Lüthi and Blanc
Television series | |
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Original title | Lüthi and Blanc |
Country of production | Switzerland |
original language | Swiss German / French |
Year (s) | 1999-2007 |
length | 25 minutes |
Episodes | 288 in 8 seasons ( List ) |
Broadcasting cycle |
weekly |
genre | Soap opera |
Theme music | Martin Schenkel feat. Tamy - if ever |
production | Peter-Christian Fueter |
First broadcast | October 10, 1999 on SF 1 |
occupation |
The Swiss TV soap Lüthi und Blanc was broadcast by Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) (then Schweizer Fernsehen SF) and was broadcast on SRF 1 (then SF 1).
The first episode was broadcast in October 1999, the 288th and last episode on May 13, 2007. In between, the series ran weekly - with the exception of a 14-week summer break from mid-May to the end of August - on Sunday evening at 8 p.m. on SF 1. The episodes were repeated on SF 1 the following Saturday at 6:10 p.m.
The soap was produced until the end of October 2006 by Zurich-based C-FILMS AG and producer Peter-Christian Fueter . Niklaus Schlienger was the editor-in-chief and thus the master of the content . The main author - with seven colleagues - was Katja Früh .
Plot / content
The TV series, often referred to in the media as “ Chocolate Soap”, has all the characteristics of a classic soap opera. It contains different storylines that deal with the fate of the families around the headstrong chocolate factory patron Jean-Jacques Blanc ( Hans Heinz Moser ), his wife Johanna ( Linda Geiser ), their daughter Catherine ( Isabelle von Siebenthal ) and their son-in-law and Catherine's husband Martin Lüthi ( Hans Schenker ) shoot. The opponent of the Lüthi and Blanc clan and villain of the series is the opaque, scheming banker and illegitimate son of Blanc, Michael Frick ( Gilles Tschudi ).
The locations focus on Zurich and Sainte-Croix VD , the location of the (fictional) chocolate factory JJ Blancs. In addition to the places of residence and work of the named people, the scenes include the “Calvados Bar” in Zurich- Wiedikon , run by Martin Lüthi's mother Lilian (Renate Steiger) and his half-sister Maja ( Tonia Maria Zindel ) and her husband Steve Meier ( Martin Schenkel or Roeland Wiesnekker ), various shared apartments and a farm in the Zurich province. There are also the fictional restaurants “De la Poste” in Sainte-Croix and “Balthasar” in Zurich, which serve as meeting points.
Other important characters are the widowed, scheming gossip reporter Lisbeth Rohner ( Esther Gemsch ), her brother-in-law, the hypocritical pastor Ulrich Rohner ( René Schoenenberger ); Street sweeper and "Calvados" regular guest Willi ( Beat Schlatter ); the son of the Lüthi couple and young lawyer Thomas ( Benjamin Fueter ), his sister Julia ( Stefanie Stämpfli ) and Thomas' ex-girlfriend Lotta Waser ( Viola Tami ). The popular actor Mathias Gnädinger can be seen in the role of the farmer Ruedi Egger . Of course, it should be noted that the person constellations and locations have changed significantly during the more than 200 episodes broadcast.
At the beginning the series was conceived as a cross-language project; The series also ran in synchronized versions on the SRG stations TSR and TSI . In addition to the locations in German and French-speaking Switzerland , there was also a location in Ticino . This concept failed, however, and Lüthi und Blanc was continued as a purely German-Swiss project. What remained was the temporary bilingualism of the series. Although the main actors usually speak German with one another, French is often spoken in the dialect version when conversing with outsiders in Vaud.
In the series controversial topics such as openly lived homosexuality , racism , drug abuse , prostitution , celibacy , incest or polygamy are touched upon. What is striking are the social milieus shown, which are often very different .
The studio
Around 80% of the scenes were shot in a studio in Glattfelden that was specially set up for the soap . In the former spinning mill, there were over 30 decorations for the series. Among the best known were the “Villa Blanc” and the “Calvados Bar”, which actually exist in Zurich and were slightly modified in the studio. The exterior views were shot all over Switzerland, for example in Estavayer-le-Lac (Villa Blanc) or Embrach (farm).
The smaller part, around 20% of all scenes, were shot "on location". The Lüthi and Blanc crew spent around four weeks a year filming in Switzerland.
The shooting was not open to the public, but you could visit the Glattfelden film studios - an opportunity that was used by several thousand visitors each year.
The series was shot up to nine months in advance of broadcast. The scripts were also six months in advance. The film was shot in so-called sub-seasons, which were assigned to a director.
occupation
main actor
actor | Role name | consequences | year |
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Hans Heinz Moser | Jean-Jacques Blanc | 1-288 | 1999-2006 |
Linda Geiser | Johanna Blanc | 1-288 | 1999-2006 |
Isabelle von Siebenthal | Catherine Lüthi, b. Blanc | 1-288 | 1999-2006 |
Hans Schenker | Martin Lüthi | 1-288 | 1999-2006 |
Benjamin Fueter | Thomas Lüthi | 1-288 | 1999-2006 |
Stefanie Stämpfli | Julia Lüthi | 1-158, 196, 259-288 | 1999-2004, 2006 |
Viola Tami | Lotta Waser | 1-288 | 1999-2006 |
Tonia Maria Zindel | Maja Lüthi | 1-288 | 1999-2006 |
Martin Schenkel | Steve Meier # 1 | 1-140 | 1999-2003 |
Noel Wigger | Pascal Lüthi | 1-218 | 1999-2005 |
Renate Steiger | Lilian Lüthi | 1-288 | 1999-2006 |
Yor Milano | Franco Moretti | 1-117 | 1999-2003 |
Esther Gemsch | Lisbeth Rohner | 1-288 | 1999-2006 |
Hanspeter Müller-Drossaart | Hanspeter Rohner † | 1-45, 287 | 1999-2000, 2006 |
Beat Schlatter | Willi Huber | 1-288 | 1999-2006 |
Gilles Tschudi | Michael Frick | 2-288 | 1999-2006 |
Anja Margoni | Natalie Rohner | 2-120, 184-223, 281-288 | 1999-2002, 2005-2006 |
Monica Budde | Madame Delley | 2–288 (sporadic appearances) | 1999-2006 |
René Vuilleumier | Pierre | 2–217 (sporadic appearances) | 1999-2005 |
Graziella Rossi | Abusinda | 3-288 | 1999-2006 |
Jessica Früh | Dorothea Hurni-Frick | 3-288 | 1999-2006 |
Daniel Bill | Claude | 4-26 | 1999 |
Patrick Frey | Kurt Black | 5-288 | 1999-2006 |
Bernhard Michel | Lucky Schmid † | 6-66 | 1999-2001 |
René Schoenenberger | Ulrich Rohner | 9-47, 86-102, 152-244, 280-287 | 1999-2006 |
Dorothée charms | Angelica | 9-47 | 1999-2000 |
Anne-Laure Luisoni | Madame Fonjallaz | 11–287 (sporadic appearances) | 1999-2004, 2006 |
Ludwig Boettger | Albert Fink | 21-288 | 1999-2006 |
Ettore Cella | Lukas Wälti-Kern † | 27-86 | 2000-2001 |
Jodoc Seidel | Joseph † | 27-90 | 2000-2001 |
Sibylle Courvoisier | Letti Merian | 31–172 (sporadic appearances) | 2000-2003 |
Hanna Scheuring | Jeanine Wälti-Kern | 32-118 | 2000-2002 |
Joris Gratwohl | Maurizio Galfatti | 37-108 | 2000-2002 |
Klaus-Henner Russius | Dr. Honecker | 46, 66-68, 253-262 | 2000, 2006 |
Katharina von Bock | Sabina Köster | 49-288 | 2000-2006 |
Tessie Tellmann | Ursula Schmid | 50-105, 159-288 | 2000-2002, 2004-2006 |
Hansrudolf Twerenbold | Heinz Schmid † | 50-70 | 2000 |
Alfred Pfeiffer | Schmuklerski | 50-67 | 2000-2001 |
Margot Gödrös | Filomena Galfatti | 58-105 | 2000-2002 |
Andreas Kramer | Geri | 72-140 | 2001-2003 |
Jean-Pierre Cornu | Dr. Tobler | 72-154 | 2001-2004 |
Stefan Gubser | Andreas Brenzikofer | 74-83, 171-196 | 2001, 2004 |
Regula Stüssi | Secretary Kuster | 76-283 | 2001-2006 |
Raphael Clamer | Alex Weiss | 77-120, 164-264 | 2001-2006 |
Bernard Michel | Daniel Schmid | 84-158 | 2001-2004 |
Anne-Marie Blanc | Esther Weiss | 91-116, 177, 219 | 2001-2002, 2004-2005 |
Kurt Grünenfelder | Jürg Stalder † | 93-115 | 2001-2002 |
Andrea Marin | Margrith "Angelique" Müller | 94-126, 151-153, 247 | 2001-2005 |
César Keizer | Alfred Bernasconi | 94-147 | 2001-2003 |
Roland Herrmann | Paul Nyffenegger | 96-133, 168-179, 211-216 | 2001-2005 |
Monica Gubser | Gertrud Frick † | 102-132 | 2002-2003 |
Tiziana Burkart | Tamara Müller | 104-288 | 2002-2006 |
Manuel Löwensberg | Urs Wicky | 112-128, 153-200, 221-288 | 2002-2006 |
Mathias Gnädinger | Ruedi Egger | 120-288 | 2003-2006 |
Birgit Steinegger | Doris Ruf | 141-203, 275-278 | 2004-2006 |
Roeland Wiesnekker | Steve Meier # 2 | 143-288 | 2003-2006 |
Anikó Donáth | Doris Hummer | 160, 264-287 | 2004, 2006 |
Walter Andreas Müller | Bela Straub | 163-219 | 2004-2005 |
Jörg Schneider | Oskar Wehrli | 169-288 | 2004-2006 |
Sabina Schneebeli | Regula Imboden † | 175-263 | 2004-2006 |
Helmut Vogel | Rainer Sanders | 196-268, 281 | 2004-2006 |
Joel Basman | Zizou Imboden | 199-286 | 2004-2006 |
Andreas Matti | René Imboden † | 208-216, 254-263 | 2004, 2006 |
Hans-Joachim Frick | Jori Weiss | 219-288 | 2005-2006 |
Sara Capretti | Bianca Beck | 227-282 | 2005-2006 |
Jürgen Sarkiss | Damian Köster † | 244-260 | 2005-2006 |
Sophie Redlhammer | Muriel Köster | 253-288 | 2006 |
Guest stars
- Filippo Leutenegger (Episode 48)
- Nella Martinetti (February 25, 2001 - episode 51)
- Moritz Leuenberger (March 4, 2001)
- Caroline Rasser (March 4, 2001)
- Jean-Pierre Le Roy (January 13, 2002 - episode 83)
- Pierre Brice (February 15, 2003)
- Patricia Boser (April 20, 2003)
- Kurt Aeschbacher (episode 176 + 177)
- Bea Petri (episode 177)
- Beni Thurnheer (February 13, 2005)
- Dani Fohrler (February 20, 2005)
- Trudi Gerster (March 13, 2005)
- Jürg Marquard (April 2, 2006)
- Sven Epiney
- Patrick Rohr (February 18, 2007)
Over the years, three people involved in the production of the soap died: a technician, the actor Martin Schenkel and the actress Sibylle Courvoisier . Schenkel's role, Steve Meier , was cast with another actor, Roeland Wiesnekker , from the 140th episode , while Courvoisier's role, Letti Merian , was removed from the scripts after Courvoisier's death.
Seasons
Season | Number of episodes | First broadcast in German-speaking Switzerland | |
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Season premiere | Season finale | ||
1 | 26th | October 10, 1999 | March 26, 2000 |
2 | 43 | August 27, 2000 | July 1, 2001 |
3 | 32 | October 14, 2001 | May 19, 2002 |
4th | 39 | August 25, 2002 | May 18, 2003 |
5 | 38 | August 31, 2003 | May 16, 2004 |
6th | 38 | August 29, 2004 | May 16, 2005 |
7th | 36 | August 28, 2005 | May 14, 2006 |
8th | 36 | August 27, 2006 | May 13, 2007 |
literature
- Esther Scheidegger-Zbinden: Lüthi and Blanc. An informative, entertaining, slick book about the soap . Werd, Zurich 2001
Web links
- Lüthi and Blanc in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lüthi and Blanc at Fernsehserien.de
- Lüthi and Blanc on SRF