In jail

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Television broadcast
Original title In jail
Country of production Germany
original language German
Year (s) 2015-2017
Production
company		 Network Movie GmbH & Co. KG
length approx. 25 minutes
Episodes 12 in 2 seasons ( list )
genre Comedy series
Director Daniel rocket seal
Torsten Wacker
script Season 1:
Tanja Sawitzki, Jochen Winter, Stephan Pächer & René Förder
Season 2:
Fabian Hebestreit, Gregor Eisenbeiß, Andi Wecker, Lisa van BrakelHead
author Season 2: Benjamin Karalic
production Wolfgang Cimera
Catrin Kauffmann
Matteo Canalis Change
camera Timo Schwarz
First broadcast May 21, 2015 on ZDFneo
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In prison is a German comedy series that is broadcast by ZDFneo . The first season aired from May 21, 2015 to June 25, 2015. The second followed from July 27, 2017 to August 10, 2017.

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It is the everyday life of the JVA shown detainees Söhtstraße Erdem azimuth, Manfred "Manni" Schuster and Alexander "Graf" Vontrab. Erdem was the boss of a gang and was convicted of many different offenses. At the trial he defended himself unsuccessfully. He has not yet been in prison for a year. Manni, a former bank clerk, caught his boss red-handed sleeping with his wife and freaked out: he stapled his testicles to a desk. He has been incarcerated for seven years for grievous bodily harm. Alexander was convicted of real estate fraud and violating the Narcotics Act . As a celebrity broker, he sold properties that did not belong to him. He is therefore used to a very luxurious lifestyle.

The liberal therapist Nora Meindl believes in the good in people and hopes to convert the inmates for the better. She usually offends with the prison director Kempers. He always tries to appear in a good light with his superiors, as his reputation is catastrophically bad due to several incidents in the prison. He runs the prison with as little effort as possible - so there are no searches of the cells and rooms with escape tunnels are simply locked forever instead of filling up the tunnels.

The Russian thug and leader Ivan makes life difficult for them again and again . In the background, however, the strings are pulled by inmate Semmelrogge from Block C, who later escapes after a revolt.

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actor role Main role
(episodes) 		Supporting role
(episodes) 		Role description
Denis Moschitto Erdem azimuth 1.01-2.06 Detainee of Turkish descent who has committed "a thousand" crimes
Tristan Seith Manfred "Manni" Schuster 1.01-2.06 former bank teller sitting for grievous bodily harm
Manuel Rubey Alexander "Graf" Vontrab 1.01-2.06 Austrian scammer who consumes any drug every day
Marleen Lohse Nora Meindl 1.01-2.06 kind hearted prison therapist
Wilfried Hochholdinger Dr. Kempers 1.01-2.06 choleric prison director
Anton Levit Ivan 1.01-2.06 Russian inmate and mafia boss
Martin Semmelrogge Martin Semmelrogge 1.01-1.06, 2.05 Cameo appearances as a cell inmate in Block-C
Carolin Poppenberg Kempers' assistant 1.01-2.06 Valkyrie , never speaking turnkey, who always follows Kempers like a shadow

Episode list

Season Number of episodes German-language first broadcast
Season premiere Season finale
1 6th May 21, 2015 June 25, 2015
2 6th July 27, 2017 August 10, 2017

season 1

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		Original title First broadcast D Director script Guest star Quota
( ZDFneo )
1 1 Everybody take a look! May 21, 2015 Torsten Wacker Tanja Sawitzki Max Giermann 160,000
The director Kempers announces the prison therapist Nora Meindl. But when she can resolve a hostage situation, the tables turn: Kempers wants to keep her now, but she no longer wants to because of the disregard. In the end, the prisoners cause Nora's return by another fake hostage-taking, because they no longer want to be at the mercy of the crazy new therapist ( Max Giermann ).
2 2 help yourself May 28, 2015 Daniel rocket seal Tanja Sawitzki Wolfgang Trepper 110,000
Manni owes Ivan and is therefore scared to death. Nora invites the motivational speaker, Trepper , to strengthen Manni's self-confidence. Ivan spares him in the end because he thinks Manni has skin cancer . But this was just a failed self-tattoo attempt.
3 3 Who am I? 4th June 2015 Torsten Wacker Tanja Sawitzki Niels Ruf , Stephan Grossmann , Johanna Maria Knothe , Eko Fresh -
Keeper Schröder ( Niels Ruf ) has Erdem on the kieker. Therefore he receives the drag queen Tessa ( Stephan Grossmann ) as a new cell mate. While Manni raves about her, Erdem feels threatened in his manhood. In addition, his cousin ( Eko Fresh ) has taken over his gang. When they find out that Schröder cannot read, he is wax in their hands.
4th 4th Stress test dummies June 11, 2015 Daniel rocket seal Jochen Winter Katy Karrenbauer , Eko Fresh -
Judge Karrenbauer is supposed to examine the applications for early release and orders a surprise raid in the prison. Alexander loses it with her, which is why his application is rejected.
5 5 Father, mother, Knacki June 18, 2015 Daniel rocket seal Jochen Winter Anke Engelke -
In order to solve the shortage of cells, the three inmates are put together in one cell as a video-monitored experiment. The three of them do not know that it is an experiment but think their cells are going to be renovated. When the dizziness is exposed, they feel betrayed by Nora, who conducted the study. Therefore, she ensures that Alexander is visited for the first time by his wife ( Anke Engelke ) and that Manni is given free time.
6th 6th Respect freedom! June 25, 2015 Torsten Wacker Stephan Pächer & René Förder Serdar Somuncu -
Erdem and Alexander are both running as prison speakers. Erdem seeks help from Serdar Somuncu , who is sitting for election fraud. Manni is meanwhile afraid of his release and accidentally locks himself in a room with the claustrophobic Nora. After her release, he goes out together with Nora. The election, however, wins Semmelrogge and calls for a revolt.

season 2

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		Original title First broadcast D Director script Guest star Quota
( ZDFneo )
7th 1 Trouble in paradise July 27, 2017 Torsten Wacker Benjamin Karalic & Fabian Hebestreit Katy Karrenbauer , Christine Urspruch , Christoph Grunert -
Because of the revolt, Senator of Justice Karrenbauer Kempers downgraded to turnkey. Ms. Fuchs ( Christine Urspruch ) becomes the new director . Erdem and Alexander evade their strict regiment in a secret garden. During a visit from the Justice Senator, the surprised Ms. Fuchs sold her the garden as a rehabilitation project. When it is discovered that the garden houses an escape tunnel for former prisoners, Kempers is rehabilitated.
8th 2 The two-eyed among the blind July 27, 2017 Daniel rocket seal Benjamin Karalic Sonya Kraus -
Manni is visited by his ex-wife ( Sonya Kraus ) who has debts and wants him to sign his home loan and savings contract . Due to a fight that ended with tear gas , Erdem and Manni are temporarily blind and are looked after by Alexander. When they can see again, Alexander is beaten up by Ivan and has to be looked after in return.
9 3 A manni sees red 3rd Aug 2017 Torsten Wacker Benjamin Karalic & Gregor Eisenbeiß - -
During the therapy session, Alexander kisses Nora in a role play. Manni is completely upset and jealous about this and has to deal with his aggression.
10 4th 3rd Aug 2017 Torsten Wacker Benjamin Karalic Jörg Hartmann -
Malte ( Jörg Hartmann ), a schizophrenic manipulator, is a new prisoner. With Erdem as a puppet boss, he incites the left-handed against the right-handed in a sectarian manner. When Erdem sees through his game, he brings Malte down with Nora and Ivan.
11 5 And action! 10 Aug 2017 Daniel rocket seal Benjamin Karalic & Andi Wecker Alpa Gun 200,000
Nora has the inmates make a documentary. While Erdem and Manni argue about alignment, Semmelrogge, who has fled abroad, hacks the records. He cuts it into a film that brings everyone into disrepute and puts it online.
12 6th The shot 10 Aug 2017 Daniel rocket seal Benjamin Karalic & Lisa van Brakel Jochen Schropp 200,000
Alexander accidentally finds a gun in the toilet. While fooling around, Erdem accidentally shoots Manni in the head. Not knowing that he survived, they plague their feelings of guilt. Just in time, before they are ready to confess, they find out that he is fine.

Production and broadcast

The first season was announced for 2015 in October 2014. The film was shot in 2014 from mid-November to mid-December in the Söhtstrasse JVA in Berlin-Lichterfelde, which was closed in 2010 . The first season was broadcast on ZDFneo from May 21, 2015 to June 25, 2015 .

A year later, on July 12, 2016, ZDFneo confirmed the production of a six-part second season, which began shooting on the same day. The film was shot until August 14, 2016. In contrast to the changing scriptwriters of the first season, Benjamin Karalic joined as head writer. The second season was first broadcast on ZDFneo from July 27, 2017 to August 10, 2017 in double episodes from 11 p.m.

Trivia / running gags

  • The fictional JVA Söhtstraße was named after the real JVA Söhtstraße ( location ) in Berlin-Lichterfelde , where the series was filmed. This served as a women's prison from 1906 to 2010 and then several times as a film set.
  • Guest roles keep their real surnames several times (motivational speaker Trepper , judge Karrenbauer ) or even their entire names ( Martin Semmelrogge , Serdar Somuncu ), but do not play themselves.
  • Martin Semmelrogge plays his star role based on his real imprisonments.
  • Johanna Maria Knothe plays herself in her role as a ZDF reporter (see e.g. Bambule ) .
  • Judge Karrenbauer is called "Walter" twice by Kempers in reference to the series Behind Gates - Der Frauenknast .
  • Erdem speaks in extremely exaggerated ghetto slang and often improves other correct sentences into his correct pronunciation.
  • Stereotypical social clichés are exaggerated, like the intellectually uneducated, always inflated Russian Ivan.
  • Mr Kempers' assistant always stands protectively behind her boss like a Valkyrie . She doesn't speak a single word, but her bossy look says more than a thousand words.

DVD release

The first season was released on August 7, 2015 and the second season on September 15, 2017.

reception

The reviews of the first season were mostly positive:

“The plot is no longer worth mentioning. [...] That rarely leads to more than situation comedy , but it is often quite funny. [...] Because the characters are hopelessly overdrawn, the gags quickly turn in circles. Even breaking through the stereotypes is not a surprise here, but is initiated with a rumbling: farmer's theater behind bars. But then Denis Moschitto falls back into the picture. And nobody can resist this cute gangster with a not too lush mind, but all the more heart for it [...]. "

- Oliver Jungs : Column on the first episode in the FAZ

“The pun [...] is enormous. [...] The staging delivers madness in quick, smooth rhythm; the 25 minutes of each episode are well filled with quotes and subplots. [...] 'Im Knast' [...] comes along as a high-speed buddy comedy. [...] the series is not designed as a social panorama, the fun is purely an end in itself - but staged so virtuoso that it does not have to hide from modern US sitcoms. "

- Christian Buß : Column on the first episode in Spiegel Online

"It is this bizarre joke that makes ZDFneo's in-house production Im Knast ursocial."

- Julia Weigl : Column on the first episode in the SZ

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Uwe Mantel: Wall prelude for "... and then Paula" on ZDFneo. In: DWDL.de . June 5, 2015, accessed September 26, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b Timo Niemeier: Deluxe advance, Kessler Talk popular with younger people. In: DWDL.de . August 11, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Uwe Mantel: Sitcom: ZDFneo sends Semmelrogge to jail. In: DWDL.de . October 27, 2014, accessed September 26, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b Oliver Jungs: “In prison” on ZDFneo: And another cage full of fools In: FAZ May 21, 2015, accessed on September 26, 2017
  5. ^ In jail (season 1) at crew united . Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  6. ^ In jail (season 2) at crew united . Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  7. ↑ Thomas Lückerath: ZDFneo continues “Im Knast” and “Blockbustaz”. In: DWDL.de . October 27, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Maike Edda Raack: Former women's prison in Lichterfelde becomes a place for creative art in prison. In: Der Tagesspiegel . May 13, 2016, accessed September 27, 2017 .
  9. ^ Martin Semmelrogge: Acting in spite of prison. In: NDR.de . May 7, 2013, accessed December 11, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Christian Buß: More beautiful television: Black is the new orange In: Spiegel Online May 21, 2015, accessed on September 26, 2017
  11. ↑ Julia Weigl: ZDFneo series "Im Knast": Who is Babo here? In: Süddeutsche Zeitung May 21, 2015, accessed on September 26, 2017