Darling Kreuzberg
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Darling Kreuzberg |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | 1986-1998 |
| length | 50 minutes |
| Episodes | 58 in 5 seasons |
| genre | Lawyer series, drama , dramedy |
| idea | Jurek Becker |
| production | Novafilm television production on behalf of SFB , NDR and WDR |
| music | 1st season: Hans-Martin Majewski 2nd – 5th Season: Klaus Doldinger |
| First broadcast | February 17, 1986 on First German Television |
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Main actor:
Supporting actors: see below | |
Liebling Kreuzberg is an ARD television series that was first broadcast from 1986 to 1998 in five seasons with a total of 58 episodes.
The scripts for seasons one to three and five come from Jurek Becker , who wrote the role of the idiosyncratic Berlin lawyer Robert Liebling for his friend Manfred Krug . The fourth season was written by Ulrich Plenzdorf . Directed by Heinz Schirk (first season), Werner Masten (second to fourth season) and Vera Loebner (fifth season). The series was produced by SFB , NDR and WDR . The music of the first season comes from Hans-Martin Majewski , in the later seasons from Klaus Doldinger .
Content and characters
The eponymous main character Robert Liebling (born June 12, 1939) is a lawyer and notary who has his office in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg . He carries in the first four seasons stubble, a floppy hat, motorcycle rides (first a Honda , then a BMW ) and convertibles, in the fourth season a Mercedes-Benz W124 , in the fifth season then a Mercedes-Benz W111 , smokes Cigars and consumes large quantities of jelly , which his secretaries Paula ( Corinna Genest ) and Senta ( Anja Franke ) have to keep ready at all times. Sometimes Liebling has several girlfriends at the same time, which often leads to difficulties. While he is quite relaxed about things like that himself, he reacts with jealousy when one of his love affairs approaches infidelity.
Liebling only accepts cases that interest him. In the first episode of the first season he explains that he has sold a real estate business inherited from his father and that he is now in his capacity as a notary to notarize all the resulting purchase agreements. This ensures him a certain financial independence so that he can afford to avoid work if possible. He much prefers to go for a walk along the Spree during the day or sleep in his office. Liebling delegates as much as possible of the work that has to be done to his partner . In the first three seasons, this is Michael Kausch in the role of Dr. Giselmund Arnold, in the fifth season Stefan Reck as Dr. Bruno Pelzer. They are more idealistic, but at the same time more conventional and in this respect they are designed as antagonists of the pragmatic but idiosyncratic darling. It is not least from this contrast that a large part of the dialogue joke in the series results. The contradiction, however, is often only an apparent one, because Liebling himself also has idealistic traits. In the fourth season, Liebling himself becomes a partner in Isolde “Issi” Isenthal's office, played by Jenny Gröllmann . There are frequent discussions between her and Liebling about the different legal understandings of the two German states and problems of the post-reunification period.
The individual episodes mostly deal with smaller legal disputes, which the layman often confronts with unexpected legal facts. Favorite girlfriends are a major theme in the parallel storyline. In the early episodes, relationships usually change quickly, while in later episodes the tension arises from the women's professional or private background. In the first season the love affairs are Dodo (played by Almut Eggert ) and Anna Linder ( Claudia Amm ), in the second season Lilly ( Karin Eickelbaum ) and in the second and third the public prosecutor Rosemarie Monk (played by Diana Körner ). In the fourth season Lena Lewandowsky ( Isa Jank ) is her favorite friend, in the fifth season she is married Lola Kornhaus ( Monika Woytowicz ) for a long time and finally Miriam Breslauer ( Johanna Liebeneiner ). His chaotic and chronically financially tight daughter Sarah ( Roswitha Schreiner ) plays another important role in the private framework story. Last season she was - initially in secret - the girlfriend of his favorite partner Dr. Bruno Pelzer will. The screenwriter Jurek Becker made a cameo as Rosemarie Monk's ex-husband. In season four, Günter Schubert and Jörg Gudzuhn played two former refugees from the GDR who tried to trigger their Cadillac after an accident and wanted to go to Canada. In order to collect the money, they help out in the office as caretakers. In addition, the family background of Favorite Sozii is examined in more detail: In the first three seasons, Giselmund Arnold's marital problems are discussed and in the fourth season Isenthal's son Axel's refusal to do military service is discussed.
supporting cast
| actor | character | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Friends of Robert Liebling: | ||
| Almut Eggert | Dodo | season 1 |
| Claudia Amm | Anna Lindner | season 1 |
| Karin Eickelbaum | Lilly | season 2 |
| Diana grains | Rosemarie Monk | Public Prosecutor , Seasons 2-4 |
| Martina Gedeck | Ria Hegenbach | Client, later intern, seasons 3-4 |
| Iris Berben | Nora Schill | season 3 |
| Isa Jank | Lena Lewandowsky | Season 4 |
| Monika Woytowicz | Lola Kornhaus | Season 5 |
| Johanna Liebeneiner | Miriam Breslauer | Season 5 |
| Family members of the main characters: | ||
| Brigitte Grothum | Erika darling | Ex-wife of Darling and Sarah's mother, seasons 1-2 |
| Karin Hardt | Elfriede darling | Mother of Robert Liebling, Season 2 |
| Christel Harthaus | Luise Arnold | G. Arnold's wife, seasons 1-2 |
| Liesa Schober and Nico Siewert |
Barbara and Axel Isenthal | Isenthal's children, season 4 |
| Lawyers, prosecutors and judges: | ||
| Peter Schiff | Dr. Wolter | Lawyer, friend of darling, seasons 1–5 |
| Friedrich-Karl Praetorius | Mr. Wittlich | Trainee lawyer, season 2 |
| Bodo Wolf | Public Prosecutor Fricke / Ingverding | Season 2–5 |
| Andreas Grothusen | Public Prosecutor Humpe / Hainbucher | Season 2–5 |
| Heinz Rabe | Judge | Season 1–3 |
| Barbara Morawiecz | judge | Season 2-4 |
| Imke Barnstedt | judge | Season 2–5 |
| Gunter's lap | Judge | Season 4 |
| Hans Nitschke | Judicial officer | Season 1–5 |
| other recurring characters: | ||
| Friedrich G. Beckhaus | Mr. Grollmann | Season 1–3 |
| Rolf Zacher | Willy Gumpert, b. Rodegast | Counterfeiters, seasons 2–4 |
| Regina Lemnitz | Mrs. Gumpert | Season 2-4 |
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Jörg Gudzuhn and Günter Schubert |
"Cowboys" | Season 4 |
| Joachim Kemmer | Building contractor Klinda | Season 4 |
| Götz Schubert | former police officer, later private detective Jahn | Season 4 |
| Ursula Staack | Favorite housekeeper | Season 5 |
Historical background
Last but not least, Liebling Kreuzberg is also a contemporary document of the divided and later reunified city of Berlin. In seasons one to three (1985–1989) the Berlin Wall is not directly addressed; However, it is often present in the background of the picture, in the third episode The Protector knocks darling on the wall and says to Arnold "German workmanship". In addition, the four-power status in Berlin is mentioned from time to time . B. in relation to penalties for illegal gun possession . In the fourth season (1994), the scripts of which were written by Ulrich Plenzdorf , the scene of the action is relocated to the east of Berlin, in particular to the districts of Berlin-Mitte (film office at Monbijouplatz 12; the house has now been renovated) and Prenzlauer Berg which also changes the subjects of the legal cases. In the fifth season (1997, Filmkanzlei Bevernstrasse, corner of Köpenicker Strasse), the city as a topic increasingly takes a back seat.
Awards
Jurek Becker received the DAV Press Prize for television from the German Lawyers' Association in 1989 for the episode " Taschenpfändung" . Heinz Schirk, Jurek Becker and Manfred Krug received the Adolf Grimme Prize with gold in 1987 for the episode The Protector and in 1988 the Adolf Grimme Prize with silver for the entire series . In 1995 Ulrich Plenzdorf received the Adolf Grimme Prize with bronze for the fourth season.
In addition, the series was awarded the Bavarian Television Prize in 1990 and the Telestar in 1988 . In addition, the film music was explicitly recognized in the grounds for the 2005 Adolf Grimme Prize for Klaus Doldinger.
Seasons, episodes and airtime
The first three seasons were broadcast for the first time on Mondays, the fourth and fifth on Tuesdays at 8:15 p.m. in the first program of ARD . Since then, the series has been repeated several times in the third programs and on arte .
Credits, Season 1 (1986)
Opening credits, seasons 2–3 (1988–1990)
Credits, Season 4 (1994)
Credits, Season 5 (1998)
Season 1 (first broadcast February 17 - March 24, 1986)
| episode | title | Legal issue | Guest appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The new man | divorce | Karin Baal , Friedrich G. Beckhaus |
| 2 | An urgent case | hostage taking | Martin May , Christiane Maybach , Volker Brandt , Lutz Mackensy |
| 3 | The protector | Mayhem | Tayfun Bademsoy |
| 4th | Double bet | Embezzlement , resistance to law enforcement officers | Klaus Schwarzkopf , Manfred Lehmann |
| 5 | Small fish | Bail fraud , burglary | Wolfgang Spier , Vera Kluth |
| 6th | The saviour | Attempted suicide , robbery | Ute Christensen , Klaus Dahlen , Peter Kuiper , Ronald Nitschke |
Season 2 (first broadcast February 22 - May 16, 1988)
Season 3 (first broadcast March 5 - April 23, 1990)
| episode | title | Legal issue | Guest appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One break after another | Burglary | Martin Semmelrogge , Georg Tryphon |
| 2 | Flowers for the lawyer | Attempted rape | Rudiger Weigang |
| 3 | Self help | Stalking , assault | Martina Gedeck , Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger |
| 4th | For once in vain | bribery | Jurek Becker |
| 5 | The freedom of art | Labor law , robbery | Eberhard Feik , Dieter Landuris |
| 6th | Lawyers among themselves | Shoplifting , criminal law, fraud, complicity | Jochen Kolenda , Christian Brückner , Jürgen Kluckert |
| 7th | The daughter of the father's friend | Real estate and real estate law | Iris Berben , Rolf Zacher , Regina Lemnitz |
| 8th | Lots of goodbyes | Neighborhood law , professional law , notary law , criminal law | Iris Berben , Frank Zander |
Season 4 (first broadcast January 4 - April 5, 1994)
Season 5 (first broadcast October 7, 1997 - March 17, 1998)
DVDs
1st season
- Liebling Kreuzberg, Season 1 (2 DVDs, ET: September 26, 2007, ARD Video)
2nd season
- Liebling Kreuzberg, Season 2 (4 DVDs, ET: March 26, 2008, ARD Video)
3rd season
- Liebling Kreuzberg, 3rd season (3 DVDs, ET: February 25, 2009, ARD Video)
4th season
- Liebling Kreuzberg, 4th season (4 DVDs, ET: August 12, 2010, ARD Video)
5th season
- Liebling Kreuzberg, 5th season, episodes 1–9 (3 DVDs, ET: August 25, 2006, Sony BMG / Pixis Medien)
- Liebling Kreuzberg, Season 5, episodes 10-18 (3 DVDs, ET: November 10, 2006, Sony BMG / Pixis Medien)
Books
For seasons one to three, Alexander Rentsch published accompanying books in the form of novels at Droemer Knaur . Three books for the fourth season have been published under the title Liebling, Prenzlauer Berg by Ulrich Plenzdorf in the Aufbau-Verlag . For the fifth season there are episodes accompanying novels from the Ullstein publishing house by Horst Friedrichs and Jurek Becker.
literature
Mala Loth: lawyers' darling. Manfred Krug and the humanity of law , in: Zeithistorische Forschungen 16 (2019), pp. 400–409.
Web links
- Liebling Kreuzberg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Favorite Kreuzberg at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Winding up your nose or contempt. Norbert F. Pötzl on the loss of reputation of the West German lawyers (I) , in Der Spiegel , December 4, 1989.
- ↑ Liebling Kreuzberg DVD review on pixis-medien.de.
- ↑ Grimme-Institut.de ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
