Salto Postale

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Television series
Original title Salto Postale
Country of production GermanyGermany Germany
original language German
Year (s) 1993-1996
length 30 minutes
Episodes 24
genre Sitcom
idea Gunter Antrak and Inge Ristock
First broadcast May 7, 1993 on ZDF
occupation
Wolfgang Stumph
Wolfgang Wolle Stankoweit
Achim Wolff
Rudi Reschke
Hans-Jürgen Schatz
Maximilian Moderately

Salto Postale is a sitcom of the ZDF high name recognition. Wolfgang Stumph , Achim Wolff and Hans-Jürgen Schatz played the leading roles . The series is one of the few German sitcoms that are successfully repeated.

action

The series plays with Wolfgang Stumph in the lead role of a post office clerk in the fictional village of Niederbörnicke in Brandenburg shortly after the fall of the Wall . The colleagues at the office are the postal workers Wolfgang "Wolle" Stankoweit and Rudi Reschke ( Achim Wolff ), the head of the office is Maximilian Mäßig ( Hans-Jürgen Schatz ) from West Germany . The three officers form a group with explosives. In addition to selling stamps and accepting parcels, there are also political satirical speeches in Niederbörnicke , inspired by the incidents in the post office. This shows the obstacles to reunification and the problems faced by politicians. An integral part and the telephone inquiries was Stanko Weits with numerous members of the Federal Government , a running gag that the action briefly interrupted.

characters

Wolfgang “wool” Stankoweit

Stankoweit is the typical employee in a post office, above him is only Mr. Mäßig , who knows everything better with his "Western methods" and with whom he is always in constant dispute. He constantly wants to get a higher salary or better working conditions for himself and his friend Rudi . Stankoweit knows how to hide some criticism behind the words, which the stubborn boss usually does not notice, but the viewer does.

Rudi Reschke

Rudi Reschke is a loser type, he doesn't want to get any further in his job and is often seduced by the charms and the new opportunities after the fall of the Wall, thanks to Stankoweit's control and his perspective, Reschke falls deep now and then, but never really. After all, Reschke is just waiting for his pension, because life is already too much for him beforehand. When Stankoweit takes on politics again, Reschke tries to slow him down, which he never succeeds.

Maximilian Moderately

Mr. Mäßig is the prototypical Wessi and head of the Niederbörnicke post office . His methods like neither Stanko wide or Reschke , nor the citizens of Niederbörnicke who wonder about taxes from which they would not have dreamed recently. Moderately wondering about the work ethic of his Eastern colleagues, but also finds himself in distress when it comes to corruption and displacement. After all, he too depends on the help of his subordinates, but gratitude is also a foreign word to him.

Supporting roles

  • Beatrice Richter - as Franziska Velten (travel agency owner) 1994: In the post office there is also an adjoining room with various trades, at the beginning it is a travel agency. This symbolizes the possibilities of travel, which was impossible in the GDR, now Stankoweit and Reschke keep it in mind.
  • Christel Peters - as Johanna Isolde Kaiser (Post customer): The “good” Ms. Kaiser is a regular customer at the post office because she regularly wants to pick up her “West Parcel”. She knows everything and sometimes gets involved, even likes to mess with intruder Mr. Mäßig .
  • Franziska Troegner - as Carmen Hubsch (delivery person ) 1995–1996: From 1994 she is the third employee in the post office.
  • Gunter Antrak - as Mr. Klatschbier (citizen): Klatschbier is a notorious know-it-all who always wants preferential treatment in the post office, but never gets it.
  • Myriam Stark - as Yvonne (delivery person) 1993: In 1993 she is the third employee in the post office.

Guest roles

End of series

The series ended in 1996, but the characters went into the sitcom Salto Kommunale . Mr. Mäßig becomes mayor and Stankoweit and Reschke become employees of the Niederbörnicke community . For the 60th birthday of the main actor Wolfgang Stumph, a three-part series special was broadcast in 2006 under the name Salto Speziale .

Awards

  • 1995 Telestar for best actor in a series for Salto Postale ( Wolfgang Stumph )

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