Lindenstraße
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| Lindenstraße | |
|---|---|
 The logo appearing on the series' title screen |
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| Format | Soap opera |
| Created by | Hans W. Geißendörfer |
| Starring | See below |
| Country of origin |  Germany |
| No. of episodes | 1137+ |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time | c. 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Das Erste |
| Original run | December 8, 1985 – present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
Lindenstraße is a German television programme on Das Erste (ARD).
The first episode was aired on December 8, 1985, and since then has been broadcast weekly. Its current timeslot on Das Erste (ARD), one of Germany's two publicly administered TV channels, is Sundays at 6:50 p.m.. The events of the Sunday episode usually take place on the Thursday before the show. This is due to the initial concept of airing the episodes Thursday night. Exceptions are the so-called holiday episodes, for example ones that are set on Christmas or Easter.
Setting the pace for other soap operas in Germany, the first episodes were met with mostly bad reviews.[citation needed] However, Lindenstraße soon became one of the most successful shows on German TV and has gained enormous cultural significance.[citation needed]
The inventor of Lindenstraße is Hans W. Geißendörfer, whose company Geißendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH (GFF - "Geißendörfer film and TV productions") still produces the series today. In the beginning Geißendörfer also directed the series. It is set in Munich, but filmed in the WDR studios in Cologne-Bocklemünd.
The show is based on the long-running British soap Coronation Street, from which it borrows its main premise (the everyday life of a number of neighbours). It tackles topics such as racism, cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, disabilities (both physical and mental), and homosexuality like no other German TV series has done before. In 1990 it gained notoriety for showing the first primetime gay kiss on German television.
Dallas star Larry Hagman made a cameo appearance on Lindenstraße on February 19, 2006.
[edit] Cast
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Domna Adamopoulou - Elena Sarikakis
Anja Antonowicz - Nastya Scholz-Pashenko
Jo Bolling - Andreas „Andy“ Zenker
Susanna Capurso - Sabrina Buchstab
Karolin Dubberstein - Irina Winicki
Susanne Evers - Suzanne Richter
Irene Fischer - Anna Ziegler
Joris Gratwohl - Alexander „Alex" Behrend
Erkan Gündüz - Murat Dağdelen
Ludwig Haas - Dr. Ludwig Dressler
Willi Herren - Oliver „Olli“ Klatt
Knut Hinz - Hans-Joachim „Hajo“ Scholz
Hermes Hodolides - Vasily Sarikakis
Beatrice Kaps-Zurmahr - Andrea Neumann
Dominique Kusche - Sophie Ziegler
Joachim Hermann Luger - Hans Beimer
Heinz Marecek - Bruno Skabowski
Marie-Luise Marjan - Helga Beimer
Wookie Mayer - Hannelore Siekmann
Bill Mockridge - Erich Schiller
Klaus Nierhoff - Christian Brenner
Anna Nowak-Ibisz - Urszula Winicki
Sontje Peplow - Lisa Dağdelen
Sabine Pfeifer - Kathy Müller
Franz Rampelmann - Olaf Kling
Marianne Rogée - Isolde Pavarotti
Harry Rowohlt - Penner Harry "Hartmut Rennep"
Moritz A. Sachs - Klaus Beimer
Johannes Scheit - Thomas „Tom“ Ziegler
Rebecca Siemoneit-Barum - Iphigenie „Iffi“ Zenker
Gunnar Solka - Peter „Lotti“ Lottmann
Toni Snetberger - Enzo Buchstab
Andrea Spatzek - Gabriele „Gabi“ Zenker
Julia Stark - Sarah Ziegler
Amorn Surangkanjanajai - Gung Pham Kien
Jacqueline Svilarov - Nina Beimer
Sarh Turchetto - Marcella Varese
Georg Uecker - Dr. Carsten Flöter
Giselle Vesco - Hildegard „Hilde“ Scholz
Urs Villiger - Julian Hagen
Cosima Viola - Jaqueline „Jack“ Aichinger
Sybille Waury - Tanja Schildknecht
Birgitta Weizenegger - Ines Kling
Moritz Zielke - Moritz „Momo“ Sperling
