Maxe Baumann

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Television series
Original title Maxe Baumann
Country of production German Democratic Republic
original language German
Year (s) 1976-1987
Production
company		 Television of the GDR
length 90 minutes
Episodes 8th
genre Family series
First broadcast December 28, 1984 ( GDR ) on GDR 1
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Maxe Baumann is a TV comedy series of the television of the GDR from the years 1976 to 1987, the focus of which is the pensioner Maxe Baumann.

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The focus of the seven comedies and one special is the sprightly pensioner Maxe Baumann (played by the native Berliner Gerd E. Schäfer ). In his gripping, sometimes over-exploring manner, he often rushes over the target or overwhelms his surroundings. He is supported by his faithful wife Hertha ( Traute Sense , in the special Helga Göring ). Always there is the somewhat stiff son Horst ( Heinz Behrens ), who is under the thumb of his researched and self-confident wife Waltraut ( Margot Ebert ). Maxes friend and former colleague Erna Mischke ( Helga Hahnemann ) and her husband Ferdinand Holz ( Rolf Herricht ) are usually also part of the party. The supporting roles of Hahnemann and Herricht ceased to exist after the early death of Rolf Herricht in 1981, they were replaced by other supporting characters, in particular Marlene Kleinschmidt ( Ingeborg Krabbe , from part three) and Hugo Krüger ( Herbert Köfer , parts four to six).

After Maxe Baumann has been retired, he no longer has enough to do and now has to look for something to do, as doing nothing is a punishment for this gripping person. It doesn't matter whether he takes on the problems of the young Mario Krüger ( Peter Fabers ) or helps his grandson Jens Baumann ( Michael Pan ) and girlfriend Monika ( Birgit Edenharter ) out of a jam. In the end, Maxe is always the man of the day, who causes all sorts of confusion with his lovable activism and finally resolves it again. Since there was a shortage of labor in the GDR, it was welcomed when pensioners continued to work. From the third part on, Maxe Baumann also resumes his work in the old company. He continues the work until the last episode, in which he celebrates his 70th birthday.

background

After several weeks of rehearsal in Berlin, the comedies were recorded in front of an audience in the cultural center of the Zinnowitz seaside resort and shown on GDR television on New Year's Eve . This tradition was continued from 1983 onwards by the comedy series “ Three lovely sisters ” and “ Ferienheim Bergkristall ”. After parts of the GDR had no electricity on New Year's Eve as part of the snow catastrophe in northern Germany in 1978 , many viewers asked for a repetition of the episode Max while Traveling . This repetition finally took place in February 1979 and achieved one of the highest ratings in the history of GDR television with an audience rate of around 72%.

Gerd E. Schäfer (* 1923) and Traute Sense (* 1920) were only a little older than the actors of their film children, Margot Ebert (* 1926) and Heinz Behrens (* 1932).

Episode overview

episode title First broadcast
1. Holidays without end December 31, 1976
2. No vacation for Max December 31, 1977
3. Max traveling December 31, 1978
4th Surprise for Max December 31, 1979
5. Max in Moritzhagen December 31, 1980
6th Maxe in blue December 31, 1981
7th Max stays on the ball December 31, 1982
8th. Maxe Baumann from Berlin (Revue Special) May 1, 1987

Since October 12, 2009, all episodes of the series have been released on DVD.

Guest appearances

There were guest appearances by Marianne Kiefer , Gerry Wolff , Ursula Staack , Paul Arenkens , Siegfried Seibt , Gojko Mitić , Hella Stövesand and Maxi Biewer, among others . The regular episodes were directed by Peter Hill and the special by Günter Stahnke . They were written by Goetz Jaeger . Gerd E. Schäfer also appeared several times as Maxe Baumann in Ein Kessel Buntes . In the revue-like special Maxe Baumann from Berlin he played a double role as Max and his brother Fritz.

New performances

In the Comedy Dresden between December 2006 and January 2008, the comedy Maxe Baumann becomes hotel director was performed. The GDR New Year's Eve comedy series “Maxe Baumann” and “ Ferienheim Bergkristall ” (1983 to 1989) are loosely linked. After the death of his friend Oberpichler, Maxe ( Dietmar Burkhard ) inherits his hotel in the deepest Ore Mountains. What he does not know is that it is the rather ailing "Bergkristall vacation home". The three employees are amiable, but only capable to a certain extent. To make matters worse, director Oberpichler applied for the 4-star category for the house before his death and the tester wants to arrive incognito shortly before New Year's Eve. Maxe throws himself into the task and improvises a 4-star luxury hotel for the examiner together with the staff and the only two guests. The piece was written by Hannes Hahnemann and Theresa Scholze . Directed by Jürgen Mai , the music is by Robert Jentzsch. Other actors are Gottlieb Wendehals , Heidi Weigelt , Beate Laaß, Christian Kühn and Philipp Richter.

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