Verbotene Liebe

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Verbotene Liebe
Creator(s)	Reg Watson
Senior cast member(s)	Konrad Krauss Gabriele Metzger Claudia Scarpatetti Miriam Lahnstein
No. of episodes	3,128 (as of March 27, 2008)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Elke Kimmlinger
Head writer(s)	Tom Chroust Jens Schleicher
Distributor	Grundy UFA TV Produktions GmbH
Running time	25 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Das Erste
Premiere date	January 2, 1995
Links
Verbotene Liebe Official Website
IMDb profile

Verbotene Liebe ("Forbidden Love", commonly abbreviated to VL) is a German daytime soap opera about the lives and loves of both young and older characters, focused on the two major German cities of Cologne and Düsseldorf. Currently the focus is on the aristocratic Von Lahnstein family and the middle-class Brandner family. Veteran actors Gabriele Metzger, Konrad Krauss and Claudia Scarpatetti (the latter left the show for a couple of years) are the only remaining original cast members. There is generally a high turnover of younger cast members.

The soap tackles controversial issues, such as drug abuse, rape, adultery, and deadly diseases. It also includes gay characters and storylines. The majority of the footage is taped in the studios of the Magic Media Company in Cologne-Ossendorf. Episodes regularly feature footage shot on location in Cologne and Düsseldorf and the surrounding areas of both cities. There are 23 fixed sets and 7 interchangeable sets on a floor span of 1270 square metres. The viewers of this soap are varied, ranging from small children to senior citizens. The soap celebrated its 10th anniversary in January 2005.

Verbotene Liebe is a remake of Australian soap opera Sons and Daughters, initially based on that serial's original story and character outlines, before diverging as the new series progressed.

[edit] History

In early 1995, Das Erste started its new soap opera Verbotene Liebe. The project was initially planned for RTL, but they didn't trust whether the concept, about a love story between brother and sister, would have success. Das Erste took on the project and after the first scene - everybody knew it: Jan (Andreas Brucker) and Julia (Valerie Niehaus) are meant to be.

The first forbidden love, that no one will ever forget: Jan (Andreas Brucker) and his sister Julia (Valerie Niehaus)

The affecting story about the two siblings to protract over 500 Episodes. After that, the storyline changed and new characters came into the show. But the theme was still the same - a show about love and intrigues. Most characters took care of the loving and the others took care of being beasts or villains. In the beginning that was Clarissa (Isa Jank) and Tanja (Miriam Lahnstein).

The story of Jan and Julia had changed and returned with the love story of Henning von Anstetten (Patrick Fichte) and Marie von Beyenbach (Solveig Duda). They were a dream couple, but Tanja wanted to marry Henning, because of his money. She fakes a DNA-Test and made Henning and Marie believe that they are half-siblings. Marie and Henning are desperate and went into a relationship with other people. When the truth came out, Henning and Marie were reunited and got married. But on their wedding, Henning died, after a fight with Marie's ex-boyfriend.^[1]

A reunion of the "brother and sister"-story came in 2006, when the young Sarah Hofmann (Sina-Valeska Jung) came to Düsseldorf to find her biological mother. She began to work on Königsbrunn Castle and met Leonard von Lahnstein (Lars Korten) and falls in love with him. Her biological mother turned out as Elke Käppler (Elke Bludau), the head maid of the castle. She is against the relationship between Sarah and Leonard, because her biggest secret is in danger. Sarah is the daughter of Johannes von Lahnstein (Thomas Gumpert). In 2007 Leonard decided to marry another woman, Jana Brandner (Vanessa Jung), but - at his wedding-day - he finds out that he is not Johannes' biological son. After this, Leonard has a hard time to deal with the fact, that Adrian Degenhardt (Klaus Zmorek) is his real father and that Sarah isn't his half sister. He keeps that secret for awhile, but Sarah finds out about it, after her husband Gregor Mann (Andreas Jancke) gets a letter from Adrian. She struggles with her feelings, but when she finds out, that she is pregnant with Gregor's child, she sees no future for Leonard and her. Later, Leonard tells Jana the truth and feels threatened by Sarah. She proofs herself right, when she finds out, that Leonard and Sarah slept together once, when they were already married. Jana can't forgive Leonard and leaves him, but he fights for her and wants to start a new life with her in Chicago. Jana gives her marriage another chance and makes peace with Sarah, before they want to leave Düsseldorf for good. But then, Jana overhears, when Sarah tells Leonard that she still loves him and that he can't leave her. Jana runs away after a fight with Sarah, but she follows her. They end up together in a car on the road, when Jana put them into a terrible car accident.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Current cast members

* These characters have been played by more than one actor.

[edit] Recurring cast members

[edit] Coming and going cast members

[edit] Schedule

VL German Broadcast History:

• 2 January 1995 - 28 December 2007: Mon-Fri 5.55pm on Das Erste
• 1 December 2006 - present on Passion (Reruns)
• 7 January 2008 - present: Mon-Fri 6.00pm on Das Erste

VL aired weekdays at 5.55 PM on Das Erste from 1995 to December 2007. In the 90's the Network aired in the moring with repeats of old episodes. Then in December 2006 the new Pay-TV Network Passion airs with the first episodes from the year 1995. Since 7 January 2008 the new episodes of Verbotene Liebe airs at 6 PM on Das Erste. The network changed the airtime, because of the RTL-Soap Unter uns.

[edit] See also

• List of memorable couples of Verbotene Liebe
• List of Verbotene Liebe characters
• List of cast members of Verbotene Liebe

[edit] External links

• Das Erste: Official website
• VL-Marienhof.de
• Vebotene Liebe at the Internet Movie Database
• Verbotene Liebe at Wetpaint, a Wetpaint Wiki

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Deutsche-Dailys.de Summary for Verbotene Liebe