Motzki

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Television series
Original title Motzki
Country of production Germany
original language German
year 1993
length 25 minutes
Episodes 13
genre comedy
idea Wolfgang crowd
First broadcast February 2, 1993 on Das Erste
occupation

Motzki is a 13-part television series conceived by the German screenwriter Wolfgang Quantity from 1993, in which the German-German sensitivities were commented on satirically shortly after reunification . It was produced by the Cologne-based Filmpool Film- und Fernsehproduktion for NDR and WDR and ran from February 2, 1993 to April 27, 1993 in the evening program on Das Erste . The series was directed by Thomas Nennstiel .

content

The title character of the series is Friedhelm Motzki, a former driving instructor and early retiree from the West Berlin working-class district of Wedding , always nagging and tormented by the idea of ​​constantly falling short. In retrospect, he is hostile to reunification. He fears that the "Ossis" will flood the west, which will make things worse for him.

When Motzki's wife Doris dies, his sister-in-law Edith comes from East Berlin ("the GDR") to help him settle the estate and to run his household. The differences between Motzki's West Berlin world and Edith's GDR world become clear. Edith is an unemployed former kindergarten teacher who ran a kindergarten under the Ministry of State Security . Her cousin Gisela, who is married to a porter of the Bundestag in Bonn, also appears at the funeral.

A constant admirer of Motzki and his political views is Gülüsan Üksknürz, the Turkish greengrocer from the neighborhood.

reception

  • At the beginning of the broadcast, the protagonist was compared with Alfred Tetzlaff from the television series Ein Herz und eine Seele , who was also created by Wolfgang Menge .
  • The series was received extremely controversially by the audience - many demanded the discontinuation of the series because of the protagonist's nagging against the "Ossis". Producers and supporters defended this as irony that wanted to encourage mutual understanding.
  • As the East German answer to Motzki , the MDR produced the series The Trotskies in 1993, not least as a result of this controversy .
  • In Good Bye, Lenin! actor Jürgen Holtz parodies the Motzki: He plays an East Berliner who - as a running gag, so to speak - appears periodically and gets upset about the "Wessis".
  • Based on his often nagging and admonishing words, the former footballer and former sports functionary of FC Bayern Munich Matthias Sammer is sometimes referred to by the nickname "Motzki".

marketing

  • The series has been on DVD in full since spring 2009.

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