Topless (tv series)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Topless |
| Country of production |
 Austria
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| original language | German |
| Year (s) | 2006 - 2011 |
| length | 45 minutes |
| Episodes | 24 in 4 seasons |
| genre | Comedy series , family series |
| idea | Reinhard Schwabenitzky |
| production | Star movie |
| First broadcast | June 27, 2007 on ORF 2 |
| occupation | |
Topless was an Austrian family series of the ORF , which ran on ORF 2 since 2007 and whose fourth and final season was filmed in 2011. The Austrian filmmaker Reinhard Schwabenitzky produces it with his wife Elfi Eschke in the lead role.
content
The focus of the series is on the two rather different families Horrowitz and Schnabel, who know how to prevent attempts to evict them from the house. Sarah ( Elfi Eschke ) and Gustl Horrowitz ( Andreas Steppan ) divorce at the beginning of the series, but continue to live together for educational and economic reasons. The Horrowitzens, who live on the first floor, also live with their son James ( Philip Leenders ) and grandpa Willi ( Heinz Reincke ), who is in a wheelchair . But this grandpa thinks more of his daughter-in-law than his own son.
The tenants on the ground floor of the dilapidated house, the Schnabels, are known as "Grün-Schnabel": The mother Anna ( Maria Köstlinger ) is a single parent and runs a health food store on the first floor of the house, in which her pubescent daughter Judith ( Nora Heschl ) helps.
No tenants, but is almost belonging to the house of fun and very enterprising Turk Seyfi Ülbül ( Haydar Zorlu ), who lives outside the house in a car and Anna Schnabel occasionally helps, for example, with its own bio Kebab - kiosk that Annas Offer in your shop expanded. He fell in love with Sarah.
Because the homeowner (who never appears officially) tries to get rid of the last tenants, he unleashed Otto Schratt ( Ernst Konarek ), a devoted, malicious caretaker, on the tenants. However, it is not exactly easy for him with the insurgent tenants.
Production and broadcast
The first season with six episodes was filmed in Salzburg in 2006 and broadcast in the summer of 2007, Mondays at 8:15 p.m. on ORF 2. In the same year, the second season was created with another six episodes.
In 2008, the third season was shot with six episodes. The broadcast date was in August and September 2010, as the 2009 series Geld.Macht.Liebe ran on the regular broadcasting station.
In 2009, the ORF broadcast a 90-minute Christmas special, and in December 2010 another special, The Turkish Bride, was broadcast.
The shooting of the fourth season lasted from February 22nd to April 1st, 2011. This final season consists of only four episodes.
occupation
main actor
Sorted according to the order of entry.
| actor | Role name | Season (s) | Consequences) | Year (s) |
| Elfi Eschke | Sarah Horrowitz | 1-4 | 1-24 | 2006-2011 |
| Andreas Steppan | August "Gustl" Horrowitz | 1-4 | 1-24 | 2006-2011 |
| Philip Leenders | James Horrowitz | 1-4 | 1-24 | 2006-2011 |
| Heinz Reincke | Willi Horrowitz | 1-2 | 1-12 | 2006-2007 |
| Maria Köstlinger | Anna Schnabel | 1-4 | 1-24 | 2006-2011 |
| Nora Heschl | Judith Schnabel | 1-4 | 1-24 | 2006-2011 |
| Haydar Zorlu | Seyfy Ülbül | 1-4 | 1-24 | 2006-2011 |
| Martina Schwab | Arabella Hürner | 1-4 | 1-24 | 2006-2011 |
| Manfred Dungl | Traugott Pimpf | 1-4 | 1-24 | 2006-2011 |
| Gerhard Zemann | Lieutenant Alvin Zirmgiebel | 1-3 | 1-18 | 2006-2008 |
| Ernst Konarek | Otto Schratt | 1-4 | 1-24 | 2006-2011 |
| Bibiane Zeller | Hilde Horrowitz | 2-4 | 11-24 | 2007-2011 |
| Branko Samarovski | Fridolin "Frido" Pribil | 3-4 | 13-24 | 2008-2011 |
| Heinrich sheep master | Udo Maulhart | 3-4 | 14-24 | 2008-2011 |
supporting cast
Sorted according to the order of entry.
| actor | Role name | Season (s) | Consequences) | Year (s) |
| Ulrike Beimpold | Renate Kilian | 1-4 | ?? - ?? | 2006-2011 |
| Lucas Schwabenitzky | David Killian | 1-4 | 1-24 | 2006-2011 |
| Ina-Alice Kopp | Magarita | 1-4 | ?? - ?? | 2006-2011 |
| Fritz Egger | Erwin Strunz | 1-4 | ?? - ?? | 2006-2011 |
| Alexander Goebel | Boris Weininger | 1-3 | 5-13 | 2006-2008 |
| Gernot Pachernigg | Guitarist and singer | 2−? | ?? - ?? | 2007 - ???? |
| Nadja Maleh | Rosi Pimpf | 2 | 10-11 | 2007 |
| Wolfram Berger | Thomas Killian | 2-4 | 12-24 | 2007-2011 |
| Helma Gautier | Maria Leitner | 3−? | ?? - ?? | ???? - ???? |
| Johannes Silberschneider | Reginald Roar | 4th | 19-22 | 2011 |
| Fritz Hammel | Kurti Hufnagl | 4th | 19-22 | 2011 |
| Peter Fricke | Siegfried Schmiege | 4th | 19-22 | 2011 |
| Gerhard Liebmann | Eddy Strangler | 4th | 19-22 | 2011 |
| Klaus Guth | Yusuf | 4th | 20-22 | 2011 |
Character descriptions
- Sarah Horrowitz (Elfi Eschke)
The housewife, mother and former teacher divorced in the first episode, but for practical reasons stays with her ex-husband, their son and father-in-law . She thinks out loud and has her heart on her tongue. After she is divorced, Sarah sometimes brings her male companion into the apartment with her.
- August "Gustl" Horrowitz (Andreas Steppan)
The policeman and ex-husband of Sarah is a failed womanizer : The problem is that it is not taken of Father, Son and who was the wife seriously. Therefore, he seeks contact with other women, although there are still some feelings between him and Sarah. These create enormous tensions in horror jokes.
- James Horrowitz (Philip Leenders)
The son of Sarah and Gustl, a permanent law student, musical, band musician - fell in love with Judith Schnabel.
- Willi Horrowitz (Heinz Reincke)
The former railroad worker and father of Gustl is in a wheelchair. He likes his daughter-in-law's direct manner. The North German therefore often sticks to Sarah.
- Anna Schnabel (Maria Köstlinger)
The owner of a health food store called "Grün-Schnabel" is a single mother. Sometimes she ponders whether she should move out after all, but Sarah persuades her to stay.
- Judith Schnabel (Nora Heschl)
Anna's daughter is musical and in love with James.
- Otto Schratt (Ernst Konarek)
Otto Schratt is the caretaker and handyman of the house owner, who harasses the tenants and tries to poke them out.
Seasons
- season 1
- wedding day
- Corpse in the house
- The break-in
- Judith & James
- Father is coming
- Gas in the house
- season 2
- (7) Police in bed
- (8) The termination
- (9) Gustl's quarantine
- (10) The Lord of the Island
- (11) The annoying widow
- (12) The prodigal son
- season 3
- (13) Abseil down
- (14) The new man
- (15) Suburban Blues
- (16) End stop buffer stop
- (17) The horror hilde
- (18) Gustl's women
- Season 4
- (19) Divorce hurts
- (20) Family ties
- (21) Bed rochade
- (22) The strangler
useful information
- Since ORF relied on this series, the second season was commissioned before the first season even ran.
- The sly and sarcastic chief of the police station played Gerhard Zemann (1940-2010), better known as coroner for Kommissar Rex .
- The first two seasons of topless were the most successful series on ORF in 2006 and 2007 and thus follow on from successful series such as Ein echter Wiener does not go under , Büro Büro or Kaisermühlen Blues , which were also produced by Reinhard Schwabenitzky.
DVD publications
- On November 30, 2007, the first twelve episodes of the series were released on DVD.
Web links
- Topless in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Website of the series topless
- Schwabenitzky's "topless" goes into its fourth season ( memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), kundendienst.orf.at