. Fled from Reutlitz with Jutta's nephew in a hot air balloon.
Victoria Madincea	Barbara "Blondie" Koschinski	3-5	61-103	1999	Alleged bank robbery with triple murder (innocent)	Sister of Doris, ex-girlfriend of Christoph, ex-affair of Walter. Very naive. Was forced to have sex by gitting. Her sister, together with an ally doctor, deceived her into believing that she suffered from cancer and only had a few weeks to live so that she could take the blame, after her sister Doris turned out to be the real perpetrator.
Maria Schuster	Vera Eichholz	4-6 8	62-110 177-195	1999 2002	Substance abuse	Junkie; Put one eye out of Mona; Was a member of the jail band Jailbabes with Melanie, Denise and Ruth; After the mass escape in the off, the final escape succeeded
Monika Guthmann	Elke Meier # 1	4-6	76-150	1999-2001	Drunk driving and fatal accidents (Felix Kaiser)	1. Actress of the role. Clemens's ex-wife, Jan's ex-girlfriend. Bringed Jutta away from her lottery win. Friend of Tom Weber, moved in with him after she was released.
Maren Schumacher	Elke Meier # 2	7-8	151-184	2001	Drunk driving and fatal accidents (Felix Kaiser)	2. Actress of the role. Clemens's ex-wife, Jan's ex-girlfriend, Mr Wildhagen's one-night stand, Tom's friend. Regularly ripped off the inmates in Reutlitz. Was illegally released after extortion and moved in with Tom
Marion Reuter	Renate Keller †	4th	81-83	1999	Arson and attempted murder	Half-sister of Silke, friend of Heinz-Jürgen. Right-wing radical. Shot by a sniper while trying to escape.
Anke Rähm	Julia "Jule" Neumann, b. Suttner,  †	4-6	85-149	1999-2001	Robbery and assault	Lesbian . "Schlusenschlitzerin". Biological daughter of Mona, adopted daughter of Ingrid, biological granddaughter of Sofia, ex-girlfriend of Nadja. Conny's best friend. Was "hooked" by Mona and Kittler. Was forced by Mona to prostitute herself to the laundry driver Axel for drugs. Special relationship with Uschi König. Was forced by Baal to betray her grandmother (Sofia Monetti), was harassed and cut by the other inmates for this reason, and killed herself after she admitted that her life was no longer worth anything.
Bettina Kramer	Anna Talberg	4-7	98-173	1999-2001	Manslaughter of her husband after rape ( putative self-defense ); Murder of Lutz Brandt, Theo Schmieder and Horst Dahnke	Widow of Lothar, mother of Jan and Lilli, ex-girlfriend of Tom, ex-fiancee of Horst. Developed a troubled relationship with men. Killed Lutz Brandt, Theo Schmieder and Horst Dahnke while in custody because in her paranoia she thought they were cheating on her. Was admitted to psychiatry.
Anette Hellwig	Sabine "Bine" Sanders	5	101-124	1999-2000	Offenses in traffic, insulting officials, refusing to pay fines, violating the BeTMG	"Gossip reporter" who tried illegally to get sensational reports out of prison. Got drugs from Eva, later disciplined by Eva and tortured with a stun gun. Was avoided by the other inmates. Attempted suicide after Eva's long psychological terrorism. Eva Baal later helped Bine to escape involuntarily.
Sigrid Maria Schnückel	Melanie "Mel" Schmidt	5-16	111-403	2000-2007	Dangerous bodily harm, armed bank robbery with murder of Susanne Teubner, attempted murder of Walter and Anna, manslaughter of Jörg Baumann, attempted murder of Edgar Brock	Widow of Michael "Mike" Michalke, sister-in-law of Lizzy, daughter of Helga Jablonski, stepdaughter of Norbert. Was sexually abused by Norbert in childhood. Technically and technically gifted. Easily provocative and very impulsive.
Ina Halmagyi	Tina Hünseler †	6th	131-132 134-135 139-140	2000	Substance abuse and drug trafficking	HIV positive junkie. Was avoided and rejected by the other inmates. Did Dr. Stein deliberately infected with HIV, died in the bunker of her disease, was beaten and abused by Eva Baal.
Gudrun Gundelach	Sofia Monetti	6th	126-127 131-132 147-148	2000 2001	Mafia business, attempted murder on behalf of Mona Suttner and Ilse Wünsche	Biological grandmother of Jule. Put a bounty on Ilse and Mona for treason. Was caught by the police with the help of Ilse and moved to Preekow.
Edina Robinson	Denise Hartung	6-8 9	142-195 206	2000-2002	Case of Tonya Harding	Ex-figure skater. Ex-girlfriend of Ruth, ex-affair of Tom, ex-girlfriend of Carsten Fricke. Very selfish and emotionally cold. Initially continued to train for her career in Reutlitz until Martina smashed her knee. Was raped by Baumann and then got pregnant by him. Suffered a miscarriage, fled Reutlitz. Later appeared as a singer in Jutta Adlers Hotel.
Susanne Schlenzig	Simone Bach	7-12	152-304	2001-2004	Murder of a suitor	Prostitutes, etc. a. from Jörg. Mother of Alex and Caroline, widow of Helmut, ex-girlfriend of Frank, one-night-stand of Peter and a callboy. Very sexualized behavior. Got mentally ill in the high security wing (Ward C). Was released after she was acquitted of Jörg Baumann's murder.
Sanna Englund	Mareike Vattke †	7-10	153-245	2001-2003	Murder of her father, murder of Dr. Stein and a policewoman	Sister of Martina, aunt of Chris, blood sister of Ruth, ex-affair of Hendrik. Drug dealer. Crucified Ruth. Mentally abnormal, had a personality disorder. After an accident, she was mentally set back to an early stage of childhood, so she was transferred to the psychiatry, from which she later returned, and was shot in self-defense by Andreas "Andy" Wagner.
Judith Sehrbrock	Martina Vattke	7-10	153-250	2001-2003	Murder of her father	Sister of Mareike, mother of Chris, ex-girlfriend of Christoph. Was freed by Christoph through an old shaft from Reutlitz. Stabbed Jörg Baumann together with Simone, Melanie and Ilse. Was dismissed after various false statements (among others by Mareike Vattke, Birgit Schnoor, Sybille Mohr, Andreas "Andy" Wagner and Hendrik Jansen).
Katrein Frenzel	Ruth Bächtle †	7-9	160-221	2001-2002	Assault of a police officer resulting in death	Ex-nun. Denise's ex-girlfriend, Mareike's blood sister. Became a lesbian in prison and took off her nun costume. Mona's murderer. Died of suicide after realizing she had strangled Mona Suttner for no reason due to a psychiatric illness.
Karin Ugowski	Hannelore "Elena Drago" Schäfer †	8th	181-185	2002	tax evasion	Fortune teller, cheated the other inmates of their money. Good friend and business partner of Melanie. Dies of a heart attack after winning the lottery (her body was kept hidden by several inmates and Peter for several days to get the prize).
Katja Schmitz	Lizzy Michalke	8-10, 11	189-251, 257-258	2002-2003	Burglary, theft of a police vehicle to help escape	Ex-girlfriend of Frank Holtzendorff, sister of Michael "Mike" Michalke, sister-in-law of Melanie Schmidt. Sat twice. Was fired.
Katharina Zapatka	Ariane May	8-10, 11	199-247, 273-278	2002-2003	Murder, attempted murder of Dr. Lorenz Strauss and Uschi König	Former actress. Walter's ex-affair. Very arrogant and manipulative. Mentally abnormal. Blackmailed Hendrik Jansen to escape. Was caught while appearing in a TV movie. After attempted murder of Dr. Lorenz Strauss and Uschi König finally moved to Preekow.
Graziella De Santis	Raffaella "Raffi" Caprese †	9-11	204-274	2002-2003	theft	Ex-Junkie. Nina's best friend, Kai's affair. Died of suicide after discovering that Kai had only played with her.
Carrie Hampel	Jasmin "Godzilla" Zielowski	9-12	213-306	2002-2004	Drug trafficking, assault	Came from America and spoke English fluently. Very violent. Operation in Reutliz drug trade with Gerda and was therefore relocated to Preekow. Very masculine appearance.
Heidemarie Rohweder	Helga Jablonski †	9-10	221-228	2002	Theft, Serious Assault	Melanie Schmidt's mother, Norbert's wife. Severe alcoholic. Watched her 11 year old daughter be sexually abused by her husband. Was released and tried to murder Norbert. Died shortly after.
Barbara Sotelsek	Alexandra "Sascha" Mehring	10-13	229-312	2002-2004	Manslaughter of her friend Doreen in GDR times, attempted murder of Hendrik Jansen, dangerous bodily harm to Hendrik Jansen, perjury	Lesbian . One night stand from Ines, friend of Kerstin. Was moved to Reutlitz at the request of Eva Baal so that she can work for them there as an informant in the Baumann case. However, kept her knowledge to herself and later perjured in court. Seriously strained relationship with Hendrik. Fled with Kerstin after she was officially declared dead by Kerstin.
Livia S. Reinhard	Nancy Konnopke	10-14	252-352	2003-2005	Dangerous bodily harm	Cousin of Kalle. Mentally retarded due to a bathtub accident in childhood (lack of oxygen). Due to her IQ of almost 73 actually incapable of detention, but wanted to stay with her cousin in prison, was sexually abused by Uwe Grauel. Friend of Lukas. Trained "Roxy" to be a guide dog. Was released after she was proven innocent.
Aline Staskowiak	Heidrun "fish" fisherman	10-15	252-353	2003-2005	Dangerous bodily harm	Drug dealer. Best friend of Steffi. racist tendencies. Was tortured by Brock on Ward C. In the chaos of the explosion caused by Cobra, fled through a blasted hole in the Reutlitz wall and disappeared to Russia.
Stephanie Japp	Britta Jansen	11-13	255-331	2003-2004	Hit and run resulting in death (innocent)	Ex-wife of Hendrik Jansen, ex-girlfriend of David Willborn, mother of Erik and Sebastian, best friend of Sandra. Was tyrannized, tortured and almost raped by her ex-husband Hendrik for a long time and finally released after proven innocence.
Isabelle Höpfner	Kathleen "Kalle" Konnopke	11-13	258-312	2003-2004	Dangerous bodily harm	Cousin of Nancy. Drug dealer. Blackmailed Maya and Peter for a long time. Blown up Peter's food truck and almost all of his family. Took Birgit hostage, in the course of which she lost her unborn child. Relocated to Preekow.
Isabelle Stoffel	Stefanie "Steffi" Gessler	12-13	283-321	2003-2004	Drug trafficking	HIV- positive ex-heroin junkie. Friend of Daniel, mother of Jasmin ("Mini"), best friend of Fisch. Was almost raped by Brock. Had a positive influence on Heidrun "Fisch" Fischer. Moved to Munich because Mini was taken into a foster family there.
Jana Becker	Andrea Burgschulte †	12-13	283-332	2003-2004	Drug trafficking	Adoption sister of Maja Brehme, affair of Daniel. Together with Annika Jesske printed counterfeit money in Reutlitz. Fled from Reutlitz. When she escaped, she was picked up, disfigured and murdered by Natascha's helpers. (outside of the series happening).
Freya Trampert	Ines Fürbringer # 2  †	13	308-330	2004	Theft and murder of Andreas Walter	2. Actress of the role. One-night stand by Andreas, Sascha and Walter. Organized illegal alcohol smuggling. Sat innocent of murder. Tried to murder Walter several times. Was murdered by Natascha.
Claudia Kühn	Paula Vogel †	13-15	308-353	2004-2005	Trafficking in doping substances	Masculine appearance due to steroid abuse. Died in the explosion caused by Cobra.
Sylwia von Wildburg	Annika Jesske	13-15	313-385	2004-2006	Abuse of office, illegal money production	Ex-turnkey. Hendrik's ex-affair, Sven's friend. Prostituted for Natascha.
Dennenesch Zoudé	Wilhelmina "Mina" "Müller" Makhubela	13-16	322-403	2004-2007	Deportation detention, dangerous bodily harm	Comes from Namibia. Sister of Friedrich, ex-wife of Armin (fictitious marriage), widow of Johnny. After the tightened security precautions became a station spokesperson (later first station spokesperson) due to the explosion caused by Cobra.
Susann Uplegger	Natascha Sanin	13-14, 15	325, 329-345, 352a, 358-376	2004-2005, 2006	Money laundering, illegal gambling, promotion of prostitution, tax evasion, murder of Ines Fürbringer, murder of Nora Strauss by order	A brothel is operated on the disused Station C with the help of Edgar Brock and Peter Kittler. Was temporarily relocated to Preekow. Later fled to Russia by helicopter.
Nadine Warmuth	Antje “Ginger” Stenzel	14-16	333-403	2004-2007	Fraud and theft	Bisexual. Prostituted herself in prison for Natasha. Edgar Brock and Peter Kittler affair. Was in love with Annika and also with Nicole, but was supposed to kill her on assignment.
Solveig August	Dr. Nikola "Nik" Gross †	14-15	338-369	2005-2006	Serious assault	Organized a scientific experiment in Reutlitz, which was sabotaged by Ginger on behalf of Natascha and then canceled. Died of a brain tumor. Solveig August played in episode 286 Sonja, Sascha Mehring's lover (flashback), who killed herself after an affair with Hendrik Jansen because he did not reciprocate her love.
Hanna Juergens	Nora Strauss †	14th	339-340	2005	Amounted to	Daughter of Lorenz, sister of Thoralf, stepdaughter of Uschi. Should unconsciously prostitute himself for Natascha, but was deliberately exchanged by "Ginger" and strangled by a suitor for payment.
Daniela Schober	Corinna "Cobra" Roth	14th	346-352a	2005	Negligent homicide in 15 cases	"Mass murdering snake woman", used to be an artist in the circus. Extremely manipulative. Initially posed as Annabelle. Caused an explosion in Reutlitz, as a result of which 5 people died and many were seriously injured. Was then transferred to psychiatry.
Bettina Lohmeyer	Annabelle "Hackfresse" Liffers †	14-15	346-385	2005-2006	Mike Michalke murder	Severe mental disorders, impaired perception. Killed Karin, Yvonne (Güstrow JVA), Manu and almost Wilhelmina during her imprisonment. Became the first station spokeswoman after the tightened security precautions due to the explosion caused by Cobra. Was shot by the SEK.
Constanze priest	Manuela "Manu" Wellmann †	15th	353-385	2005-2006	Assault, manslaughter	Jana's sister, Walter's ex-girlfriend, Ayse's one-night stand (Güstrow prison). Became station spokeswoman after the tightened safety precautions due to the explosion caused by Cobra. Was stabbed to death by Annabelle and died in a coma after a while. (outside of the series happening).
Nicole Ernst	Teresa Fränze	15th	366-382	2005-2006	theft	Mother of Anemone and Olli. Welfare recipient without understanding of her wrongdoing. Was released early due to overcrowding.
Dorothea Walda	Esther Loschwitz	15th	376-382	2006	Multiple theft	More intelligent than it is. Got the other women out of Natasha's diamonds. Empathetic and helpful. Organized the boxing world champion Regina Halmich for the Reutlitz prison so that she could train Manuela Wellmann for the fight against the Güstrow prison. Was found incapable of detention after a hip fracture and was released.
Klara Höfels	Ingrid Schlueter	16	386-403	2006-2007	Murder in the affect	Mentally abnormal.
Greta Galisch	Lena Baumgarten	16	386-403	2006-2007	Negligent homicide	Rudolf's wife. Was imprisoned innocently for exonerating her husband.
Katrin Brockmann	Grit Krause	16	386-403	2006-2007	Serious assault	Racist tendencies. Follower, ran a game of chance with Katja.
Marie Rönnebeck	Miriam Jördens	16	386-403	2006-2007	Burglary, dangerous bodily harm to Iris Römer	Notable skills in dealing with locks and security systems.
Yasmina Djaballah	Katja Marnitz	16	386-400, 403	2006-2007	Organized robbery, assault, willful willful assault	Suffered from MS . Was admitted to psychiatry after being taken hostage in the nursery.
Sandra S. Leonhard	Nicole Maurer b. as Simone Müller	16	387-403	2006-2007	Promoting prostitution	Mother of Klara. Was in the witness protection program.
Finja Martens	Sarah Reese	16	388-403	2006-2007	Drug trafficking	Sebastian Hecht's ex-affair. Was in love with Sebastian Hecht. Very naive at first, but was then "trained" by Mareen. Partner of Mareen.
Natascha Hockwin	Ruth Colditz	16	388-403	2006-2007	Affected murder of her father	Locked. Depended on her sister. Suspected serious sexual abuse by her father.
Ina Rudolph	Mareen Bieler	16	391-403	2006-2007	Bankruptcy delay and embezzlement	Extremely intelligent and manipulative. Retaliated against Angelica for accusing her. In no time at all, brought the entire prison under unofficial control.
Silke Matthias	Dr. Angelika Loberth	16	391-403	2006-2007	Accident resulting in death and hit-and-run	Former public prosecutor. Accused Mareen and fell under their influence in prison without realizing that this was part of Mareen's plan of revenge. Considered something better.

Prison staff

actor	Role name	Season (s)	consequences	Year (s)	Remarks
Wolfgang Finck	Gerhard Zöllner †	1	1-8	1997	Closer husband of Sybille, twin brother of Karl-Heinz. Jutta's ex-boyfriend. Katrin's suitor. Vivi rapist. Tried to rape Martina. Was stabbed by Dagmar. Multiple drug trafficking operations.
Dirk Mierau	Dr. Bernd Beck	1-3	1-62	1997-1999	Institution doctor Jutta forced her to resign voluntarily due to abuse of office. Had feelings for Evelyn Kaltenbach and Susanne Teubner.
Judith von Radetzky	Silke Jakoby †	1-4 7	1-92 159, 164-166	1997-1999, 2001	Closer and temporarily station manager half-sister of Renate Keller. Was popular with inmates because she often ignored regulations to please them. Quit when Frank Gitting became director. Afterwards worked as a probation officer and was set up by one of her clients, and therefore convicted of helping people escape and imprisoned in Reutlitz. Was shot by Jutta while trying to escape.
Thomas Engel	Horst Dahnke †	1-7	1-172	1997-2001	Normally open Fiancé of Anna. Was murdered by Anna Talberg. Sometimes easily annoyed and clumsy.
Claudia Loerding	Jutta Elisabeth "The Vulture" Eagle	1-8 9, 13, 14-15	1-200 206, 312a-332, 352a-385	1997-2002, 2004, 2005-2006	Provisional director of the institution (2x), deputy director of the institution, director of the institution (2x), locker, director of the institution Became the official director of the institution after Gitting's suicide. Daughter of Elisabeth, aunt of Olli, ex-wife of Jörg, ex-fiancee of Ulrich, ex-girlfriend of Gerhard and Dieter, best friend of Silke (was later shot by Jutta while trying to escape) and Birgit. Had a difficult relationship with her mother. Went abroad to open a hotel. Several guest appearances. Sensitive in private and ignorant in personal relationships. Initially feared on duty and hated by some prisoners because of her tough demeanor, later a sympathetic appearance with the inmates, until after the explosion caused by Cobra she returned as a station manager with an initially much tougher line. Was finally removed from the series when she was fired after a massacre broke out due to the relocation of the Güstrow prison.
Egon Hofmann	Peter Kittler	1-15	1-385	1997-2006	Closer , ward manager, deputy prison manager corrupt, crooked dealings with inmates. Ex-husband of Jeanette (fictitious marriage) and Ming Lhai, Mona's ex-affair. Operation in prison with Mona Suttner drug trafficking and pimping with Natascha. He was shot in the head by Peggy Grothe, after which he was unable to work for a long time, but returned to work. After this experience, much more empathetic. Was transferred to another prison at the end of the series.
Uta Prelle	Birgit Schnoor	1-16	1-403	1997-2007	Closer, ward manager, deputy prison manager, provisional prison manager Ex-girlfriend of Uwe, best friend of Jutta. Committed multiple criminal acts in office to protect inmates and their pedophile companions (Uwe Grauel). Tried to take her child away from Martina Vattke because she couldn't have her own. Later, however, helped Martina to her early release by helping to cover the hostage situation committed by Martina. Despite multiple efforts, she was never made the official director of the institution.
Dieter Bach	Matthias Goran †	1-2	2-30	1997-1998	Katrin's institutional psychologist affair. Mentally very unstable myself. Committed suicide after Katrin was raped.
Franziska Matthus	Dr. Evelyn Kaltenbach	1–2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15	2–38, 45, 51, 67, 80, 91, 97, 99, 111, 118, 146, 148, 175, 177–178, 193, 239–240, 251, 261, 277, 331–332, 347– 348, 352-352a, 355, 378	1997-1998, 1999-2006	Head of the institution, head of the penitentiary department in the Senate Department for Justice, State Secretary in the Senate of Justice, left Reutlitz when she received an offer to head the penal system in the Ministry of Justice. Was later promoted to State Secretary. Flirt with Dr. Beck. Failed as the director of the institution because she basically showed solidarity with the women against the officials. Over time, the Ministry of Justice developed an increasingly tough line.
Heidi Weigelt	Sybille "Möhrchen" Mohr	1-16	3-403	1997-2007	Secretary of the prison management led a dance class for the inmates. Former lover of Hubert. Committed multiple abuse of office and often deceived the prison management in order to please inmates. Was briefly dismissed by Eva due to a lack of loyalty to the prison management. Stole the man from her friend and work colleague Trude.
Antonio Wannek	Oliver Papnitz	4th	87-92	1999	Closer in training, nephew of Jutta, relative of Elisabeth, friend of Conny. Helped Conny break out. Was discovered by Gitting. Dismissed after Gitting, promoted to head of the institution. Went to America.
Karl-Heinz von Liebezeit	Frank Gitting †	2-4	35-97	1998-1999	Closer , ward manager and prison manager succeeded in blackmailing Jutta Adler to his position as head. Took a hidden camera into Blondie's cell to film her undressing. Forced Blondie to have sex and then committed suicide.
Franz Mey	Maximilian Ahrens †	3-5	45-123	1998-2000	Pastor had a massive problem with the authority of the management. Had feelings for Ilona Fuchs. Saved Eva Baal from a burning cell and died in the process.
Klaus Hoser	Aloys van Meeren alias Hagen Keyser †	3-4	64-79	1998-1999	Institutional psychologist for a short time Psychopath who escaped from the institution and came to Reutlitz to poison everyone with the help of Uschi König. Was killed by this with lethal injection in battle.
Atto Suttarp	Dr. Christopher Columbus Stone †	3-8	69-194	1999-2002	Prison doctor Ex-boyfriend of Blondie, friend of Martina, father of Chris. Got HIV when Tina rammed a syringe with her blood into his arm. Was shot while being held hostage.
Karen Bohne	Eva Baal	5-6 8-10 14-15	104-150 193-254 333-378	1999-2001 2002-2003 2004-2006	Closer and director of the institution, daughter of Werner Baal, ex-affair of Edgar Brock. Feared by the inmates because of her tough leadership. Putting drugs on Bine Sanders to get her into custody. Tortured Conny Stark with a water hose and Bine with a stun gun. Later, Bine involuntarily helped to escape because she feared that her machinations would be exposed. Became a little more social over time. She later became the head of the institution twice, announced the first time when it was revealed that her father had committed two murders and that she left Kerstin Herzog in dark detention for this reason. Quit the second time she was intrigued by Brock to quit her post as director of the facility. After leaving her post, went to Paris for training.
Marcus Grüsser	Tom Weber	5-8	123-184	2000-2001	Locker and institutional cook friend of Elke, ex-boyfriend of Anna, one-night-stand of Mona, Jeanette and Pia, ex-affair of Denise. Was raped by Mareike. Was almost killed by Anna Talberg when she realized that he was only playing with her emotions. Multiple abuse of office in order to do illegal business with Elke. Quit when Elke was fired and moved in with her.
Sonia Farke	Beate "Bea" Hansen †	6-8	127-185	2000-2001	Closer friend of Walter. Was forced to quit by Jutta Adler after the relationship was exposed. Later got her job back through blackmail until she finally quit. Died of injuries in an explosion caused by Jörg Baumann.
Armin Dallapiccola	Jörg Johannes Baumann †	6-9 11-12	149-226 272-304	2000-2002 2003-2004	Closer and at short notice deputy director of the facility, ex-husband of Jutta. Simone's suitor. Denise and Walter rapist. Attempted rapes on Elke, Nina and Simone. Operation in the love car with Simone and outside Reutlitz for Mona pimping. Tried to help Ilse Wünsche to escape. Was stabbed to death by Simone, Ilse, Martina and Melanie in the prison kitchen and then "disposed of" in a landfill. Re-appeared from episode 272 as Simone's hallucination.
Stefan Puntigam	Andreas "Andy" Wagner	8-12	184-282	2001-2003	Closer friend of Nina, father of Stella, son of Regine and Josef Wagner, shot Mareike in emergency aid. Left Reutlitz and Berlin with Nina after her release.
Dierk Prawdzik	Frank Holtzendorff	8-9	185-212, 224	2001-2003	Institution caretaker Ex-boyfriend of Lizzy and Simone. Was shot in front of the lock by the Russian mafia and was paralyzed afterwards.
Rainer Goernemann	Dr. Lorenz Strauss	8-13	189-326	2002-2004	Institution director, institution doctor and institution psychologist father of Nora and Thoralf, ex-husband of Uschi. Abused the inmates as guinea pigs for illegal drug tests because he was forced to do so by Hendrik Jansen. Quit his job after the "Baumann trial" which made him realize that, as the head of the institution, he is overwhelmed with decisions between humanity and regulation. Then came back again for a short time as an institutional psychologist.
Anja Reßmer	Maja Brehme	10-12	227-306	2002-2004	Closer and ward manager adoptive sister of Andrea Burgschulte, affair of Hendrik. Operation in prison with Kathleen Konopke drug trafficking. Left Reutlitz and went to Vietnam after admitting that she had mated her adoptive sister the whole time.
Ulrich Drewes	Hendrik Jansen born hammer	10-13	227-331	2002-2004	Closer, ward manager and facility manager ex-husband of Britta Jansen, father of Erik and Sebastian, affair of Sonja, Maja, Mareike and Annika. Innocent of rape. Urge Dr. Lorenz Strauss on illegal drug trials on inmates. Was released and subsequently arrested.
Meike Schlueter	Dr. Kerstin Herzog	10-13	233-312	2002-2004	Prison doctor Ex-fiancee of Michael, friend of Sascha. Sat innocent. Declared Sascha Mehring dead in order to start a new life with her.
Karin Oehme	Gertrud "Trude" Schiller	11-15	255-385	2003-2006	Closer Strict enforcement officer. Mother of Annika Schiller, ex-wife of Hubert. Retired.
Holger Hauer	Uwe Grauel †	12	284-300	2003-2004	Closer friend of Birgit Schnoor. Pedophile. Committed suicide after it was discovered that he had molested Nancy.
Cornelia Schindler	Miriam Overberg	12-13	299-332	2004	The director of the institution was suspended because she was overwhelmed with her tasks. At the same time, she was advised to voluntarily resign, which she submitted shortly afterwards.
Leon Boden	Edgar Brock	12-16	303-401	2004-2007	Closer affair by Eva Baal. Was considered a "sadist" and organized fights for food in Ward C, for example. Was beaten by his father as a child. Operation in prison with Natascha pimping. Was Daniela Kallweit's trust officer in the youth prison. Blackmailed them with their résumé manipulated by him without their knowledge. Tried to rape Steffi Gessler, who could only defend herself by admitting her HIV infection. Later took care of Daniela Kallweit's dismissal. Tried several times unsuccessfully to gain the post of director of the institution, the last time by blackmailing Eva Baal with her affair.
Jost Pieper	David Wilborn	12-16	305-403	2004-2007	Closer ex-boyfriend of Britta Jansen. Helped her children to escape from their violent father. Jost Pieper played a call boy once in season 10.
Sascha Gluth	Hanno "Johnny" Matthiesen †	13-15	314-353	2004-2005	Pastor friend of Wilhelmina, friend of Walter and Andreas. Murdered Erich Gomulka. Died in the explosion caused by Cobra.
Judith Hildebrandt	Kim Krause †	13-15	316-353	2004-2005	Asylum cook daughter of Armin, best friend of Wilhelmina. Disassociated himself from Wilhelmina after her father became a need for care through Wilhelmina's intervention. Died in the explosion caused by Cobra.
Norbert Braun	Dr. Salbach	13-15	328-379	2004-2006	Prison doctor. Successor to Dr. Kerstin Herzog.
Corinna A. Horn	Daniela Kallweit	14-15	346-379	2005-2006	Closer Was herself in juvenile detention, where Brock was her representative. Was made aware of the position by Brock and got the position after he manipulated her résumé without her knowledge. As a result, Brock blackmailed her with her résumé to intrigue with him against Eva Baal. Initially stood for a softer approach to the inmates, but developed a much harder line after the explosion caused by Cobra. Was suspended after repeated negative misconduct on duty.
Peggy Lukac	Irene Herrmann † ("Red Mamba")	15th	353-361	2005	Locker Was already a locker in the GDR and was feared there as the "Red Mamba" because of her cruelty. Committed suicide after she was exposed. In episode 312a, Peggy Lukac played a customs officer who checked Jutta Adler at the airport
Friedelise Stutte	Iris Römer	16	386-398	2006-2007	Closer Took her profession very carefully.
Holger Kunkel	Rolf Schuhmann	16	386-403	2006-2007	Normally open
Susanne Schäfer	Juliane Sürth	16	386-403	2006-2007	Director of the institution Natalie's mother. Do-gooder. Her work was shaped by the lack of experience in the prison system.
Max Woelky	Sebastian Hecht	16	386-403	2006-2007	Apprentice closer Sarah's ex-affair. Was in love with Sarah.
Sebastian Wirnitzer	Dr. Peter Kilian	16	388-403	2006-2007	Prison doctor
Robert Lohr	Georg Schallert	16	390-403	2006-2007	Pastor

Other actors

Sorted by entry

actor	Role name	Season (s)	consequences	Year (s)	comment
Maximilian Seidenstücker	Martin Teubner	1-3	1-62	1997-1999	Son of Susanne Teubner, brother of Nina, half-brother of Christine, grandson of Marlies, uncle of Stella. Came to boarding school after two years.
Imke Barnstedt	Marlies Teubner	1-5	1-101	1997-1999	Mother-in-law of Susanne Teubner, grandmother of Nina and Martin. Great-grandmother of Stella. Took care of her grandchildren while her son's killer was in detention. Vigorously defended her son and refused to admit that he had sexually abused his daughter Nina for years. After Susanne's death, she took care of her and Thomas Maybach's daughter.
Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt	Hans Werner Fock	1	2, 11, 20-21	1997-1998	Ministerial Councilor.
Silvia Rachor	Gabriele "Gaby" Kaiser born. Korsch	1-3	5-69	1997-1999	Widow of Dieter, daughter of Margarethe Korsch, mother of Felix and Sebastian. Euthanized her husband (her mother undertook the act).
Hannelore Minkus	Elisabeth Adler †	1-5	6-107	1997-2000	Mother of Jutta Adler. Was in a wheelchair due to an accident caused by Jutta. Committed suicide when she got cancer.
Rainer Frank	Daniel Fuchs	1-3	8-47	1997-1998	Commissioner investigating the murder of customs officers. Man from Lollo (later living separately).
Wolfgang Finck	Karl-Heinz Zöllner	1	25th	1998	Judicial administration official. Twin brother of Gerhard Zöllner.
Burkhard Heyl	Dr. Thomas Maybach †	1-3	26-65	1997-1999	Lawyer and fiancé of Susanne Teubner. Father of Christine Teubner. Stepfather of Nina and Martin. Was shot and seriously injured in court. Died weeks later in the hospital without knowing that Susanne was pregnant by him.
Santiago Ziesmer	Prof. Gregor Wünsche	2-8	28-111, 148, 155-157, 197	1998-2002	Ilse's ex-husband. Went to Lima. Became homosexual outside of the series action.
Katharina Wackernagel	Sonja König †	2	30-37	1998	Daughter of Uschi König and Horst-Wolfgang König, ex-girlfriend of Marc Schneider. Died in a car accident after Marc Schneider drugged her.
Klaus Wennemann	Horst-Wolfgang König †	2-3	31-70	1998-1999	Uschi König's husband, Sonja's father. Committed suicide.
Urs Remond	Marc Schneider †	2	31-38	1998	Sonja's ex-boyfriend. Was shot by Uschi because she blamed Sonja's death on him.
Dieter Rita Scholl	Gerhard "Gina" Röderer	3-6	53-139	1998-2000	Friend of Mona and Elke. Smuggled drugs into jail. With one exception, appears exclusively as a transvestite.
Benjamin Quaiser	Jan Talberg	4-7	98-173	1999-2001	Son of Lothar and Anna Talberg, brother of Lilli, ex-boyfriend of Elke Meier.
Anna Herrmann	Lilli Talberg	4-8	98-194	1999-2001	Daughter of Lothar and Anna Talberg, sister of Jan, friend of Alex. Went to Munich.
Eric Benz	Oliver Papnitz # 2	5-6	117-118, 133, 135-138, 141	2000	Nephew of Jutta; Friend of Conny, grandson of Elisabeth. Former turnkey in training. Is arrested by Conny while trying to escape and is taken to the men's prison. Flee to Poland with Conny in a self-made hot air balloon.
Christoph Hemrich	Helmut Bach †	7-8	159-161, 165-167, 169, 179-180, 185-186	2001	Husband of Simone. Father of Alex. Dies in hospital after an accident at work.
Alexander Kasprik	Alexander "Alex" Bach	7-9, 12	152-225, 281-282, 285, 304	2001-2004	Son of Helmut and Simone Bach. Brother of Caroline, friend of Lilli. Has been taken hostage twice. Went to Munich.
Katharina Dalichau	Pia Schnoor	8th	179-182	2001	Birgit's niece, Tom's one-night stand. Was taken hostage by Martina and Mareike Vattke.
Tino Blazejewski	Michael "Mike" Michalke †	8-14	189-338	2002-2005	Brother of Lizzy, husband of Melanie. Petty criminal. Was shot by Annabelle in a break-in and died in hospital.
Young-Shin Kim	Ming Lhai Kittler # 1	9-12	224-287	2002-2003	1. Actress of the role. Wife of Peter. Formerly a prostitute.
Uwe Zerbe	Werner Baal	10	232-253	2002-2003	Brigadier General. Father of Eva. Murderers of Martin Pohl and Hildegard Lutz. Was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Andreas Conrad	Erich Gomulka †	11-13	280-315	2003-2004	Ines' ex-affair. Former boss of Walter and Ines. Murdered Andreas Walter. Was shot by Johnny.
Anna Holmes	Ines Fürbringer # 1	11-12	280-303	2003-2004	1. Actress of the role. Erich Gomulka's affair, Andreas Walter's one-night stand. First make friends with Christine Walter in order to then deceive her.
Frank Ciazynski	Hubert Schiller	12	287-302	2003-2004	Marriage swindlers; Trude's ex-husband: Sybille's ex-boyfriend. Frank Ciazynski played the Reutlitz porter in the first season.
Mey Lan Chao	Ming Lhai Kittler # 2	13	307-308	2004	2. Actress of the role. Wife of Peter (later living separately). Was left by Peter when she started working again as a prostitute (among others by Edgar Brock).
Ernest Allan Hausmann	Samuel "Sam" Kawana	14th	333-334	2004-2005	Friend of Wilhelmina from Namibia.
Louisa Herfert	Nathalie Sürth	16	387-403	2006-2007	Daughter of Juliane Sürth. Very unruly.
Gina Louisa Naumann	Klara Müller aka bricklayer	16	396-397	2006-2007	Daughter of Nicole Maurer (nee Simone Müller).

Minor characters from the Güstrow prison

actor	Role name	Season (s)	consequences	Year (s)	Offense	Remarks
Andreas Hofer	Correctional Officer Kemmer	15th	380-382, 384-385	2006		Normally open. Was arrested for doing business with inmates and assisting them during the hostage situation.
Mareile Bettina Moeller	Lola Müller	15th	380-384	2006	murder	"Slave" from Hilde. Mentally abnormal. So got preventive detention.
Anika Mauer	Amanda "Mandy" Allert	15th	380-385	2006	homicide	Kemmer affair.
İlknur Bahadır	Ayse Yilmaz	15th	380-385	2006	murder	Lesbian. Fell in love with Manu. One night stand by Manu.
Petra Hartung	Hilde Thomczyk	15th	380-382, 384-385	2006	murder	Sister of Yvonne. Leader of the inmates of the Güstrow prison.
Christiane Paulick	Yvonne Thomczyk †	15th	382-385	2006		Sister of Hilda. Alcohol addict. Was killed by Annabelle.

Minor characters

Numerous supporting characters have played in Behind Gates - The Woman Barber. These minor characters include Martina Baumann (role has been renamed several times: Tina / Kathrin Stein / Tina Schäfer / Gerda Keller; seasons 1–12), Susanne Häusler as Anna Talberg's lawyer (season 5), Nina Bott as Peggy Grothe (seasons 8 and 10 ), Carrie Anne Hampel as Jasmin “Godzilla” Zielowski (seasons 9–12), David Kramer as Lukas Elert (season 14), Norbert Braun as Dr. Saalbach (seasons 14–15), Michael Tietz as Joachim Franke (seasons 14–15), Ben Zimmermann as Sven Häuser (season 15), Sarah Tkotsch as Jana Wellmann (season 15), Peter Zimmermann as Mr. Gross (season 15), Safia Monney as Babs (season 16) and many more.

Prominent guest roles

Several well-known personalities participated in the women's gymnastics. These personalities include Martin Semmelrogge (episode 39-44 and 93-94) Erika Berger (episode 85: The Scent of Women ), Vanessa Petruo (episode 127: In the Spider's Web), Karel Gott (episode 239: Thank God ) , Ruth Moschner (episode 295: Bad Uncle , episode 300: The grand finale ), Jürgen Drews (episode 300: The grand finale ), Tamara Countess von Nayhauß (episode 300: The grand finale ), Patrick Lindner (episode 343: Your will be done ), Markus Lanz (episode 352a: What happened in Reutlitz? ), Regina Halmich (episode 381: Except for the blood ) and many others. The former escape helper Hasso Herschel was also seen in several episodes (episode 213: day of death and 214: knockout as a turnkey; episode 307: crash as an emergency doctor). His sister Anita Moeller was responsible for the props behind the camera.

Timeline

Behind bars cast timeline from 1997 to 2007. Prison staff inmates
1990s			2000s
7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
Gerhard Zöllner †
Dagmar Friese
Martina Thielmann
Matthias Goran †
Regine Seifert
Dr. Bernd Beck
Katrin Tornow
Ilona "Lollo" Fuchs born. Kühne †
Vivien "Vivi" Andrascheck
Susanne Teubner †
Silke Jakoby				Silke Jakoby †
Horst Dahnke †
Margarethe "Mutz" Korsch					Margarethe "Mutz" Korsch
Nina Teubner
Jutta Adler							Jutta Adler
Peter Kittler
Birgit Schnoor
Christine Walter
Dr. Evelyn Kaltenbach
Ilse Wünsche born. Brahms
Jeanette Bergdorfer
Sybille "Möhrchen" Mohr
Ursula "Uschi" König
	Frank Gitting †
	Katharina von Preiss		Katharina von Preiss
	Cornelia "Conny" Starck
	Maximilian Ahrens †
	Mona Suttner				Mona Suttner †
		Barbara Koschinski
		Sabine "Bine" Sanders
		Anna Talberg
		Elke Meier
		Julia "Jule" Neumann b. Suttner †
		Dr. Christopher Columbus Stone †
		Eva Baal
			Beate "Bea" Hansen †
			Sofia Monetti
			Tom Weber
			Denise Hartung
			Jörg Johannes Baumann †
			Melanie "Mel" Schmidt
				Ruth Bächtle †
				Andreas "Andy" Wagner
				Frank Holtzendorff
				Mareike Vattke †
				Martina Vattke
				Simone Bach
					Hannelore Schäfer †
					Helga Jablonski †
					Ariane May
					Lizzy Michalke
					Raffaella "Raffi" Caprese †
					Alexandra "Sascha" Mehring
					Hendrik Jansen born hammer
					Dr. Kerstin Herzog
					Dr. Lorenz Strauss
					Maja Brehme
						Andrea Burgschulte †
						Britta Jansen
						Kathleen "Kalle" Konnopke
						Ines Fürbringer †
						Stefanie "Steffi" Gessler
						Uwe Grauel †
						Heidrun "fish" fisherman
						Nancy Konnopke
						Gertrud "Trude" Schiller
							Miriam Overberg
							Hanns "Johnny" Matthiesen †
							Kim Krause †
							Paula Vogel †
							Annika Jesske
							Natascha Sanin
							Antje “Ginger” Stenzel
							David Wilborn
							Edgar Brock
							Wilhelmina "Mina" Makhubela
								Corinna Roth
								Irene Herrmann †
								Nora Strauss †
								Annabelle Liffers †
								Daniela Kallweit
								Manuela "Manu" Wellmann †
								Dr. Nikola "Nik" Gross †
								Teresa Fränze
									Esther Loschwitz
									Angelika Loberth
									Georg Schallert
									Grit Krause
									Ingrid Schlueter
									Iris Römer
									Juliane Sürth
									Katja Marnitz
									Lena Baumgarten
									Mareen Bieler
									Miriam Jördens
									Nicole Maurer b. Simone Müller
									Dr. Peter Kilian
									Rolf Schuhmann
									Ruth Colditz
									Sarah Reese
									Sebastian Hecht
7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1990s			2000s

Weddings

Season	episode	people
1	26th	Lollo born Kühne and Daniel Fuchs
4th	81	Ilse born Brahms and Gregor Wünsche
7th	159	Jutta Adler and Jörg Baumann
9	209	Uschi König and Lorenz Strauss
9	224	Jeanette Bergdorfer and Peter Kittler (bogus marriage invalid)
11	267	Ming Lhai and Peter Kittler
11	268	Melanie Schmidt and Mike Michalke
14th	343	Wilhelmina Makhubela and Armin Krause (fictitious marriage)

Pregnancies

Season (s)	person		action
1	Vivi Andraschek	abortion	Vivi is raped by Gerhard Zöllner and improperly secretly aborts the resulting child, causing Vivi to almost bleed to death. After that she cannot have any more children.
1	unknown Turkish inmate	Birth in prison	A Turkish inmate, unknown to the spectator, is brought to Reutlitz and successfully conceals from Dr. Beck her pregnancy. She then secretly gives birth to the baby, a boy, in the nursery, leaves him there alone, and then commits suicide. The baby is first found by the child murderer Martina Thielmann, smuggled to Ward B, and then stolen by Vivien Andrascheck, who wants to keep it for herself. After much back and forth, the baby is finally handed over to the birth father on Christmas Eve.
3	Christine Walter	Miscarriage	In order to fulfill her friend Vivi's desire for children, Walter fertilizes himself with a sperm donation from Richard Stern. However, after an argument with Mona in the bathroom and a resulting fall, Walter suffers a miscarriage.
4th	Susanne Teubner	Birth: Christine Teubner	Susanne is from Dr. Thomas Maybach is pregnant, but he no longer finds out because he died as a result of an attack. Your friend Walter wants to take on the "father role". Susanne gives birth to her third child shortly after her release in the visitor room in Reutlitz and names the baby Christine, in honor of Walter. Susanne dies only a few weeks after giving birth.
6th	Elke Meier	abortion	Elke is pregnant by Jan Talberg and decides against his will to have an abortion.
7th	Denise Hartung	Miscarriage	Denise deliberately lets Jörg Baumann get pregnant in order to be released earlier. She loses the child after Jörg slipped pills that are unfit for pregnancy into her.
8th	Martina Vattke	Birth: Chris Vattke	Despite contraception with condoms, Martina is still being treated by Dr. Christoph Stein pregnant. Even when it turns out that she was not infected with HIV, she initially does not want to have the child. After Christoph's death she secretly gives birth to her son Chris in Reutlitz and now wants to keep him. After her release, she starts a new life with her son.
10/11	Nina Teubner	Birth: Stella Teubner	Nina becomes pregnant despite Andy Wagner's pill and decides to have her baby despite separating from Andy. Andy and Nina finally find each other again and Nina gives birth to her daughter Stella in the prison truck on the way to the mother-child station. After her release, Nina leaves Berlin with Andy and Stella and they start a new life as a small family.
12	Britta Jansen	abortion	Britta is pregnant by her husband, Hendrik, and has the child aborted because she does not believe that a baby can save her broken marriage.
12/13	Birgit Schnoor	Miscarriage	Birgit is pregnant by Uwe Grauel and loses her unborn baby after being taken hostage and kicking Kalle Konnopke in the stomach

Seasons

First season (episodes 1–26)

See also : Behind Bars (Season 1)

The episodes of the first season were broadcast from September 22, 1997 to March 30, 1998 on RTL. An average of 3.8 million (13.76 percent) viewers followed the series. The main storyline was the conviction of Susanne Teubner and getting used to prison life.

Second season (episodes 27-44)

See also : Behind Bars (Season 2)

From April 6, 1998 to August 17, 1998 the second season of Hinter Gittern was shown on RTL. An average of 3.7 million (13.66 percent) viewers opted to watch the series. The main storyline shifted to the relationship between Christine Walter and Vivian Andraschek.

Third season (episodes 45-72)

See also : Behind Bars (Season 3)

On average, 4.7 million (15.69 percent) viewers followed the events in the Frauenknast, which was broadcast on RTL from August 24, 1998 to April 26, 1999. The series became more soap-heavy and more dramatic. The focus was on Christine Walter, Mona Suttner, Ursula König and Jutta Adler.

Fourth season (episodes 73-98)

See also : Behind Bars (Season 4)

An average of 4.58 million (16.88%) viewers watched the episodes of Behind Bars . Katrin Tornow returns to Reutlitz for a few episodes.

Fifth season (episodes 99-124)

See also : Behind Bars (Season 5)

RTL showed its average of 4.56 million (15.40 percent) viewers the behind bars episodes of the fifth season.

Sixth season (episodes 125-150)

See also : Behind Bars (Season 6)

In the period from July 24, 2000 to February 12, 2001, an average of 4.93 million (16.86 percent) viewers opted for the episodes of the sixth season broadcast by RTL.

Seventh season (episodes 151-176)

See also : Behind Bars (Season 7)

An average of 5.21 million (18.32 percent) viewers followed the series that was shown on RTL in the period from February 19, 2001 to September 10, 2001.

Eighth season (episodes 177-200)

See also : Behind Bars (Season 8)

The eighth season was mathematically the most successful season in the history of the series: an average of 19% of all television viewers decided every Monday evening for the stories from the Frauenknast. The season ran from September 2001 to April 2002.

Season 9 (episodes 201-226)

See also : Behind Bars (Season 9)

RTL broadcast the ninth season from April 2002 to October 2002. With an average reach of 18.8 percent, it no longer reached quite as many viewers as the previous season.

Season 10 (episodes 227-254)

See also : Behind Bars (Season 10)

The tenth season aired from October 2002 to April 2003. It includes the anniversary episode 250 and was seen by 18.2 percent of all television viewers.

Season 11 (episodes 255-280)

See also : Behind Bars (Season 11)

With the eleventh season, the decline of the series began, in terms of quotas: Only 15.7 percent of all viewers wanted to see the Frauenknast. The episodes ran from April 2003 to November 2003.

Twelfth season (episodes 281-306)

See also : Behind Bars (Season 12)

The twelfth season ran from November 2003 to the summer of 2004. highlight of the season was the anniversary episode 300, in a parody of the talent show Germany Idol (DSDS) a jail talent was chosen. The season reached an average of 15.1 percent of the total television audience.

Season thirteenth (episodes 307-332)

See also : Behind Bars (Season 13)

The thirteenth season aired from June 2004 to the end of the year. A highlight for many fans was the series special, episode 312a, in which the former prison director Jutta Adler returned and remembered the most beautiful moments in jail together with Walter . Such a retrospective episode had never happened before in the behind bars . However, the thirteenth season could not match the ratings of the twelfth season: it only reached an average of 14 percent of all viewers aged three and over.

Fourteenth season (episodes 333–352 and 352a)

See also : Behind Bars (Season 14)

The fourteenth season of the series began in the last week of December 2004 and ended prematurely in June 2005. Although the season was designed as usual for 26 episodes, it had to end earlier than expected. The reasons for this may have been the decreased audience interest in Behind Bars and the resulting low ratings. In order to counteract the drop in ratings and reactivate old viewers or even win new potential viewers, RTL sent the series on a creative summer break. An exciting season cliffhanger in the style of successful US series was specially spun for this purpose. A highlight for many fans was the series special, episode 352a, in which the former head of the institution Jutta Adler returned. On average, the season reached around 14 percent of viewers aged three and over.

Fifteenth season (episodes 353-385)

See also : Behind Bars (Season 15)

From September 2005 to May 2006 the fifteenth season of the series was shown. At least 26 episodes were planned, but the season was extended by six episodes. On average, 13.1 percent of all viewers followed the 33 episodes. The values ​​are thus well below the audience range of season fourteen. In the target group of 14 to 49 year old viewers, Hinter Gittern achieved 15.8 percent.

Sixteenth season (episodes 386-403)

See also : Behind Bars (Season 16)

Most recently, the sixteenth season of the prison saga ran with 18 episodes. Almost the entire cast was replaced; only a few actors from the original cast were still involved. With a shortened opening credits and a modified title music, Hinter Gittern ran on RTL on Mondays at 9:15 pm, and from December 4, 2006 from Monday to Tuesday weekly in the night program at 01:05 am. The last episode 403 was broadcast on February 13, 2007 on RTL. Due to the poor audience ratings, RTL discontinued the series after almost ten years.

media

Book publications

• Volume 1: The story of Susanne Teubner  - published in November 1997
• Volume 2: The Story of Blondie Koschinski  - published in April 1999
• Volume 3: The story of Vivien Andraschek  - published in July 1999
• Volume 4: The Story of Christine Walter  - published in September 1999
• Volume 5: The Story of Katrin Tornow  - published in November 1999
• Volume 6: Maximilian Ahrens - A Life Behind Bars  - was published in March 2000
• Volume 7: The story of Sabine Sanders  - published in March 2000
• Volume 8: The Story of Margarethe Korsch  - published in June 2000
• Volume 9: The story of Conny Starck  - published in July 2000
• Volume 10: Walter - Love Behind Bars, Part 1  - was published in July 2000
• Volume 11: The Story of Mona Suttner  - published in September 2000
• Volume 12: Behind Bars - The Story of Sofia Monetti  - was published in October 2000
• Volume 13: The Story of Jule Neumann  - published in February 2001
• Volume 14: The Story of Eva Baal  - published in March 2001
• Volume 15: Walter - Love Behind Bars, Part 2  - was published in March 2001
• Volume 16: Jutta Adler and Love  - published in May 2001
• Volume 17: The Vattkes - For Life and Death  - was published in October 2001
• Volume 18: The Story of Anna Talberg  - published in October 2001
• Volume 19: The Story of Uschi König  - published in December 2001
• Volume 20: The Story of Bea Hansen  - published in January 2002
• Volume 21: The Story of Denise Hartung  - published in January 2002
• Volume 22: Walter - Love Behind Bars, Part 3  - was published in January 2002
• Volume 23: The Story of Jutta Adler  - published in July 2002
• Volume 24: The Story of Ruth Bächtle  - published in September 2002
• Volume 25: The Story of Jörg Baumann  - published in November 2002
• Volume 26: Simone Bach - Alles aus Liebe  - was published in January 2003
• Volume 27: The story of Martina and Mareike Vattke  - published in May 2003
• Volume 28: The Story of Melanie Schmidt  - published in June 2003
• Volume 29: The Story of Nina Teubner  - published in September 2003
• Volume 30: The Story of Raffaella Caprese  - published in November 2003
• Volume 31: Nina & Andy - Forbidden feelings  - was published in January 2004
• Volume 32: The Story of Simone Bach  - published in April 2004
• Volume 33: The Story of Sascha Mehring  - published in June 2004
• Volume 34: Sascha and Kerstin - Love in Fetters  - was published in June 2004
• Volume 35: The Story of Kerstin Herzog  - published in August 2004
• Volume 36: Fish & Co.Mistrust, betrayal and jealousy  - published in November 2004
• Volume 37: The story of Britta and Hendrik Jansen  - was published in February 2005
• Volume 38: Walter - Love Behind Bars, Part 4  - was published in March 2005
• Volume 39: The Story of Nancy Konnopke  - published in September 2005
• Volume 40: The story of Nicola Gross  - published in February 2006
• Volume 41: Ginger - Kampf ums Glücks  - was published in July 2006
• Volume 42: The Story of Natascha Sanin  - published in September 2006
• Volume 43: Sascha and Kerstin - A New Life in Freedom  - was published in October 2006
• Volume 44: The Story of Wilhelmina Makhubela  - published in November 2006

Special books

• The official star band, Inside & Outside - was released in 2000
• What happened so far - Volume 1 (episodes 1–150) was published in 2001
• The Knast Guide - Volume 2 (episodes 151–250) was published in 2003
• The prison chronicle - Volume 3 (episodes 251-350) appeared in 2005

DVD publications

• Special (episodes 249/245) - released May 5, 2003
• Special (episodes 351/352) - released November 28, 2005
• Season 1.1 (episodes 1-13) - released on April 25, 2005
• Season 1.2 (episodes 14-26) - released September 19, 2005
• Season 2.1 (episodes 27-35) - released January 23, 2006
• Season 2.2 (episodes 36-44) - released April 24, 2006
• Season 3 (episodes 45-72) - released November 27, 2006
• Season 4 (episodes 73-98) - released November 26, 2007
• Season 5 (episodes 99-124) - released on February 25, 2008
• Season 6 (episodes 125–150) - released June 2, 2008
• Season 7 (episodes 151–176) - released September 1, 2008
• Season 8 (episodes 177-200) - released November 11, 2008
• Season 9 (episodes 201–226) - released January 12, 2009
• Season 10 (episodes 227-254) - released March 27, 2009
• Season 11 (episodes 255–280) - released July 31, 2009
• Season 12 (episodes 281-306) - released October 9, 2009
• Season 13 (episodes 307-332) - released January 15, 2010
• Season 14 (episodes 333-357) - released April 16, 2010
• Season 15 (episodes 358–385) - released July 23, 2010
• Season 16 (episodes 386-403) - released October 15, 2010

Seasons 1 - 4 were re-released in 2009 with an adapted design, the complete 2nd season is now available in a single DVD box, but the 1st season is still divided.

CD publications

• With songs by the stars from Behind Bars Vol. 1 (2002)
• With songs by the stars from Behind Bars Vol. 2 (2004)
• The stories of Christine Walter, Melanie Schmidt, Uschi König (2005)

PC publications

• Behind bars - Der Frauenknast, Vol. 1
• Behind bars - Der Frauenknast, Vol. 2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.amazon.de/Hinter-Gittern-Staffel-16-DVDs/dp/B003UF5WEQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1279963503&sr=8-1

Web links

• Behind Bars - The women's prison in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Quotemeter.de on the cancellation of the soap opera
• Behind bars at RTL NOW