Ringstrasse Palace (TV series)

Television series
Original title	Ringstrasse Palace
Country of production	Austria
original language	German , Viennese
Year (s)	1980-1986
Production company	Schönbrunn film Vienna
length	45 minutes
Episodes	3 seasons with 27 episodes
genre	Television series
Director	Rudolf Nussgruber
idea	Hellmut Andics
music	Toni Stricker
cut	Marie Homolka
First broadcast	December 25, 1980 on ORF
occupation
Heinrich Schweiger as Eduard Baumann Albert Rueprecht as Karl Baumann Marianne Nentwich as Johanna Baumann Guido Wieland as Leo Pospischill Klaus Wildbolz as Franz (Graf) Artenberg Erik Frey as General Bernhard Graf Artenberg Susi Nicoletti as Highness Antonie Fürstin Slansky Rudolf Prack as Ferdinand Peter Wolfsberger as Eduard Graf Artenberg Ulli Fessl as Marianne Countess Artenberg Mijou Kovacs as Hansi Komtesse Artenberg Fritz Muliar as Imre Kelemen Ossy Kolmann as Jiri Peter Vilnai as Ernö Kelemen Jane Tilden as Sophie Sieghardt Rupp as Hermann (I) Ivan Desny as Richard von Wintrop Olga Georges-Picot as Michèle Josef Meinrad as Emil Hoffeneder Felix Mitterer as Egon Schiele Florentin Groll as Dr. Paul Ender Karlheinz Hackl as Dr. Paul Ender Jr. Dorothea Parton as Antonie Ender Friedrich von Thun as Bernhard Graf Artenberg Liliana Nelska as Rosa von Stein Romuald Pekny as Moritz von Stein Kurt Nachmann as Nathan Mendel Alfons Haider as Bernie Artenberg Christoph Schobesberger as Edi Artenberg Gerlinde Locker as Poldi Artenberg Nicole Kunz as Toni Artenberg Heinz Marecek as Dr. Georg Reinprecht Elfriede Ramhapp as Nelly Ingrid Malinka as Kathi Renata Olarova as Marie Gerhard Steffen as Johann Imre Raday as Pista Josef Loibl as Schestak Maresa Hörbiger as Marie Dagmar Koller as Anni Berte Ulli Maier as Christl Steininger Dora Borkoff as Bozena Catherine Danais as Anne Baumann Harald Harth as Dr. Meyer Franz Stoss as a general Wolfgang Gasser as Colonel Kestranek Kurt Heintel as Otto Wagner Hans Zemba as Gustav Klimt Attila Hörbiger as Father Florian Paul Muller as Comte de Castroux Manfred Inger as Pepi Baron Stessl Andrea Nürnberger as Fanny Kranz

The Ringstrasse Palace was a television series by ORF , in collaboration with ZDF . The name of the series refers to the magnificent Ringstrasse Palace on Vienna's Ringstrasse .

action

In Vienna in 1867, despite the devastating defeat in the battle of Königgrätz on the Ringstrasse, construction was started.

Franz Graf Artenberg comes to Baron Eduard Baumann as a representative of his family in financial difficulties to ask him for financial help. He gets to know the baron's daughter, falls in love with her and marries her. Over the course of the series, the rise and fall of the Artenberg family is portrayed and how they struggle to survive over time. The fate of the family is emblematic of the history of Austria . The story begins around the middle of the 19th century and continues into the modern era, into the 1980s.

Episodes

season 1

1. In the shadow of Königgrätz
2. Starting a family
3. The speculators
4. The big noise
5. The Conspiracy
6. The good bye
7. The new generation
8. The inheritance
9. The family reunion
10. The war
11. In secret mission
12. The bitter end

season 2

1. The collapse
2. Final concert
3. No luck in love
4. The return
5. The relatives
6. An invoice is paid
7. Air raid
8. The returnees
9. Life on demand
10. The State Treaty
11. the dropouts
12. The decision

season 3

1. The Conspiracy
2. The broken family
3. The great stranger

Miniseries

The series was broadcast in 15 parts on ORF :

1. In the shadow of Königgrätz - 1867
2. The big row - 1873
3. The crisis - 1888/89
4. The inheritance - 1900
5. The war - 1914
6. The downfall - 1917
7. The collapse - 1922/23
8. No luck in love - 1934
9. The kinship - 1938
10. The returnees - 1944/45
11. Life on Demand - 1954/55
12. The dropouts - 1974
13. The Conspiracy
14. The broken family
15. The great stranger

Backdrops

The action takes place in Vienna . Some of the filming took place in the Palais Schey von Koromla on the Ringstrasse at the corner of Goethegasse .

Charisma

The first two seasons were broadcast for the first time by ORF from 1980 to 1982. They each comprised six episodes of 90 minutes each. In 1986, the third season followed with three episodes. When repeated, individual episodes were broadcast in two parts, each 45 minutes.

Other actors

Christoph Schobesberger , Alfons Haider , Rudolf Buczolich , Ida Krottendorf , Hertha Schell , Götz von Langheim , Helma Gautier , Boris Cavazza , Kurt Meisel , Vernon Dobtcheff , Klausjürgen Wussow , Heinz Petters , Dolores Schmidinger , Erich Auer , Maria Perschy , Lukas Resetarits , Regina Sattler , Wolfgang Preiss , Michaela Rosen and many others.

Web links

• The television lexicon | Ringstrasse Palace
• Ringstraßenpalais in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Eva Lorenz: Ringstrasse Palace private . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 19, 1981, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).