Our neighbors, the Baltas
| Television series | |
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| German title | Our neighbors, the Baltas |
| Original title | Komşumuz Balta ailesi |
| Country of production | FRG |
| original language | German |
| year | 1983 |
| length | 25 minutes |
| genre | Family series |
| Director | Gloria Behrens |
| idea | Yüksel Pazarkaya |
| production | Michael Hild |
| music | Cem Karaca |
| German-language first broadcast |
April 1983 - July 1983 on German television |
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Our Neighbors, the Baltas is a German television series by Yüksel Pazarkaya that was broadcast in 1983.
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The twelve-part series tells the story of the Balta family who immigrated to Germany from Turkey fourteen years ago. The episodes focus on the siblings Inci, Arif and Yüksel with their intercultural concerns and needs.
Production details
The Baltas belonged to the media association “Foreigners - Inländer”, in which West German advertising television, the third programs and the Adolf Grimme Institute of the Adult Education Association of Germany cooperated.
The author Yüksel Pazarkaya also wrote the booklet for the television series. Erdal Merdan acted as the Turkish advisor on the set .
The score was written by the famous Turkish rock musician Cem Karaca , who was in exile in Germany at the time.
Transmission data
The Baltas ran from April 1983 in the regional evening program of the ARD outside of the broadcasting area of the WDR. In the third episode there were supplementary documentaries on the family series.
Reruns ran in 1986 on both WDR and NDR.
reception
The television newspaper Hörzu wrote: "The series should arouse more understanding for the differences between Germans and Turks in the cultural, religious and family environment."
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.kabeleins.de/tv/serienlexikon/serial/details/3382
- ↑ Listen to 13/1983