Lady cracker

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Television series
Original title Lady cracker
Ladykracher-Logo.jpg
Country of production Germany
original language German
Year (s) 2001-2003, 2008-2013
Production
company		 Brainpool TV AG
length 25 minutes
Episodes 101 in 8 seasons (including specials and best-ofs with integrated live sketches) ( list )
genre Comedy
First broadcast January 11, 2002 on Sat.1
occupation

Ladykracher is a comedy series broadcast by Sat.1 from 2002 to 2003 and from 2008 to 2013 , in which Anke Engelke shows sketch films in addition to a short moderation. The title alludes to the firecrackers of the same name .

In January 2015 it was confirmed that the eighth season aired in 2013 is the last of the series for the time being.

Skits

Anke Engelke plays in all of the Ladykracher sketches. In the promotion for the show they also said “The woman with 250 faces” because Engelke slips into many different roles in the sketches.

Casting bits

In the casting bits, various stereotypical characters tell from their lives. The figures appear again and again, unlike with simple "sketch figures". The following characters appeared in Ladykracher:

  • Flo Schneider, the wallflower (seasons 1–5 and 8; in seasons 1, 3, 6 and 8 in other skits)
  • Ulla Fleischer, the blonde (seasons 1–3, 5–8; in seasons 3–8 in other skits)
  • Onka Poffenreuther (season 4–8)
  • Urte, the Hardcore Lesbian (Seasons 4-8)
  • Thai Woman Mae Ying (Season 8)
  • Luxury woman Estelle (season 8)
  • Ladyboy (Season 7)
  • Ruth, the eco woman (seasons 1–7; in season 3 in other skits)
  • Ludmilla, the Russian millionaire's wife (seasons 4-7)
  • the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il (season 6)
  • Patty the Nerd (Seasons 4-5)
  • Proll-Britta (season 1–2, 5; in season 6 in other skits)
  • Berlin-Britta, the woman with a scarf (season 1–2)
  • Bonzen-Johanna (seasons 1–3)
  • Sugar the Fashion Addict (Seasons 1-2)
  • Tourette-Tanja (Season 1)
  • The best friends Janine and Bea (with Bettina Lamprecht ) (Season 2)
  • The parents of Torben-Hendrik (with Christoph Maria Herbst ) (Season 2–3)
  • Carmen the Junkie (season 3, in seasons 3-4, 6 in other sketches)

occupation

actor Season 1
(2002) 		Season 2
(2002) 		Season 3
(2003) 		Season 4
(2008) 		Season 5
(2009-2010) 		Season 6
(2011) 		Season 7
(2012) 		Season 8
(2013) 		Period
Anke Engelke 1-8
Bettina Lamprecht 1-6, 8
Christoph Maria Herbst Guest appearance 1-3, 4
Kai Lentrodt 1, 3-8
Thomas Gimbel 1-3
Guido Hammesfahr 1-3
Dana Golombek 1-3
Katja Liebing 1-3
Julia Stinshoff 1-2
Peter Nottmeier 1
Matthias Matschke 2-8
Sandra Borgmann 2
Diana Greenwood 3
Angela Sandritter 3
Daniel Wiemer 4-8
Charly Huebner 4-8
Holger Stockhaus 4-8
Lena Dörrie 4-8
Friederike Kempter 4-7
Daniela Preuss 5
Judith Richter 7th
Lisa Wagner 8th
Birthe Wolter 8th

Episode list

background

  • From seasons one to four there were studio recordings at the beginning and at the end of the show in which Anke Engelke greeted the audience and said goodbye to them. In season three, Engelke also sent viewers to advertise in the middle of the episode. Since season 5, however, the studio recordings have been omitted.
  • The character Proll-Britta from the casting bits was initially deleted from the program after two seasons. The reason for this was that Engelke was hoarse for days after shooting the scenes.
  • After the show was stopped for the time being in 2003, the follow-up project Ladyland came , in which Anke Engelke again embodies different women who all experience their own story.
  • Although many references were made to a fourth season in the third season, it only went into production 5 years later and was then broadcast in autumn 2008.
  • After Christoph Maria Herbst was successful with the Stromberg series , he left the sketch show in 2008. Instead, he guest-starred in one episode in several skits in season 4.
  • Oliver Welke , Olli Dittrich and Bastian Pastewka also had a guest appearance in one sketch each of the third season. Lena Meyer-Landrut had a guest appearance in the third and fifth episodes of the sixth season.

Awards

Anke Engelke (2010)

The show received several awards:

  • 2002:
  • 2003:
    • German Comedy Award in the Best Sketch Show category
    • Nomination for the Emmy
  • 2004:
    • Golden Rose in the Comedy Actress category to Anke Engelke
  • 2005:
    • Golden Rose in the FRAPA Scripted Format Award category
  • 2009:
    • German Comedy Award in the Best Sketch Comedy category
  • 2010:
    • German Comedy Award in the Best Sketch Comedy category
  • 2011:
    • German television award in the category of best comedy show
    • German Comedy Award in the Best Sketch Comedy category
  • 2013
    • German Comedy Award in the Best Sketch Comedy category

Audience ratings

The fourth season saw 1.80 million viewers. The fifth season 1.94 million and the sixth season fell to 1.48 million viewers. In the seventh season the total number of viewers rose to 1.62 million and in the eighth season to 1.70 million. The target group of 14 to 49 year olds always had double-digit market shares.

DVDs

title publication Disc number Bonus material
Ladykracher Vol. 1 0Oct 5, 2002 2 DVDs Outtakes , unpublished sketches (optionally with commentary by Anke Engelke), audio commentary on all 13 episodes (including by Bastian Pastewka , Hella von Sinnen and Axel Stein ), making of Ladykracher, three songs - sung by Anke Engelke with the Franck band, comments about the cast of the crew, the crew's favorite sketches
Ladykracher Vol. 2 Aug 25, 2003 2 DVDs Outtakes , unpublished sketches (optionally with commentary by Anke Engelke), audio commentary on all 13 episodes (including by Hugo Egon Balder and Axel Stein ), making-of Ladykracher II, rehearsals for the show from the Cologne living room theater
Ladykracher Vol. 3 June 21, 2004 2 DVDs Outtakes , unpublished skits (optionally with commentary by Anke Engelke), making-ofs for various skits, the worst sketch in the world, live skits
Ladykracher Vol. 4 Jan. 23, 2009 2 DVDs Outtakes , making-ofs and backstage material, skits that were not broadcast, live skits, favorite skits of the ensemble
Ladykracher Vol. 5 Feb. 26, 2010 2 DVDs Sketches that were not sent (Pizzeria Toni - reprise, cuddly cat, protection money, fairy tale hour, The Three Suicides, To resubmit, Open Stage Traudl, Autotest 3D glasses, Open Stage Return of Traudl), Casting bits that were not sent, Outtakes -Medley, Rabea explains the peace sign, making of musical, credits dance track
Ladykracher - Collectors Box (Season 1-5) Feb. 26, 2010 10 DVDs see respective season
Ladykracher Vol. 6 18 Mar 2011 2 DVDs Outtakes , sketches that were not broadcast (oiled candlesticks, talented voice (Anke in disguise as Marge Simpson ), barbecue, Where's Papa ?, particle accelerator, pretending to be a surprise, lamp post, self-employed café, little thing, good purchase, not listening properly, various radio bits) , Casting bits that were not sent, Anke's transformation into Onka, Anke's transformation into Ludmilla, Anke's transformation into Kim Jong Il, Anke and Charly play non-shot sketch "Ulla Fahndung" during the lunch break, MySpass visiting Ladykracher, credits dance medley, photo gallery , Episode "Die Laudatio" from the 5th season of " Pastewka "
Ladykracher Vol. 7 0May 4, 2012 2 DVDs
Ladykracher Vol. 8 April 19, 2013 2 DVDs
Ladykracher - The Super Box (Season 1-8) 18 Mar 2016 16 DVDs see respective season

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ms. Engelke is gone: "Ladykracher" does not go any further, accessed on January 23, 2015.
  2. ↑ 'Ladykracher' nominated for the 'International Emmy Award'. October 8, 2002, accessed on November 13, 2019 (German).