Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten

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Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (Good Times, Bad Times) is the name of a popular German soap opera which was first broadcast in May 1992.

In 1990, the first commercial channel in the Netherlands, RTL 4 had a spectacular ratings success with its soap Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden, a remake of the Australian soap-opera The Restless Years. Like in this Dutch version, the storyline was ported to fit German surroundings and to adapt to the decade that lay between the Australian show and the first episode. The first 230 episodes were taken from the Australian script, but heavily rewritten; since spring 1993 the scripts are original material written in Germany.

Today, the only thing it shares with the Dutch version is the fan-base's abbreviation of the show title to the first four letters of each word. In Germany, the show is referred to as GZSZ, while in the Netherlands everyone knows what you're talking about when you say GTST. Both titles, as can be easily guessed, mean exactly the same.

Since its launch on May 11, 1992, Germany's first daily soap has always been a hit for the RTL network. For over 14 years now, the show has been number one in its timeslot at 7.40 pm with 4.5 million viewers in average. In 2002 the show reached its peak with over 7 million viewers. Set in Berlin, Germany's capital city, the show is about a group of people who try to find their way in life.

Former stars of the soap include Jeanette Biedermann and Yvonne Catterfeld who have both launched a successful career in the music business.

Short facts: Network: RTL, weekdays at 7.40 pm, 30 minutes, 3500+ episodes, 2 commercial breaks, 20 contract cast members, location shoots in South Africa (1998), Fuerteventura (2002), Vienna (2004), London (2005)

1 Cast
- 1.1 Current cast members
- 1.2 Coming and going cast members
2 External links

[edit] Cast

[edit] Current cast members

Actor	Role	Status
Wolfgang Bahro	Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim 'Jo' Gerner	1993-
Nik Breidenbach	Alexander Cöster	2007-
Oliver Bender	Tim Böcking #2	2004-
Maike von Bremen	Sandra Lemke Ergün #2	2002-
Hans Christiani	Agamemnon Rufus Daniel	1992-
Pete Dwojak	Henrik Beck	2005-
Daniel Fehlow	Leon Moreno	1996-1999, 2001-2004, 2005-
Ulrike Frank	Katrin Flemming	2002-2003, 2004-
Jessica Ginkel	Caroline Neustädter	2006-
Felix von Jascheroff	John Bachmann	2001-
Klaus-Dieter Klebsch	Johannes 'Hannes' Bachmann	2002-2007
Stefan König	Sebastian Winter	2005-
Robert Lyons	Vincent Buhr	2004-
Anne Menden	Emily Höfer	2004-
Frank-Thomas Mende	Clemens Richter	1992-
Lisa Riecken	Elisabeth Meinhart Buhr	1992-
Jörn Schlönvoigt	Philip Höfer	2004-
Josephine Schmidt	Paula Rapf	2002-
Susan Sideropoulos	Verena Koch	2001, 2002-
Arne Stephan	Marc Hansen	2006-
Jasmin Weber	Franziska 'Franzi' Reuter	2005-
Hanne Wolharn	Senta Biedermann Lemke	2000-2007