Sibel & Max
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Sibel & Max |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | 2015-2016 |
| Production company |
new German film company , ZDF Enterprises |
| length | 43 minutes |
| Episodes | 24 in 2 seasons ( list ) |
| Broadcasting cycle |
weekly Saturday |
| genre | Doctor series , drama , family series |
| Theme music | Christina Perri - Bang Bang Bang |
| Director | Ulrike Hamacher , Matthias Kopp , Andi Niessner |
| script | Bülent Aladag , Michel Birbaek , Hagen Moscherosch , Astrid Ruppert , René Förder , Stephan Pächer , Nikola Bock , Verena S. Freytag |
| production | Maik Homberger , Rudi Pitzl , Thomas Bretschneider , Raphaela Nitz , Frank Hechler |
| music | Ali N. Askin , Maurus Ronner |
| camera | Andreas Tams , Maximilian Lips , Bernd Neubauer |
| First broadcast | January 3, 2015 to April 9, 2016 on ZDF |
| occupation | |
Sibel & Max is a German TV series by the broadcaster ZDF , which was broadcast from January 3, 2015 to April 9, 2016 in the Saturday evening program. The family series is about a single Turkish-German doctor and a widowed German doctor in Hamburg whose children are unexpectedly expecting offspring themselves.
Two seasons with twelve episodes each were produced. The second season was produced in the early summer of 2015 and aired from January 9, 2016 to April 9, 2016.
action
The unplanned pregnancy not only messes up the lives of the two teenagers Jana (16) and Yunus (17), but also the lives of the two single parents, both doctors specializing in internal medicine. With Dr. Sibel Aydin, mother of Yunus, and the widower Dr. Max Walther meets two different characters.
Family, friends and the patients in Max's emergency practice in the St. Georg neighborhood in Hamburg bring new challenges in every episode, which the two different characters - Sibel impulsive and empathic, Max Hanseatic reticent - have to face.
While Sibel and Max try to stand by the two young parents-to-be as well as possible, the two families, to which Max's cheeky 12-year-old daughter Nena belongs, get together. Together they master the new and old challenges of everyday life, both at home and at work.
characters
Dr. Sibel Aydin
At 39, Dr. Sibel Aydin in the middle of life. A life that she enjoys to the full, with a lot of temperament and always short of chaos. She works as an internal medicine doctor in a hospital.
She likes to party and enjoys the non-binding nature of the secret liaison with a millionaire. Her best friend since childhood, Sophie Stein, is her constant companion - when partying, but also in the serious moments in life. Sibel has been raising her son Yunus (17) alone since he was born. The love for his father was of great importance, but short-lived; it came to a painful end with the beginning of the pregnancy. Also because of this background, despite all her motherly love and care, she is upset when it comes out that Yunus has unexpectedly impregnated his secret friend Jana.
After the two families of the two teenage parents-to-be have met, she decides without a fuss to do everything possible so that they have a good, happy start to their new, responsible phase of life. Although they couldn't be more different in character, Sibel soon gets closer to Jana's father when she leaves the hospital due to the circumstances and starts to practice in his emergency practice. A decision that is good for you in several ways, even if life remains full of turmoil.
Dr. Max Walther
Forty-year-old Max Walther is a doctor of internal medicine and, together with his colleague Dr. Tobias Olsen opened an emergency practice in the Hamburg district of St. Georg. Max's wife Anna died of cancer two years ago. For Max, this continues to be an emotional burden that leaves him overwhelmed, especially when it comes to parenting issues with his two daughters Jana and Nena. Correspondingly nervous and overwhelmed, he first reacts to the sudden pregnancy of his teenage daughter Jana.
Max has an attractive nature, spiced with a dry sense of humor, which is also reflected in his distant attitude towards his patients. His decision to run an emergency practice as a doctor in the problematic district of St. Georg instead of pursuing a classic medical career led to a permanent burden in his relationship with his father.
Max's late wife also worked as a doctor in the joint emergency practice. When Sibel, also on urgent recommendation by his business partner Dr. Tobias Olsen, starting in the practice, the different approaches to dealing with patients lead to new tensions between the two, which nevertheless come closer together.
Jana Walther
16-year-old Jana had to learn early on to take responsibility and face the seriousness of life when her mother died of cancer and her father Max was left alone with his family and practice. The relationship with her father suffered from the emotional and everyday demands on her. Despite the turbulence of her own teenage life, she tries to take on the maternal role for her little sister Nena (12).
Jana's goal is to become a marine biologist. She is a good, disciplined student. Your best friend is Klara. One of her favorite places is the large tropical aquarium in the Hagenbeck zoo .
When she fell in love with her new classmate Yunus and accidentally became pregnant, after a short period of overwhelming uncertainty she decided to have the child. Against Yunu's opinion - who, after some hesitation, decides to fully support her.
Yunus Aydin
Yunus Aydin is Sibel's son. An active and charming seventeen year old, who, despite great love for his single mother, likes to neglect domestic and school duties and likes to go out with his friend Dimi in the evening. His favorite hobby is boxing. For Yunus, who never got to know his father, his uncle Berkan has become a father figure who trustingly stands by him in important life issues.
Due to his sloppy schooling, he had to repeat the 10th grade. In the new year he almost fell in love with Jana, who is going to his new class. Although not his first relationship, Jana quickly got a special, unique place in his heart. When Yunus learns that Jana is pregnant by him, he first rejects this new situation and pushes for an abortion. But after Jana has made a clear decision in favor of the child, he too takes on the role of the future father and grows with the new responsibility in his life.
Sophie Stein
Sophie Stein and Sibel have been best friends since childhood and through the university. They shared a student apartment when Sophie returned to her beloved north to study architecture and design at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts after she had broken off a business degree in Weimar. Now she works as an interior designer.
She stood by Sibel during the difficult period of pregnancy, which Sibel had to go through without her father, and afterwards also became Yunus' godmother.
Sophie longs for a stable relationship and would like to start a family herself. Despite her joy in flirting, she often feels lonely. When she meets Max, she is immediately blown away for him.
occupation
main actor
| actor | role | Episodes | Period | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| İdil Üner | Dr. Sibel Aydin | 1-24 | 2015-2016 |
Specialist in internal medicine. Mother of Yunus Aydin, grandmother of Samuel |
| Marc Oliver Schulze | Dr. Max Walther | 1-24 | 2015-2016 |
Specialist in internal medicine Owner of an emergency practice, father of Jana and Nena Walther, grandfather of Samuel, best friend of Tobias |
| Salah Massoud | Yunus Aydin | 1-24 | 2015-2016 |
Student son of Dr. Sibel Aydin, father of Samuel |
| Katherina Unger | Jana Walther | 1-24 | 2015-2016 |
Student daughter of Dr. Max Walther, mother of Samuel |
| Yolande Andrae | Nena Walther | 1-24 | 2015-2016 |
Student daughter of Dr. Max Walther, aunt of Samuel |
| Sandra Borgmann | Sophie Stein | 1-24 | 2015-2016 |
Interior designer Best friend of Dr. Sibel Aydin |
| Nina Petri | Paula Hansen | 1-24 | 2015-2016 |
Office hours assistance in the emergency practice St. Georg Midwife from Jana Walther |
| Claes Bang | Dr. Tobias Olsen | 1-24 | 2015-2016 |
Specialist in surgery and trauma surgery Owner of the St. Georg emergency practice, best friend of Max |
| Adam Bousdoukos | Mike Brandt | 10-24 | 2015-2016 |
Musician father of Yunus Aydin |
supporting cast
| actor | role | Episodes | Period | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerhard Garbers | Olaf Jensen | 1-18 | 2015-2016 | |
| Oliver Hermann | Dr. Petersen | 1-3 | 2015 | Chief physician of the clinic; Manager of Dr. Sibel Aydin |
| Mike Hoffmann | Stefan Mannhardt | 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12-20 | 2015-2016 | Ex-lover of Dr. Sibel Aydin |
| Cem-Ali Gültekin | Berkan Aydin | 2, 4, 5, 9-11, 18-24 | 2015-2016 | Brother of dr. Sibel Aydin, uncle of Yunus |
| Pauline Rénevier | Clare | 2-6, 10, 12-13, 16-17, 21, 23 | 2015-2016 | Girlfriend of Jana Walther |
| Willi Gerk | Dimitri Bagdashwilli | 2, 5-6, 10-20, 23 | 2015-2016 | Friend of Yunus Aydin |
| Katinka Auberger | Dr. Kleefeld | 2, 12, 14 | 2015-2016 | Jana Walther's gynecologist |
| Catherine Kaali | Mrs. Rothbaum | 18, 21 | 2016 | Class teacher for Jana Walther and Yunus Aydin |
| Anne Schramm | Esther Hansen | 1 | 2015 | Friend of dr. Sibel Aydin |
| Holger Stockhaus | Georg Hansen | 1 | 2015 | Husband of Esther Hansen |
| Sıla Şahin | Aliye | 4th | 2015 | |
| Tina Ruland | Mrs. Ahrens | 13 | 2016 | |
| Carlo Vannauer | Leon | 13 | 2016 | |
| Theresa Berlage | Mrs. Osterkamp | 13, 16 | 2016 | PE teacher |
| Nina Hoger | Kerstin Küpper | 14th | 2016 | |
| Matthias Klimsa | Lorenz Thiel | 14th | 2016 | |
| Volker Lechtenbrink | Simon Auer | 19th | 2016 |
Episode list
season 1
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
Original title | First broadcast D | Director | script | Audience ratings (Germany) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Other circumstances | January 3, 2015 | Felix Herzogenrath | Astrid Ruppert | 3.43 million |
| 2 | 2 | positive | January 10, 2015 | Felix Herzogenrath | Astrid Ruppert | 3.67 million |
| 3 | 3 | Wildfire | 17th January 2015 | Felix Herzogenrath | Verena S. Freytag | 3.47 million |
| 4th | 4th | Wrapped at an angle | January 24, 2015 | Felix Herzogenrath | Bülent Aladag | 3.46 million |
| 5 | 5 | Wishes for children | January 31, 2015 | Holger Schmidt | Verena S. Freytag | 3.91 million |
| 6th | 6th | Hard decision | February 14, 2015 | Holger Schmidt | Michel Birbæk, Hagen Moscherosch | 2.97 million |
| 7th | 7th | Parents on probation | February 21, 2015 | Holger Schmidt | Michel Birbæk, Hagen Moscherosch | 3.05 million |
| 8th | 8th | Exchange of blows | March 7, 2015 | Holger Schmidt | Bülent Aladag | 2.36 million |
| 9 | 9 | Lies and secrets | March 14, 2015 | Ulrike Hamacher | Verena S. Freytag | 2.83 million |
| 10 | 10 | Lost fathers | March 21, 2015 | Ulrike Hamacher | Bülent Aladag | 2.75 million |
| 11 | 11 | Search for clues | March 28, 2015 | Ulrike Hamacher | Michel Birbæk, Hagen Moscherosch | 3.10 million |
| 12 | 12 | Time of change | April 4, 2015 | Ulrike Hamacher | Verena S. Freytag | 2.22 million |
season 2
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
Original title | First broadcast D | Director | script | Audience ratings (Germany) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | A little family | January 9, 2016 | Ulrike Hamacher | Bülent Aladag, Verena S. Freytag | 3.43 million |
| 14th | 2 | Liberation Strike | January 23, 2016 | Ulrike Hamacher | Bülent Aladag, Verena S. Freytag | 3.04 million |
| 15th | 3 | Forgive and forget | January 30, 2016 | Ulrike Hamacher | Michel Birbæk, Hagen Moscherosch | 2.74 million |
| 16 | 4th | Three is one too many | February 13, 2016 | Ulrike Hamacher | Michel Birbæk, Hagen Moscherosch | 2.77 million |
| 17th | 5 | Problem child | 20th February 2016 | Matthias Kopp | Bülent Aladag | 2.93 million |
| 18th | 6th | Hello world, I'm here! | February 27, 2016 | Matthias Kopp | Bülent Aladag | 2.78 million |
| 19th | 7th | Everything is under control | 5th March 2016 | Matthias Kopp | Astrid Ruppert | 2.94 million |
| 20th | 8th | An end and a beginning | March 12, 2016 | Matthias Kopp | Michel Birbæk, Hagen Moscherosch | 3.04 million |
| 21st | 9 | Optimistic mood | 19th March 2016 | Andi Niessner | Michel Birbæk, Hagen Moscherosch | 2.63 million |
| 22nd | 10 | Come back! | March 26, 2016 | Andi Niessner | René Förder, Stephan Pächer | 2.81 million |
| 23 | 11 | The big question | 2nd April 2016 | Andi Niessner | Bülent Aladag | 2.20 million |
| 24 | 12 | Happy end? | April 9, 2016 | Andi Niessner | Astrid Ruppert, Nikola Bock | 2.57 million |
Production and Background
The shooting for the first season took place in Hamburg from June to October 2014. It was filmed in many places in Hamburg, the St. Georg district was a focus (among other things because there was also the location for the emergency practice).
Sibel & Max was produced by neue deutsche Filmgesellschaft (ndF) and is distributed worldwide by ZDF Enterprises .
In December 2016, it was announced that the series would be discontinued after Season 2.
reception
Audience ratings
The start of the Saturday evening family series on January 3, 2015 saw 3.43 million viewers (12.4% market share), which means that Sibel & Max was roughly at the level that Heartbreaker - father of four sons last achieved on this slot. Sibel & Max achieved 0.51 million viewers among young audiences and thus a market share of 6.0%.
criticism
When classifying the series, Stefan Niggemeier reminds the FAZ that the previous evening slot on ZDF was still “the place where a funny dressed chimpanzee named Charly triggered or unraveled human conflicts” and calls it a “long journey for him Broadcasters to get closer to the reality of life and television reality of the 21st century. ”Regarding Sibel & Max , Niggemeier says that luckily what one would expect from the term“ intercultural family series ”has not been implemented and admits the series a certain lightness. Above all, İdil Üner makes the predictability of the constellation bearable through her presence.
Web links
- Sibel & Max in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Manuel Weis: ZDF continues two previous evening series. Oddsmeter.de , March 24, 2015, accessed on March 24, 2015 .
- ↑ Hamburg.de: Sibel and Max - Interview with Mark Oliver Schulze, accessed on January 5, 2015
- ↑ ZDF discontinues "Herzensbrecher" after four seasons. Retrieved March 6, 2017 .
- ↑ DWDL: “Wilsberg” triumphs, “Sibel & Max” starts well , accessed on January 5, 2015
- ↑ FAZ: Niggemeiers diary: Shut up, monkey dead