jerks.

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Television series
Original title jerks.
Jerks. (TV series) .png
Country of production Germany
original language German
Year (s) since 2017
Production
company		 Talpa Germany (Season 1–3) ,
Pajama Pictures (Season 4)
length 21-27 minutes
Episodes 30 in 3+ seasons ( list )
genre Comedy
Director Christian Ulmen
idea Casper Christensen , Frank Hvam
script Johannes Boss (S1-S3) ,
Murmel Clausen (S1) ,
Christian Ulmen (S2-S3) ,
Janna Nandzik (S2) ,
Johann Buchholz (S3)
Initial release January 26, 2017 on maxdome
main actor
supporting cast

jerks. is a German comedy - TV series , which since January 2017 from video-on-demand -Anbieter max cathedrals and the TV station ProSieben is published. It is about the friendship between the main actors Christian Ulmen and Fahri Yardım .

The comedy series is the first self-produced series by the online video library and video-on-demand provider maxdome in cooperation with the television station ProSieben and is an adaptation of the Danish television series Klovn .

In November 2019, the series was extended by a fourth season, which is due to be shot in spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will be released in summer 2021. A prequel in the form of a Christmas special is to be published in December 2020 .

action

The series is about Christian Ulmen and Fahri Yardım, who are very close friends. Both try to cope with their everyday problems with ease, but this does not always work. Christian is in a relationship with Emily, while Fahri lives happily with Pheline. They too are regularly confronted with Christian and Fahri's everyday problems. The two main roles appear to play themselves in the series, although the mixture of fiction and real context is confusing for viewers. For example, the ex-wife of Christian Ulmens in the series is played by the actor's real wife ( Collien Ulmen-Fernandes ). Also diving scene - shooting in the series, where Christian and Fahri as a working team of investigators, although there is no real crime scene are a team with the two - they but part of different real crime scene teams each. The series takes place in original locations in the Brandenburg state capital Potsdam and well-known people from Berlin and the actors' surroundings appear as supporting roles.

Each episode is a mixture of retold events and fictional elements. Christian and Fahri usually act rashly and try to save themselves with lies that are revealed in the end and lead to embarrassing situations.

occupation

Main cast

role actor consequences
Christian Ulmen Christian Ulmen 1-30
Fahri Yardım Fahri Yardım 1-30

Supporting cast

Actors who play a recurring supporting role. Sorted by episode appearance.

role actor consequences Remarks
Emily Cox Emily Cox 1-12, 21-30 Friend of Christian
Pheline Roggan Pheline Roggan 1-2, 4-5, 7-13, 15, 17-30 Friend of Fahri
Kala Cloé Albertine Heinrich 1-2, 4-5, 9, 11-13, 17-19 Daughter of Christian and Collien
Kala Minouk Lenz 21, 24-27 Daughter of Christian and Collien
purple Leonore von Berg 1-2, 4-5, 11-13, 17-19, 21, 24-27 Daughter of Christian and Collien
Collien Fernandes Collien Elmen-Fernandes 1-2, 5, 9, 11, 13, 17-19, 21, 24-26, 30 Christian's ex-wife
Yo-yo Hendrik von Bültzingslöwen 2, 5, 13, 24, 26, 30 Friend of collies
Simone Larissa Riess 4, 6, 18, 28 Christian and Fahri's agent
Jacob Nils Dörgeloh 7-10, 22 Old friend of Christian
Muriel Gisa Flake 7-10 Friend of Emily and Pheline
Jasna Fritzi Bauer Jasna Fritzi Bauer 11, 14-15, 18-21, 26 Christian's affair

Guest appearances

Actors who guest roles in one or more episodes.

List of guest appearances
role actor episode
Roman Seefeld (psychotherapist) Christoph Glaubacker 1, 13, 22, 26
Sonja Jessica McIntyre 1, 19th
Sido Sido 1, 3
Kay One Kay One 2
Karsten Bacon Karsten Bacon 2
Jana Jana Pallaske 3
Charlotte Worthy Charlotte Worthy 3
Ugur Cem-Ali Gültekin 4th
Head of Program Battberg Andreas Anke 4th
Department store detective Philip Baltus 4th
Mina Tander Mina Tander 5, 11, 30
Dar Dar Salim 5, 7
Teacher Christopher Lauer 5
Claus Strunz Claus Strunz 6th
Jaques (French diplomat) Jean-Yves Berteloot 6th
Ralph Herforth Ralph Herforth 7, 30
Dr. Tschilp (urologist) Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt 7, 11
Hannes Hopper (clinic doctor) Alexander Wipprecht 7, 9, 12, 25
Nora Tschirner Nora Tschirner 8, 23
Director Sven Unterwaldt 8th
Kim Kim Hnizdo 9
Jurgen Jan Georg Schütte 9
police officer Harald Effenberg 10, 20, 25-26
Andreas Bourani Andreas Bourani 11, 30
Arne Andreas Pietschmann 11
Marie Hopper Paula Kroh 12
Daisy Hopper Marion Elskis 12
May-Lee Le-Thanh Ho 13
Maxi Maxi Gstettenbauer 13
Regina von Bohm Eva Weissenborn 13
Anna Maria Trouble Anna Maria Trouble 14th
Raul Raul Krauthausen 14th
Arne Friedrich Arne Friedrich 14th
Palina Rojinski Palina Rojinski 15th
Vivienne Rojinski Vivienne Rojinski 15th
Monk Sangpo Kevin Shih-Hung Chen 15th
Dr. Nicole Storch (Proctologist) Anna F. 15th
Stork friend Annette Strasser 16
Rudiger Melsbach Sascha Alexander Geršak 16
Joachim Ulmen (Christian's father) Hermann Beyer 16, 20
Angela Ulmen (Christian's mother) Alice Hoffmann 16, 20
Paul Paul Keuter 17, 30
Julian Schieber Julian Schieber 17th
Sebastian Langkamp Sebastian Langkamp 17th
Veronica Ferres Veronica Ferres 17th
Mrs. Pohl (teacher) Hildegard Schroedter 17-18
Sophia (escort lady) Karin Hanczewski 18th
Alexander Ziegenhagen Aleksandar Jovanovic 18th
Wayne Carpendale Wayne Carpendale 18th
Mrs. Weihrauch (youth welfare office) Cornelia Schirmer 18, 23
Etienne Gardé Etienne Gardé 19th
Daniel Schröckert Daniel Schröckert 19th
Wolf spear Wolf spear 19th
French Claudia Huebschmann 19th
Joko Winterscheidt Joko Winterscheidt 19th
Jasmin Wagner / Little Flowers Jasmin Wagner 20, 21
Jörg Diernberger Jörg Diernberger 20th
Fahri's son Khalil Tamim 20-22, 26
Klaas Heufer-Umlauf Klaas Heufer-Umlauf 21st
Volker Bruch Volker Bruch 22nd
Oy Trang Le Hong 22nd
Exhibitors Rocko Schamoni 22nd
Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey 23
Ludwig Barner (sausage manufacturer) Volker Lechtenbrink 24
Norbert Herricke Peter Sikorski 25th
Elea Nura 25th
Coco Nina Damsch 25th
Ralf Husmann Ralf Husmann 25th
Ivonne (Fahri's neighbor) Odine Johne 26th
Mr. Sumalani Eray Eğilmez 26th
Marcel Reif Marcel Reif 27
Karin Katharina Marie Schubert 27
Sean Johannes Suhm 27
Cookie Eisermann Matthias Weidenhöfer 28
Hendrik Alireza Bayram 28
Mr. Weinberg Rainer Egger 29
Michael Frédéric Vonhof 29
Julia Hartmann Julia Hartmann 30th
Inez Bjørg David Inez Bjørg David 30th

production

Idol

The series is an adaptation of the Danish television series Klovn . Between 2005 and 2018, a total of seven seasons or 70 episodes were produced and broadcast on TV 2 Zulu . Before jerks. the series format has already been successfully sold to Belgium and the Netherlands. Klovn, on the other hand, was strongly influenced by the American Curb Your Enthusiasm : Here, too, a television celebrity plays himself and repeatedly gets into embarrassing situations due to his behavior. The series also do not have complete scripts, but the dialogues are improvised by the actors . Unlike other adaptations of foreign formats (for example Stromberg , which, according to the credits, was inspired by the British series The Office ), jerks. sometimes whole episodes are copied very faithfully; For example, the episode Camilla , in which the protagonists attend a masturbation course, is a direct adaptation of the episode It's a Jungle Down There , which was written by Lars von Trier in 2005 for the second season of Klovn . In an interview, Ulmen emphasized that the stories were inspired by my own experiences. On the other hand, Klovn's two main actors, Frank Hvam and Casper Christensen , had a short cameo at the parents' evening in the unadapted episode The JoJo Effect .

Pre-production and shooting

In April 2016, maxdome managing director Filmon Zerai said that the online video library and video-on-demand provider, like Netflix and Amazon Video , would like to produce and publish its own series in the next few months . Only three months later it became known that maxdome had commissioned a series about two best friends, played by Christian Ulmen and Fahri Yardım , from the production company Talpa Germany . The scripts for the first season were written by Johannes Boss and Murmel Clausen .

The first season was filmed in Potsdam from September to November 2016, directed by Christian Ulmen . The filming locations were in the Potsdam urban area, including the Dutch Quarter , Bassinplatz and the Einstein-Gymnasium in the city center, the noble villa districts in the Potsdam districts of Berliner Vorstadt (including the Garage du Pont restaurant on Glienicker Brücke ) and Neubabelsberg (including in Karl-Marx-Straße and Virchowstraße on Griebnitzsee ), as well as the western suburbs and old building districts in Babelsberg including the Babelsberg train station .

At the beginning of May 2017 maxdome confirmed the production of a second season, which was again filmed in Potsdam from September to October 2017 under the direction of Ulmen. Head writer of the second season was next to Johannes Boss Christian Ulmen. The scriptwriter Janna Nandzik and the two series inventors and leading actors from Klovn Frank Hvam and Casper Christensen contributed to the storyline .

At the end of May 2018, ProSieben and maxdome announced that there would be a third season. Shooting for these ten episodes started on September 12, 2018 in the Dutch Quarter in Potsdam. Filming under the re-direction of Ulmen ended on October 24, 2018. The scripts were again from Johannes Boss and Christian Ulmen and from Johann Buchholz . Hvam and Christensen were once again involved in the storyline.

At the beginning of November 2019, Joyn and ProSieben extended the series for a fourth season. It is being produced for the first time by the production company Pajama Pictures, newly founded by Christian Ulmen, Carsten Kelber and ProSiebenSat.1 .

Publications

Season Episodes Video on demand watch TV DVD
1 10 January 26 - February 23, 2017 February 21 - March 21, 2017 March 16, 2018
2 10 29th March 2018 May 8 - June 5, 2018 2nd November 2018
3 10 June 18 - July 16, 2019 October 8-29, 2019 1st November 2019

Streaming

The first season was published for the first time on the video-on-demand provider maxdome from January 26 to February 23, 2017 . Every week (Thursdays) two new episodes were made available for download. The second season was published in full on Thursday, March 29, 2018 on maxdome.

The third season was published for the first time simultaneously on maxdome and free of charge on the new streaming provider Joyn . From June 18, 2019, two new episodes were made available for download every Tuesday through July 16, 2019.

watch TV

The free TV broadcaster ProSieben showed the series in double episodes on Tuesdays at 11:15 p.m. from February 21, 2017. The season finale took place on March 21, 2017. The second season ran from May 8 to June 5, 2018 again in double episodes on Tuesdays, but already at 10:15 p.m.

The third season ran from October 8 to 29, 2019 again on Tuesdays, initially in double episodes and then with three episodes, but at around 10:45 p.m.

The series has been running on pay TV on ProSieben Fun since the end of July 2017 .

DVD

All seasons of the series are published on DVD by Universum Film GmbH . The first season of the series was released on March 16, 2018 and the second season on November 2, 2018. The third season followed on November 1, 2019.

reception

Awards

Team from Jerks. with the German Television Award 2019

The series has won a total of seven national and international awards so far, which are listed below:

criticism

This section consists only of a cunning collection of quotes from movie reviews. Instead, a summary of the reception of the film should be provided as continuous text, which can also include striking quotations, see also the explanations in the film format .

The reviews were mostly positive. Critical voices, on the other hand, drew comparisons to formats such as Louie , Curb your Enthusiasm and Pastewka and valued jerks. significantly weaker in comparison.

"And it's done incredibly well: [...] This series doesn't consider the viewer to be more stupid than themselves. It's made on an equal footing."

- Johanna Adorján : Süddeutsche Zeitung .de

“ Jerks can do without a classic dialogue script - and that's why it's definitely worth seeing. [...] And if Max cathedrals and ProSieben do not order a second season, [...] I will also demand the abolition of Max cathedrals and ProSieben. "

- Hans Hoff : DWDL.de

"Framed by an unobtrusive, yet effective Berlin-local color," Jerks marches straight from the starting block to the top of the ranks of current German comedy series. "

- Sidney Schering : quotemeter.de

“Where Loriot exposed hairline cracks in the facades of civil society forty years ago,“ Jerks ”shakes the foundations of civilization with wild determination. [...] This therapy should definitely be extended. "

- Jörg Thomann : FAZ.net

“On the whole: Somewhat coarse men's heart humor, partly with the same actors, such as Jana Pallaske (as herself) and of course Christian Ulmen. The horizon of the series is shockingly small, barely reaching beyond the alleged breach of sexual taboos and the tongue-in-cheek parody of German showbiz. One has already seen worlds better with Louie and, because the comparison is so unfair, much more subtle and subtle also with Pastewka. "

- Hendrik Busch : moviepilot

"[...] where the embarrassing situations in 'Curb [your Enthusiasm]' are always plausible, 'real' so to speak, and are not just asserted by the documentary format, but are portrayed, fingers Ulmen, who plays himself and Larry David as Larry But David is away from Potsdam – Los Angeles, just around in the comedy drawer 'embarrassing situation' […] Ulmen and his friend and play partner Fahri Yardım […] leave the agonizing fixation on the utterly 'embarrassing' sex or faecal accident but drive, you suddenly end up with a rough German version of 'Louie', which, with all its stubborn thought-out, at least has little funny moments. "

- Titanic March 2017

Web links

Individual evidence

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  4. ↑ a b Manuel Weis: Joyn managing director Katja Hofem: 'Of course a Joyn-Daily is our dream'. In : quotemeter.de. June 16, 2020, accessed June 16, 2020 .
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