Stars in the ring

Stars in the Manege was a charity event of the evening newspaper and the Bavarian radio , which was broadcast once a year from the Circus Krone building in Munich .

history

This event took place from 1959, at that time still under the name of a charity event for the repatriation of the Munich evacuees , until 2008. The first issues were broadcast in the middle of the year, the event was only later moved to Christmas time. From 1962 it took place in the Circus Krone building.

At the beginning of December, the gala evening was recorded by Bayerischer Rundfunk and broadcast on Boxing Day on the first, together with ORF and Swiss television, as part of Eurovision .

Celebrities from film, radio and television, but also from sports, appeared in the ring of the Circus Krone as artists , tamers or clowns . They waived their fee for a good cause. In addition, professional artists also presented their skills and made themselves known to a broader public in this way.

The proceeds from this event went to the Werner Friedmann Foundation for old artists and journalists and, since 1998, two thirds went to the Kinder in Not campaign .

In 2003 a total length of four hours was made, with Gerhard Schmitt-Thiel moderating. The scenes shot specially with him took place in a studio of the BR, in which a ticket wagon from Circus Krone was set up especially for this purpose. This program was last broadcast on various third programs under the title "The Long Night of the Stars".

The 2008 gala, moderated by actor Fritz Wepper , for the first time completely dispensed with the presentation of wild animals within the actual show. The actress Simone Thomalla was originally supposed to show a dressage with elephants, but was ultimately seen in a knife throwing performance. The only animals in the program were horses, ducks, dogs and llamas. For the television broadcast, however, a scene was filmed in which Fritz Wepper gave a loaf to an elephant cow from Circus Krone and said that the animal was "free today".

In 2009, the ARD waived the gala, which was officially justified with falling ratings. Instead, a summary of the highlights of the past decades was broadcast. On March 12, 2010, Bayerischer Rundfunk announced that the broadcast would be discontinued.

In the GDR there was a counterpart to stars in the ring, the night of the celebrities , which was also broadcast on GDR television on Christmas Day .

List of television broadcasts

date	episode	Channel	Director	Contributors
04/11/1959	Episode 01	ARD		Frieda Sembach-Krone , Carl Sembach , Christel Sembach-Krone , Annette , Sari Barabas , Erica Beer , Heidi Brühl , Margot Hielscher , Marianne Koch , Eva Ingeborg Scholz , Ann Smyrner , Oliver Grimm , Franz Grothe , Robert Lembke , Toni Sailer , Thomas Wimmer , Clemens Wilmenrod , Beppo Brem , Rudolf Lenz , Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft ( Ursula Noack , Hans Jürgen Diedrich , Klaus Havenstein , Dieter Hildebrandt ), Toki Horvath and his Gypsy Orchestra, Hugo Strasser Orchestra , solo trumpet: Rudi Graetz
1962	Episode 02	ARD
1963	Episode 03	ARD	Axel von Ambesser
07/18/1964	Episode 04	ARD		Evi Kent , Liselotte Pulver , Christel Sembach-Krone, Frieda Sembach-Krone , Nadja Tiller , Ilse Werner , Margot Werner , Axel von Ambesser , Karlheinz Böhm , the Hansel Group, Freddy Quinn , Karl Schönböck , Carl Sembach, the Max Greger Orchestra Record from December 6, 1963
02/28/1965	Episode 05	ARD		Vivi Bach , Heidi Brühl, Hildegard Knef , Lilli Palmer , Margit Saad , Frieda Sembach-Krone, Axel von Ambesser, Thomas Fritsch , Gert Fröbe , Brett Halsey , Rudolf Lenz, Willy Millowitsch , Billy Mo , Rudolf Sarno , Manfred Schnelldorfer , Dietmar Schönherr , Carl Sembach, Radio Dance Orchestra, conductor: Alfonso Jeffa In a preliminary report in its issue no. 2/1965 from January 1965, the television magazine Bild + Funk names other celebrities such as Pierre Brice , Heinz Rühmann , Hannelore Auer , Liane Müller , Gerhard Wendland , Rex Gildo and Werner Finck , whether also from their appearances Recordings were included in the television broadcast is unclear. A total of 15 artists with 25 actors, singers and athletes are said to have designed the program to which the evening newspaper invited this time to conclude their 100,000 mark guessing game 'The Golden 10'
04/11/1966	Episode 06	ARD	Hans Joachim Kulenkampff	Mario Adorf , Horst Buchholz , Roy Etzel , Die Flying Gaonas, Paul Hubschmid , Alfonso Jeffa, Evi Kent , Marianne Koch, Peter Kraus , Leopold Mayer , Hermann Prey , Petar Radenković , Hansel's Reiter-Truppe, Marika Rökk , Werner Schmidt-Boelcke , Carl Sembach-Krone, Christel Sembach-Krone, Ballet of the German Theater, Hans Tilkowski , The Four Titos, Margot Werner
December 18, 1966	Episode 07	ARD	Axel von Ambesser	Carl Sembach, Lonny Kellner , Peter Frankenfeld , Max Schmeling , Karl Mildenberger , Thomas Fritsch, Rupert Davies , Bernhard Wicki , Neville Jason , Helga Anders , Gitte Haenning , Heidi Brühl, Peter Carsten , Nadja Tiller , Sabine Sinjen , Udo Jürgens , Sari Barabas
01/20/1968	Episode 08	ARD	Carlheinz Hollmann	Ursula von Manescul , Freddy Quinn , Hans Söhnker , Elke Sommer , Romy Schneider , Karin Dor
01/18/1969	Episode 09	ARD	Peter Frankenfeld	Liselotte Pulver , Joachim Fuchsberger , Josef Neckermann , Ingrid Becker , Romy Schneider, Petra Schürmann , Lex Barker , Heintje , Luise Ullrich , Esther and Abi Ofarim , Eva Renzi , Paul Hubschmid, Caterina Valente , Silvio Francesco , Ruth Gassmann
December 27, 1969	Episode 10	ZDF	Wim Thoelke	Elisabeth Flickenschildt , Peter Alexander , Nadja Tiller, Martin Jente , Josef Neckermann, Hazy Osterwald , Gila von Weitershausen , Ruth Leuwerik , Uschi Glas , Kai Fischer , Roberto Blanco , Rita Pavone , Rudi Carrell , Erik Ode , Günther Schramm , Fritz Wepper
December 27, 1970	Episode 11	ZDF	Axel von Ambesser	Karlheinz Böhm, Howard Carpendale, Kai Fischer, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Gert Fröbe, Joachim Fuchsberger, Uschi Glas, Max Greger, Martin Jente, Gustav Knuth, Erika Köth, Daliah Lavi, Patrick Macnee, Marianne Mendt, Inge Meysel, Dunja Rajter, Heinz Schenk , Anna Luise Schubert , Linda Thorson, Harry Valérien, Fritz Wepper
02/01/1972	Episode 12	ZDF	Joachim Fuchberger	Jochen Breiter, Ron Ely, Reinhard Glemnitz, Harald Leipnitz, Gina Lollobrigida, Peggy March, Erik Ode, Freddy Quinn, Ivan Rebroff, Jochen Richert, Günther Schramm, Petra Schürmann, Mark Slade, Wim Thoelke, Victoria Voncampe, Heidelinde Weis, Fritz Wepper , Peter Wyngarde, Helmut Zacharias
December 26, 1972	Episode 13	ZDF	Petra Schürmann and Harry Valerien	Roberto Blanco, Horst Buchholz, Marlène Charell, Lothar Dombrowski, Silvio Francesco, Hanns Joachim Friedrichs, Gert Fröbe, Raimund Harmstorf, Hoch- und Deutschmeister, Erhard Keller, Alice and Ellen Kessler, Peter Kraus, Liselott Linsenhoff, Vicco von Bülow (Loriot) , Monika Lundi, Irene Mann, Tony Marshall, Monika Pflug, Margit Schramm, Heidi Schüller, Orchestra Kurt Edelhagen
December 29, 1973	Episode 14	ZDF	Günther Schramm	Senta Berger, Bibi Johns, Silvio Francesco and Chicky & Co., Peter Kraus, Erik Ode, Liselotte Pulver, Heinz Rühmann, Nadja Tiller, Konstanze Vernon, Victoria Voncampe, Carl Sembach, The Williams, Willy Lenz, The Great Hortobagy jr., Big Band of the Bundeswehr, Günther Noris
December 31, 1974	Episode 15	ZDF	Curd Jügens	Hans Rosenthal, Marlene Charell, Gitte Haenning, Dagmar Koller, Anneliese Rothenberger, Sammy Drechsel, Gert Fröbe, Kurt Meisel
December 31, 1975	Episode 16	ZDF	Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff	Senta Berger, Hellmut Lange, Raimund Harmstorf, Katja Ebstein, Cornelia Froboess, Dieter Kürten, Hannelore Elsner, Ingrid Steeger, Margot Werner, Mireille Mathieu, Jürgen Feindt, Gunther Sachs, Georg Thomalla, Gritt Boettcher
December 31, 1976	Episode 17	ZDF	Caterina Valente	Horst Tappert, Siegfried Lowitz, Harald Leipnitz, Rosi Mittermaier, Rene Kollo, Victoria Voncampe, Gert Fröbe, Monika Peitsch, Dalia Lavi, Luise Ullrich, Kim Novak, Udo Lindenberg
December 18, 1977	Episode 18	ZDF	Senta Berger	Hans Rosenthal, Marlene Charell, Uschi Glas, Nastassja Kinski, Dagmar Koller, Inge Meysel, Maria Schell, Constance Vernon, Gustl Bayrhammer, Martin Benrath, Pierre Brice, Placido Domingo, Harald Leipnitz, Dieter Hildebrandt, Horst Jüssen, Peter Kreuder, Günter Netzer , Petar Radenkovic
December 31, 1978	Episode 19	ZDF	Anneliese Rothenberger	Bud Spencer, Rex Gildo, Olivia Pascal, Elisabeth Volkmann
December 25, 1979	Episode 20	ZDF	Joachim Fuchsberger
December 31, 1980	Episode 21	ZDF	Hans Rosenthal	Iris Berben, Marlene Charell, Dolly Dollar, Katja Ebstein, Kristina van Eyck, Katarina Jacob, Cornelia Froboess, Marika Rökk, Hanna Schygulla, Caterina Valente, Silvio Francesco, Richard Clayderman, Eddie Constantine, Frank Elstner, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Gerhard Klarner, Tommy Ohrner, Hermann Prey, Heinz Rühmann
December 26, 1981	Episode 22	ARD	Thomas Gottschalk	Heidi Brühl, Gitte Haenning, Juliette Gréco, Alice & Ellen Kessler, Liselotte Pulver, Edda Schönherz, Nadja Tiller, Martin Benrath, Emil Steinberger, Raimund Harmstorf, Michael Heltau, Al Jarreau, Reinhard Mey
December 31, 1982	Episode 23	ARD	Gustl Bayrhammer	Franz Beckenbauer, Elizabeth Teissier, Angelo Branduardi, Pierre Brice, Sylvia Hanika, Marianne Hoppe, Katerina Jacob, Dr. Rainer Klimke, Jürgen Marcus, Marisa Mell, Julia Migenes, Nicole, Beatrice Richter, Keke Rosberg, Christel Sembach-Krone, Sigmar Solbach, Judy Winter, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Walter Sedlmayr, Dieter Hallervorden, Helmut Fischer, Ruth-Maria Kubitschek (? )
December 26, 1983	Episode 24	ARD	Willy Millowitsch	Denise Bielmann, Helmut Fischer, Uschi Glas, Désirée Nosbusch, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bud Spencer, Elmar Wepper
December 26, 1984	Episode 25	ARD	Désirée Nosbusch	Roland Kaiser, Peter Hofmann, Vicco von Bülow (Loriot), Martin Benrath, Carolin Reiber, Paola and Kurt Felix, Peter Weck, Otto Schenk, Gitte Haenning, Spider Murphy Gang, Dietmar Mögenburg, Alice and Ellen Kessler, Nana Mouskouri, Munich Philharmonic
December 26, 1985	Episode 26	ARD	Johannes Heesters	Pia Zadora, Béla Ernyey, Britt Eklund, Heidi Bohay, Sigmar Solbach, Helmuth Lohner, Rainhard Fendrich
December 26, 1986	Episode 27	ARD	Rudi Carrell	Marlene Charell, Karl Dall, Hannelore Elsner, Dagmar Berghoff, Dietlinde Turban, Radost Bokel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Franz-Xaver Krötz, Heiner Lauterbach, Doris Dörrie, Eberhard Gienger, Ken Kershival, Katherina Böhm
December 26, 1987	Episode 28	ARD	Mario Adorf	Senta Berger, Karlheinz Böhm, Klausjürgen Wussow, Harald Juhnke, Christopher Lee, Jürgen Marcus, Reinhold Messner, Deborah Sasson
December 26, 1988	Episode 29	ARD	August Everding	Al Bano & Romina Power, Helmut Fischer, Ilona Grübel, Michele Placido, Toni Mang, Ilona Christen, Silvia Seidel, Maximilian Schell, Sonja Kirchberger, Francisco Araiza, Marianne Sägebrecht, Billi Zöckler, Jan Niklas
December 26, 1989	Episode 30	ARD	Gerhard Schmitt-Thiel	Günther Jauch, Christine Kaufmann, Mel Ferrer, Helmuth Lohner, Georg Preuße, Helmut Ringelmann, Paola and Kurt Felix, Günter Strack, Barbara Wussow, Robert Atzorn, Petra Schürmann
December 26, 1990	Episode 31	ARD	Alfred Biolek	Sepp Maier, Nicki, "Falco", Konstantin Wecker, Katja Ebstein, Maria Walliser
December 26, 1991	Episode 32	ARD	Horst Tappert	Vicco von Bülow (Loriot), Uschi Glas, Rosi Mittermeier, Rainhard Fendrich, Dalia Lavi
December 25, 1992	Episode 33	ARD	Gerhard Schmitt-Thiel , Alfred Biolek, Desiree Nosbusch, Gustl Bayrhammer, Thomas Gottschalk and Petra Schürmann	Anniversary gala: 30 years of stars in the ring Iris Berben, Peter Maffay, Sepp Maier, Nicki, Ute Lemper, Helmut Lohner, Helmut Ringelmann, Emil Steinberger, Marianne Sägebrecht
December 26, 1993	Episode 34	ARD	Gerhard Schmitt-Thiel	Karl Dall, Wolfgang Lippert, Vera Russwurm, Horst Buchholz, Robert Atzorn, Lisa Fitz, Peter Steiner, Dieter Hallervorden, Sabine Sauer, Christine Neubauer
December 26, 1994	Episode 35	ARD	Klaus Maria Brandauer	Veronika Ferres, Wolfgang Fierek, Shary Belafonte, Gerhard Lippert, Max Schautzer, Christine Reinhard, Schauorchester Unartikel, Hape Kerkeling, Dagmar Berghoff, Michael Schumacher
December 26, 1995	Episode 36	ARD	Hape Kerkeling	Herbert Feuerstein, Karl Moik, Hannelore Elstner, Jacques Breuer, Gina Lollobrigida, Jürgen Fliege, Jessica Stockmann, Jule Neigel, Michaela May, Sepp Maier, Hans Clarin
December 26, 1996	Episode 37	ARD	Rainhard Fendrich	Sabine Christiansen, Senta Berger, Ottfried Fischer, Patrick Lindner, Hans Meiser, Esther Schweins, Stefanie Hertel & Stefan Mross, Tobias Moretti, Friedrich von Thun
December 26, 1997	Episode 38	ARD	Ottfried Fischer	Michael Schanze, Verona Feldbusch, Ulrich Kienzle, Bodo Hauser, Ralf Bauer, Nina Ruge, Magdalena Brzeska, Christiane Hörbiger, Die Band Caught in the Act , Heino, Jazzy & Lee from the band Tic-Tac-Toe
December 26, 1998	Episode 39	ARD	Ingolf Lück	Heiner Lauterbach, Mika Häkkinen, Barbara Rudnik, Reinhold Beckmann, DJ Bobo, the band "PUR", Cherno Jobatey, Heino Ferch, Dirk Bach, Susen Tiedtke, Petra Gerster
December 26, 1999	Episode 40	ARD	Verona fieldbusch	Marco Rima, Nadja Tiller, Jasmin Wagner alias "Blümchen", Gaby Köster, Gedeon Burkhardt, Günter Netzer, Uschi Glas, Hape Kerkeling, Christine Neubauer
December 26, 2000	Episode 41	ARD	Gaby Köster	Joey Kelly, Tanja Nieten, Waldemar Hartmann, Johannes B. Kerner, Nina Petri, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Rudolph Moshammer, Ottfried Fischer, Harald Krassnitzer, Wladimir & Vitali Klitschko
12/26/2001	Episode 42	ARD	Hape Kerkeling	Sky du Mont, Dieter Pfaff, Wolfgang Stumph, Maria Furtwängler, Jens Riewa, Esther Schweins, Zúbin Mehta, David Coulthard, Peter Maffay, Gil Ofarim, Mirco Nontschew, Sandra Maischberger, Jörg Pilawa.
12/26/2002	Episode 43	ARD	Esther Schweins and Ingolf Lück	Heino Ferch, the band "No Angels", Hans Klok, Ursus and Nadeschkin, Heike Drechsler, Birgit Schrowange, Robert Atzorn, Nina Ruge, Bernd Stelter, Jutta Speidel, Fritz Wepper, Ulrike Folkerts, "Die Klostertaler"
12/26/2003	Episode 44	ARD	Frank Elstner	Daniel Küblböck, Katerina Jacob, Verona Feldbusch, DJ Ötzi, Birgit Prinz, Nia Künzer, Silke Rottenberg, Hubert von Goisern, Marietta Slomka, Edmund Stoiber, Christian Ude, Hannelore Hoger, Kimi Raikkönen
12/26/2004	Episode 45	ARD	Désirée Nosbusch	Sven Ottke, Regina Halmich, Jeanette Biedermann, Susanne von Borsody, Christian Tramitz, Arabella Kiesbauer, Max Raabe, Michael Mendl, Franziska Gude, Anke Kuehn, Louisa Walther
12/26/2005	Episode 46	ARD	Francine Jordi , Nina Ruge and Arabella Kiesbauer	Juan Pablo Montoya, Eva Padberg, Eva Hermann, Claus Kleber, Ottfried Fischer, Bernhard Hoecker, Hendrikje Fitz, Thomas Rühmann, Marianne and Michael, Uschi Glas
12/26/2006	Episode 47	ARD	Monica Lierhaus and Ottfried Fischer	Hape Kerkeling alias "Horst Schlämmer", Wladimir Klitschko, Jan Fedder, Sonya Kraus, Heino Ferch, Sarah Wiener, Johann Lafer, Alfons Schuhbeck, Andrea Kiewel, Andrea Sawatzki, Fritz Karl, Jutta Speidel, Ursus and Nadeschkin
12/26/2007	Episode 48	ARD	Sonya Kraus	Gaby Dohm, Nazan Eckes, Heinz Hoenig, Claudia Kleinert, Thomas Hermanns, Joey Kelly, Die Höhner, Harald Krassnitzer, Wolke Hegenbarth, Lewis Hamilton
December 26, 2008	Episode 49	ARD	Fritz Wepper	Oliver Pocher, Barbara Wussow, Simone Thomalla, Helene Fischer, Philipp Lahm, Ralf Bauer, Rita Russek, ProSieben top models (Lena Gercke, Barbara Meier, Jennifer Hof)
2009	Episode 50	ARD	Sven Lorig and Nina Ruge	Anniversary gala with TV clips from previous years, not from Circus Krone Uschi Glas, Wladimir Klitschko, Joey Kelly

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "ARD finally buries stars in the ring " , DWDL.de , March 12, 2010