Our teacher, Doctor Specht
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Original title | Our teacher, Doctor Specht |
Country of production | Germany |
original language | German |
Year (s) | 1991-1999 |
length | 46 minutes |
Episodes | 70 in 5 seasons ( list ) |
idea | Kurt Bartsch , collaboration: Irene Böhme |
production | novafilm television production Otto Meissner KG |
music | Günther Fischer |
First broadcast | January 5, 1992 on ZDF |
occupation | |
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Our teacher Doktor Specht is a family series by the author Kurt Bartsch , the directors Werner Masten (episode 1–57), Vera Loebner (episode 58–63) and Karin Hercher (episode 64–70), filmed in Germany from 1991 onwards . The episodes had a length of 52 (first season) and 46 minutes (second to fifth season). For later repetitions, the episodes of the first season have been shortened to around 45 minutes. In addition, they were provided with alternative, shorter credits, which were also designed in a different font.
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Dr. Markus Specht is a teacher at various schools all over Germany . He is distinguished by his extraordinary commitment to his students. His private life is also discussed and often plays a role in everyday school life.
Episode list
Frequent change of school
In the five seasons Specht is relocated again and again and experiences the quiet town of Celle , a boarding school on an island ( "Krähenwerder" ), the political situation shortly after the fall of the Wall in Potsdam and Berlin , and at the end of the series the Bavarian country life in a boarding school . Most of the outdoor shots were shot on the island of Scharfenberg in Berlin-Tegel, which also houses a high school with an attached school farm .
Few of the characters accompany him through the entire series, such as the mother-in-law pensioner Pia Kleinholz, who later becomes his stepmother when she marries his father. She always moves from town to town with the teacher and buys new boarding houses where Specht lives. The student Charlie follows his favorite teacher from Celle to Berlin and thus accompanies him through the first two seasons. The actress Fanny Moll leads the school theater group both in Celle and later in Berlin and thus plays a central role in the first and second season.
In every season and with every change of school, Specht is initially viewed critically by his new students, but then builds a relationship of trust that sets him apart from other teachers. However, this also brings him disadvantages, such as the accusation of sexual closeness to a girl.
Multi-faceted school life
A wide variety of conceivable events from everyday school life are dealt with in the individual stories. These are mostly students from Specht's tenth grade who are 16 to 18 years old. The contents of the storylines are, for example: A schoolboy notoriously skips school, a girl becomes addicted to drugs, a schoolgirl is beaten by her father, a hemophyllist dies after an injury, a schoolgirl falls ill with HIV , a trainee teacher goes to bed with a schoolboy, one schoolgirl is pregnant, one boy falls in love with a strictly Muslim girl, another cannot cope with the divorce of his parents, others despair of career pressure.
The second season in particular places a strong focus on socio-political issues relating to the collapse of the GDR regime. With Specht's help, one of the tenth graders in Potsdam meets his parents again, who were opponents of the regime and from whom he was torn as a toddler. Other students join a neo-Nazi group out of frustration with the situation after the turnaround.
There are personal conflicts within the teaching staff, which also result in storylines. The argument is often based on the fact that there are opposing pedagogical views. Specht is very student-friendly, while others represent more authoritarian parenting styles. Specht partially takes on leadership positions in his schools, which others try to make him controversial.
Complicated love life
In his private life, Specht is portrayed as a man in whom women are very interested. He has some relationships with women, some with mothers of students. However, he keeps losing his loved ones according to a similar pattern: His students seem to be more important to him than his sometimes very demanding partners.
Special
In contrast to the Lümmel films with Hansi Kraus , the series is presented realistically. School life is not embellished, but neither is it dramatized. This made the series extremely popular, and it became a hit with audiences. However, at the end of the series, the fabrics were implemented more slowly, the quota collapsed and the series was finally discontinued. In addition, Robert Atzorn in particular wanted to devote himself to new tasks such as the crime scene . In this context he once said: “People will always see the teacher in me, I wish he had died serial death or the corpse in my first crime scene is found with the exclamation The woodpecker is dead! "
occupation
Numerous and very well-known German actors played guest roles in the series or were there for a few seasons. For Veronica Ferres , her role as secretary Anita Kufalt in the second and third seasons of the series meant her breakthrough as an actress. In most cases, the performers of the students did not get stuck with the drama. Prominent exceptions are Gerrit Schmidt-Foss , Barnaby Metschurat , Kami Manns and Florian Lukas . Both in the third and in the fifth season a student was named Kaspar Riedel , although it was not the same role.
A.
- Barbara Adolph as Mrs. Ziesche (1991)
- Robert Atzorn as Dr. Markus Paul Specht (1991–1992, 1994–)
B.
- Fritz Bachschmidt as Oswald Specht (1991)
- Anka Baier as Mrs. Lindemann (1992)
- Gerd Baltus as Mr. Hohlbein (1995–1996)
- Imke Barnstedt as Mrs. Pieper (1991)
- Peter Bause as Herr Dumbeck (1994)
- Hartmut Becker as Lothar Pösel (1991)
- Michael Benthin as a pince-nez
- Wolf-Dietrich Berg as Herr Bloch (1991)
- Ingrid van Bergen as Mrs. Liebscher (1991)
- Gunter Berger as Prof. Zobel (1991)
- Maxi Biewer as sister Evelyn (1991–1992)
- Anna Bolk as Gesine Schwan (1994)
- Charles Brauer as Julius Hartlaub (1991, 1994)
- Sharon Brauner as secretary "Blümchen" Blum
- Hans Brenner as Prof. Böck
- Christian Brückner as Prof. Karl Schnabel (1996)
- Eva Brumby as Mrs. Schneeberg (1992)
- Annekathrin Bürger as Elvira Schramm (1992)
- Hellena Büttner as Mrs. Völpel (1994)
C.
- Michael Camman as Florian Ziesche † (1991)
- Ipek Cetinkaya as Emine Özal (1994)
- Ra Chorfi as Fari Rezan (1991)
- Thomas Conrad as Tobias "Pünktchen" Punkt, geb. Michael Krüger (1992)
D.
- Davia Dannenberg as Julia Nachtweih (1996)
- Helmut Dicke as Herr Kußnick (1991)
- Ursula Diestel as sister Phoebe (1994)
- Hannelore Droege as Mrs. Huhn / Zumbusch (1991)
- Hildrun Dünkel as Rosi Schneider
E.
- Olga Eichler as Irina (1992–1993)
F.
- Eberhard Feik as Mr. Bliese (1992)
- Renate Feldmeier as Mrs. Jänicke (1995)
- Veronica Ferres as Anita Kufalt (1992, 1994, 1996)
- Falk Freise as Timm Leberecht (1994)
- Gino Fuchs as Philip Schnabel (1996)
- Erika Fuhrmann as Ms. Bach (1992–1993)
G
- Martina Gedeck as Ramona (1991)
- Klaus Gehrke as Mr. Leberecht (1994)
- Renate Geißler as Mrs. Blüm (1992)
- Ygal Gleim as Karlheinz "Charly" Schütze (1991–1993)
- Karin Gregorek as Ms. Punkt (1992)
- Jenny Gröllmann as Miss Conradi (1994)
- Verena Großer as Susanne "Suse" Golz (1991)
- Andrea Günther as Lenchen Körber (1994)
H
- Ludwig Haas as Senator Paulick (1992)
- Annemone Haase as Lisa Kolberg (1994)
- Klaus-Peter Haase as Mr. Ling (1991)
- Stephanie Hamann as Lotte Jänicke (1994)
- Christine Harbort as Mrs. Leberecht (1994)
- Corinna Harfouch as Dr. Lilo von Barnim (1991-1992)
- Maria Hartmann as Karoline Anselm (1995–1996)
- Angelika Hartung as Chief Commissioner Steger (1992, 1996)
- Esther Hausmann as Mrs. Riedel
- Klaus Hecke as Ferdinand Lurch (1994)
- Bastian Heinrich as Marius Engel (1991–1992)
- Reiner Heise as Jonas Kuhlmann (1994)
- Anette Hellwig as Nelly Bach (1992)
- Lucia Hennes as Resl
- Irm Hermann as Mrs. Krahl (1991–1992)
- Petra Hinze as Mrs. Gebhardt (1992)
- Heinz Hoenig as Werner Rösler (1991)
- Christoph Hofrichter as Dietmar "Rainer Maria" Klose (1991)
- Nina Hoger as Dr. Constanze Engel
- Jürgen Holtz as Walter "Sir WP" Pfeffer (1994)
- Tania Hron as Clementine Fink (1994)
- Dieter Hufschmidt as school councilor Amsel (1991–92)
- Dietmar Huhn as caretaker Beuke (1992)
J
- Doreen Jacobi as Pauline Quandt (1992–1993)
- Brigitte Janner as Mrs. Engel (1991–1992)
- Karin Jochum as Amanda Klug (1999)
K
- Michael Kausch as Mr. Sperlich (1992)
- Petra Kleinert as Mathilde Specht, b. Möhring (1994–1999)
- Jochen Kolenda as Mr. Windisch (1992)
- Diether Krebs as Ludger Grolmann (1996)
- Marina Krogull as Therese Sommer (1992)
L.
- Dieter Landuris as Günter "Fliege" Flieg (1991–94)
- Stephanie Laß as Rebecca Schulz (1994)
- Marga Legal as a neighbor (1994)
- Dascha Lehmann as Marion Fröse (1994)
- Dietrich Lehmann as Werner Schneider (1991)
- Simon Licht as PE teacher Lohmann (1999)
- Johanna Liebeneiner as music teacher Seelig (1999)
- Karin Linsmaier as Lydia
- Joachim Hermann Luger as Mr. Golz (1991)
- Florian Lukas as Ronni Hamann (1996)
- David Lütgenhorst as Benedikt Mönch (1999)
M.
- Daniel Machura as Oliver Queck (1994)
- Rosemarie Mägdefrau as Edith Heilbutt (1991)
- Kami Manns as Ramona Bishop (1996)
- Peter Matić as Herr Zeisig (1992)
- Dietrich Mattausch as Ewald Schopenhauer (1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1999)
- Silke Matthias as teacher Fendel
- Andy Mechlinski as Udo "Belushi" Grabowski (1992)
- Thomas Meinhardt as Mr. Monk
- Barnaby Metschurat as Kaspar Riedel (1995)
- Klaus Mikoleit as Mr. Dassler (1991)
- Manfred Möck as Mr. Stanke (1992)
- Ursela Monn as Mrs. Schütze (1991–1993)
- Johnny Müller as Ulrich "Ricky" Dassler (1991)
- Pierre René Müller as Ringo Sawade (1995)
N
- Hans Nitschke as Mr. Bach (1992)
O
- Gerhard Olschewski as Mr. "Latte" Lattmann (1991)
P
- Dieter Pfaff as Dr. Pill Wine (1991)
- Helmut Pick as Alfons Specht (1994–1996)
- Sascha Posch as Justus von Sternenberg
- Sabine Postel as Liane Pösel (1991)
- Alexandra Prochazka as Josefine (1999)
- Friedhelm Ptok as Mr. Ziesche (1991)
- Wilfried Pucher as school councilor Lothar Bartsch (1994)
R.
- Christiane Reiff as Mrs. Schneider (1991)
- Britta Reinholz as Nancy Runge (1994)
- Tamara Rohloff as Mrs. "Lämmchen" Lammert (1991, 1992)
- Angela Roy as Frau Klug
- Melanie Rühmann as Sunny Barfuß (1996-99)
S.
- Peter Schiff as a club owner (1991)
- Alexandra Schiffer as Evchen Lamprecht
- Michael Schiller as a cat
- Roman Schley as Mäxchen (1995)
- Britta Schmeling as Rieke Heilbutt (1991, 1994)
- Gerrit Schmidt-Foss as Fabian Frosch (1994)
- Kornelia Schmitz as Elke Huhn (1991, 1992)
- Gunter Schoß as Herr Fink (1994)
- Hartmut Schreier as Gisbert Brüll (1992–1995)
- Ferdinand von Schrottenberg as Felix Löffelholz (1999)
- Erich Schwarz as a gynecologist (1992)
- Mandy Seiler as "Snow White" Maxi Gebhardt (1992)
- Carol Seyboth as Doerte von Hameln (1999)
- Nico Siewert as Lutz Schmalfuß (1992)
- Djamchid "Jim" Soheili as Mr. Rezan (1991)
- Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger as Mr. "Tacitus" Grützge (1992)
- Uwe Steinbach as Moritz Blüm (1992)
- Erwin Steinhauer as Mr. Leitmeier (1999)
- Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann as City Councilor Matern (1992)
- Christian Steyer as Stefan Prätorius (1994)
- Hans-Martin Stier as an emergency doctor (1992)
- Angela Stresemann as Mia Körber (1994)
T
- Christian Tepfer as a student of Tarkowski (1992)
- Klaus-Peter Thiele as Dr. Fröse (1994)
- Simone Thomalla as Regine Holle (1992, 1994)
- Carin C. Tietze as Katrin Bieler (1996, 9 episodes)
- Werner Tietze as Dr. Alois Hofer (1992-95)
- Franziska Troegner as Mrs. Neuhaus (1996)
- Gisela Trowe as Pia Specht-Kleinholz, used. Kleinholz (1991, 1992, 1994–)
- Walter Tschernich as Alfons Duseler (1991)
V
- Julia Valet as Bettina Weithase (1991)
- Nadine Vollberg as Lucy Kirchner (1999)
W.
- Jürgen Watzke as Mr. Menzel (1992)
- Horst Weinheimer as Chief Inspector Möbius (1994, 1995)
- Antje Weisgerber as Henriette von Barnim (1991–1992)
- Katrin Weisser as Ulrike von Barnim (1991–1992)
- Claudia Wenzel as Fanny Moll (1991–)
- Christopher Wieszt as Michael Krahl (1991–1992)
- Raphael Wilczek as Ferdinand Graf von Hameln (1999)
- Bodo Wolf as Mr. Dillinger (1991)
- Achim Wolff as Herr Schmalfuß (1992)
- Monika Woytowicz as Mrs. Schnabel (1996)
Z
- Rolf Zacher as Mr. Krahl (1991–1992)
- Tilman Zecher as Fritz "Fritzchen" von Liebig (1994)
- Daniela Ziegler as Paula Quandt (1992, 1994)
- Billie Zöckler as Mrs. Thymian (1996, 11 episodes)
DVDs
The first three seasons have been released on DVD: Season 1 was released on May 14, 2007, Season 2 on August 14, 2009 and Season 3 on August 19, 2011. Seasons 4 and 5 were not released as a single box. A complete edition with all 70 episodes on 20 DVDs was released on December 18, 2015.
Web links
- Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Our teacher Doctor Specht at Fernsehserien.de