Schlawiner (TV series)

Television series
Original title	Slacker
Country of production	Austria
original language	Austrian German
Year (s)	2009-2010, 2012-2013
Production ; company	Widescreen film
length	30 minutes
Episodes	27 in 3 seasons
genre	Comedy , mockumentary
idea	Paul Harather , Florian Hackl
First broadcast	March 10, 2011 on ORF eins
occupation
	Michael Ostrowski as Manu Singer; Angelika Niedetzky as Maia (Barbara) Geiger; Alexander Jagsch as Basti Bacher; Gregor Seberg as Engelbert; Suse Lichtenberger as Gundi Bacher; Gerald Votava as Walter Fritschek; Christian Dolezal as Andreas; Werner Wultsch as Dr. Violinist; Tobias Ofenbauer as Nikolaus; Michael Smulik as Jesus Heinrich Rosenkranz; Lukas Knoll as Berti; Christiane Blumhoff as Friederike; Doris Hindinger as Irina; Marlene Morreis as Stella (since season 2); Martin Leutgeb as a neighbor (since season 2); Martin Oberhauser as Norbert (since season 2); Veronika von Quast as Feodora Schludrotzky (since season 2); Sabrina White as Renata (Season 1); Werner Brix as an electrician; Maximilian Schafroth as Kai Boxheimer (season 3);

Schlawiner is an Austrian television series that has been produced by Breitwandfilm together with ORF and BR since 2010 . It is a mixture of comedy and mockumentary . It is directed by Paul Harather , who became famous in the 1990s for films such as Cappuccino Melange and India . The first season was filmed from June 2009 to November 2010. Another was made in summer 2012. During the corona crisis , a special episode called "Lagerkoller" was broadcast on ServusTV on April 7, 2020 .

content

The series is about people in different life situations, whose behavior leads them into problems every episode. In the episodes, interviews of the individual characters are shown in documentary style in addition to the actions.

Episodes

season 1

(1, 1): Dr. Malakoff
(2, 2): Schnapps is schnapps
(3, 3): The silent effect
(4, 4): The hip
(5, 5): The carpet
(6, 6): The biscuit debacle
(7, 7): The soup
(8, 8): The wrong sausage
(9, 9): The cleaning lady
(10, 10): The thermal baths
(11, 11): The mouse
(12, 12): Gspusi

season 2

(1, 13): Take a look
(2, 14): Walker
(3, 15): Shit Happens
(4, 16): Only one thing
(5, 17): Operation Corkfish
(6, 18): Hot Nights
(7, 19): Cuckoo
(8, 20): black on white
(9, 21): Brain Damage
(10, 22): All about Rosie

season 3

(1, 23): devil stuff
(2, 24): Landpartie
(3, 25): A little pregnant
(4, 26): Schnuffipuffi
(5, 27): The Walter Dilemma

Special

Lagerkoller - The Quarantine Special: Shot in March 2020, first broadcast on April 7, 2020 on Servus TV . Both the shooting and the content in this episode are dominated by the measures to combat the corona pandemic .

reception

According to the data from the AGTT, the ratings of the series were about slightly above the average of ORF one . The reception in the media was largely positive. In the weekly newspaper Falter , Schlawiner was referred to as the Kaisermühlen Blues of the shoulder bag generation and a small masterpiece .

The broadcasting rights of the series were sold to the broadcaster DR in Denmark, which wants to broadcast the original with subtitles.

Charisma

The first season was broadcast in 2011 on ORF and Bayerischer Rundfunk. The second season has been running since Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 on ORF eins in the ORF television channel “ DIE.NACHT ”. In early April, Breitwandfilm announced the production of a third season. This was released on DVD in autumn 2013 with the second season.

The first season of Schlawiner has been running on the local Viennese broadcaster W24 since April 13, 2018 .