Tessa - life for love

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Television series
German title Tessa - life for love
Original title Life for love
Country of production Germany
original language German
Year (s) 2005-2006
Production
company		 Grundy UFA
length 45 minutes
Episodes 125
genre Telenovela
Theme music Kristian Valen - " Still Here "
idea Karen Beyer, Beate Pfeiffer
production Rainer Wemcken, Pia Goden
music Curt Cress , Chris Weller
First broadcast January 16, 2006 on ZDF , ORF 2 , SF 1
occupation

See cast list

Tessa - Leben für die Liebe is a German telenovela that was broadcast on ZDF from January 16 to August 16, 2006 .

background

Tessa - Leben für die Liebe was a commissioned production by ZDF, ORF and SF , the executive production company was Grundy UFA TV Produktions GmbH . The production took place from October 24, 2005 to May 31, 2006 in studios 8 and 9 of Studio Babelsberg in Potsdam , where the telenovela Bianca - Ways to Happiness was created. External locations were the Virchow-Klinikum campus in Berlin-Wedding and the Rosenhof stud in the Schäpe district of Beelitz . The chief authors of the series were Simone Schneider and Markus Steffl (Chapters 1–40), and Werner Lüder and Jochen Franke (Chapters 41–125).

Since Tessa - Leben für die Liebe was in strong competition with the telenovela Sturm der Liebe im Erste on the original slot at 3:10 p.m. , the telenovela reached far fewer viewers than hoped for. For this reason, the ZDF decided after two weeks to change the broadcasting slot. From January 30, 2006 it was broadcast at 2:10 p.m., and from February 13, 2006 at 2:15 p.m. In addition, the telenovela was renamed from Chapter 31 based on the telenovela Julia - Ways to Happiness in Tessa - Life for Love , which was also the working title.

Since the ratings remained at a comparatively low level, the broadcasting company and production company agreed to finish the telenovela earlier than planned. Instead of the planned 230 episodes, only 125 should be produced. As a final reaction to the failure of the telenovela, the slot was changed again. The ZDF showed Tessa - Life for Love from May 2, 2006 on only irregularly in the night program. In Switzerland and Austria, where the telenovela was very successful in contrast to Germany, the broadcast times did not change until the last episode.

On August 18, 2006 at 12:45 am, Chapter 125, the last episode of Tessa - Life for Love, was broadcast on ZDF.

action

The plot of the telenovela is set in the fictional German city of Torland . Tessa Thalbach lives with her father Stephan in the country, where she spent her free time with horses from childhood. The telenovela begins when the 24-year-old wants to venture into a new, independent life. She says goodbye to her father and moves out of home to build her own life in the big city. As soon as she arrives in Torland, she meets the young doctor Felix Kilian, with whom she immediately falls in love.

Through the diary of a friend who died unexpectedly, Tessa learns a secret about the Markland Clinic where Felix works. Senior Physician Dr. Marcel Borchert is said to have Tessa's acquaintances on his conscience because of illegal drug trials. For the unscrupulous doctor, Tessa becomes a great danger that he wants to get out of the way. But Tessa is also a thorn in the side of the clinic manager Tamara Dannenberg.

Again and again Tessa and Felix have to assert their love in front of schemers and envious people before they can get married in the end.

main actor

Sorted according to the order of entry.

actor Role name consequences Remarks, brief description of the role
Eva-Maria Grein from Friedl Theresa "Tessa" Kilian, b. Thalbach 1-125 female lead; marries Felix in the last episode
Oliver Boysen Felix Kilian 1-125 male lead; marries Tessa in the last episode
Sarah Everything Mia Dannenberg 1-125 is with Patrick, her uncle Stefan and Beate Gehrmann, Patrick's mother, take care of her after her sister's death at the castle ruins and her mother's arrest
Eric Bouwer Kai Maiboom 1-125 is Mias & Patrick's best friend ; Nephew of Christian Maiboom
Rainer Guldener Arthur Kilian 1-125 is Felix's father and Carolin's husband, who returns to him at the end of the telenovela
Julia Küllinger Sylvie Kroeger 1-125 is with Ole at the end of the telenovela
William Mang Stephan Thalbach 1-125 Father of Tessa; After separating from Carolin, she is in a relationship with Beate Gehrmann and adopts his niece Mia with her
Beat Marti Christian Maiboom 1-125 Felix's best friend, at the end of the telenovela he is in a relationship with Claudia Faber
Judith von Radetzky Beate Gehrmann 1-125 Mother of Patrick; Trusted and maternal friend of Mia and Tessa; at the end of the telenovela together with Stephan Thalbach. After Tamara was arrested, they both adopt Mia and now live with Mia & Patrick
Joana Schümer Tamara Dannenberg 1-125 The main villain in the series, kills her friend Marcel Borchert, is ultimately taken away by the police, and ends up in prison for life
Isabelle von Siebenthal Carolin Kilian 1-69, 72-73, 83-125 Chief Physician and Owner of the Markland Clinic; Mother of Felix; Wife of Arthur; in the meantime together with Stephan Thalbach, later reconciliation with husband Arthur
Alexander Wüst Marcel Borchert † 1-124 Villain and senior physician at the Markland Clinic; Ally of Tamara, is poisoned by Tamara.
Bernhard Piesk Ole Brunner 7-125 is with Sylvie
Susanne Berckhemer Nadine Dannenberg † 9-125 saves Tessa's life and falls to her death.
Philipp Danne Patrick Hoffmann 11-32, 54-125 Son of Beate Gehrmann; is with Mia
Delia-Deborah Wagner Jenny Faber 38-125 Friend of Mia, Patrick and Kai. Daughter of Claudia Faber
Christoph von Friedl Jeff Rodney 55-108, 125 Tessa's childhood love, guest appearance in the last episode
Birgit Wiedel Weidinger Claudia Faber 89-125 Mother of Jenny Faber, later a waitress in Maibooms and in the end a relationship with Christian

Four main actors remained loyal to the genre after the telenovela ran out: Beat Marti played in the telenovela Rote Rosen , Isabelle von Siebenthal in Sturm der Liebe , William Mang and Susanne Berckhemer shot for ways to happiness , the latter even as a female lead.

Director

  • Brigitta Dresewski
  • Annette Herre
  • Renata Kaye
  • Klaus Kemmler
  • Jurij Neumann (from chapter 51)
  • Matthias Reischel
  • Tanja Roitzheim
  • Kerstin Schefberger

Audience ratings and audience reach

month chapter Market share (from 3) Spectators (from 3) Market share (14–49) Spectators (14–49)
January 2006 1-17 5.43% 0.69 million 2.78% 0.13 million
February 2006 18-31 6.20% 0.76 million 2.27% 0.11 million
March 2006 32-48 5.85% 0.65 million 1.85% 0.08 million
April 2006 49-66 6.02% 0.57 million 1.93% 0.07 million
  • Most successful show: Kapitel 10 from January 26, 2006 (8.5% market share; 1.06 million viewers)
  • Second most successful show: Kapitel 30 from February 17, 2006 (8.1% market share; 1.04 million viewers)

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