Among Brothers (American TV series)
Television series | |
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German title | Among brothers |
Original title | Brothers |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Year (s) | 1984-1989 |
length | 22-24 minutes |
Episodes | 115 in 5 seasons |
genre | Sitcom |
idea | David Lloyd |
production | Greg Antonacci , Gary Nardino |
music |
Dan Foliart , Howard Pearl |
First broadcast | July 13, 1984 on Showtime |
German-language first broadcast |
February 29, 1992 on Kabelkanal |
occupation | |
Among Brothers (original title: Brothers ) is an American television series that was produced and broadcast from 1984 to 1989 by the pay TV channel Showtime . 115 episodes of 22 to 24 minutes each were created in five seasons.
action
The sitcom focuses on brothers Joe ( Robert Walden ), Lou ( Brandon Maggart ) and Cliff Waters ( Paul Regina ). Joe runs a bar called The Point After , the show's main location, where the waitress Kelly ( Robin Riker ) is often busy mediating between the three. In the first episode, Cliff explains to his brothers that he is gay and introduces them to his extravagant friend Donald ( Philip Charles MacKenzie ). While Joe sympathizes with him, the eldest brother Lou tries to “cure” Cliff of his homosexuality .
Other regular characters include Penny ( Hallie Todd ), Joe's daughter from his first marriage, his girlfriend Sam ( Mary Ann Pascal ) and Lou's daughter Louella ( Yeardley Smith ).
occupation
The synchronization of the series was created at Plaza Synchron based on a dialogue book by Hans-Peter-Kaufmann, Ruth Fischer, Monika Gabriel and Holger Twellmann, directed by Günther Sauer , Heinz Petruo , Horst Sachtleben and Mogens von Gadow .
role | actor | Voice actor |
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Joe Waters | Robert Walden | Gudo Hoegel |
Cliff Waters | Paul Regina | Martin May |
Lou Waters | Brandon Maggart | Peter Musäus |
Donald Maltby | Philip Charles MacKenzie | Peter Fricke |
Penny Waters | Hallie Todd | Claudia Kleiber |
Kelly Hall | Robin Riker |
Ruth Fischer (1st voice)
Gundula Liebisch (2nd voice) |
Sam | Mary Ann Pascal | Martina Duncker |
Louella | Yeardley Smith |
Charisma
In Germany only 101 of the 115 episodes were broadcast, the last 14 episodes have not yet been shown. The first broadcast took place from February 1992 to October 1992 on the cable channel . In 1998 and 1999 the series was repeated at Kabel 1. Unter Brüdern was shown several times on German pay TV from 1996 to 2008.
Web links
- Among brothers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Among brothers in the German dubbing file