Berlin, Berlin

Berlin, Berlin is a television series produced for the ARD. It aired in Germany from 2002 to 2005 Tuesdays through Fridays at 6:50PM on the German public TV network Das Erste. The show won both national and international awards.

Plot

The series tells the story of Lolle (played by Felicitas Woll) who, after finishing school, follows her boyfriend, Tom, from Malente to Berlin. Once there, she discovers that Tom has been cheating on her with another girl. Rather than move back home, Lolle decides to stay in Berlin with her cousin, Sven (played by Jan Sosniok), his best friends Hart (Matthias Klimsa) and Rosalie (Sandra Borgmann). At the end of season one Lolle and Sven fall in love with each other, even though they are second cousins. Their grandparents were siblings, as is revealed in the first episode when Daniel, Sven's son, asks Lolle how she is related to him. Before getting into a relationship with Lolle, Sven instead decides to go back to his former wife, Silvia, because of Daniel. Season one also follows Lolle's relationship with the ex-girlfriend, Rosalie, of Tom's new girlfriend. At the end of season one, Rosalie, an actress, leaves Germany to go to USA and pursue a new life.

At the beginning of season two Lolle, desperate after losing Sven to Silvia and Rosalie's departure to USA, she finds a new friend with Rosalie's former girlfriend, Sara (Rhea Harder). At first Lolle wants to convince Sven to love her, but he seems to be undecided and is unsure of what he should do. She then meets Alex, an art student, and they become a couple. Sven separates from Silvia once more, however, and is now free to be with Lolle, but she replies that she should stay with Alex. At the end of season two, she realizes that she loves Sven too, and attempts being with both Sven and Alex. Hart also begins to acknowledge his love for Sarah, and after a series of problems, they get together.

Cast

Episodes

Series One (2002)

1. Landflucht (Pilot)
2. Wie bekomme ich meinen Freund zurück
3. Happy Birthday, Lolle
4. Auf der Flucht
5. Rotalarm
6. Ich will Sandra Bullock massieren
7. Selbstversuch
8. All you need is love
9. Träume
10. Lolle und der Traumprinz
11. Nicht ganz koscher
12. Die Geliebte
13. Singles
14. Dr. Strangelove
15. Lesbe sein dagegen sehr
16. Küssen, küssen, küssen
17. Lolle gegen Fatman
18. Ich bin nicht nett
19. Beste Freunde
20. Taddi und Mr. Psycho
21. Cousin und Cousine
22. Extremsitutionen ...
23. Martha
24. Überraschungen
25. Eine Million
26. Positiv ist negativ

Series Two (2003)

1. Lolle allein in Berlin
2. Frisch verheiratet
3. Cinderello
4. Froschkönige
5. Höllendate
6. Männer sind auch nur Menschen
7. Malente, Malente
8. Eltern, früher oder später kriegen sie dich
9. Looking for Beinlich
10. Nicht fair
11. Wer liebt Fatman?
12. Big and Beautiful
13. Kairo
14. That's the way
15. Ex und hopp
16. Spieglein, Spieglein
17. Gegen die Uhr
18. 20 Minuten
19. Ich lieb dich nicht - du liebst mich nicht
20. Aha

Series Three (2004)

1. Sven oder Alex?
2. Alex oder Sven
3. Nimm Zwei
4. Nicht genug
5. Jung, dynamisch, arbeitslos
6. Backe, backe Kuchen
7. Mütter und Töchter
8. Ziemlich ähnlich
9. Generationen
10. Hochzeitsspiele
11. Svenja
12. Täuschen, tarnen, küssen
13. Vero
14. Dafür sind Freunde da
15. Die Waffen der Frauen
16. Die Geister, die ich rief
17. Noch mal mit Gefühl
18. Daily Talk
19. Traumjob
20. Wickie

Series Four (2005)

1. Stuttgart - Stuttgart
2. Echte Freunde
3. Auf den ersten Blick
4. Angst ist blöd
5. Happy Family
6. Schwein gehabt
7. Liebe ist…
8. Rache ist…
9. Was wäre wenn
10. Schicksal
11. Silvia
12. Rituale
13. Held des Jahres
14. Sei Hart
15. Das Hochzeitskleid
16. Deus ex machina
17. Hormone sind doof
18. Weekend auf dem Lande
19. Die Hochzeit
20. Melbourne, Melbourne (Finale)

Awards

In 2004 the series won an International Emmy Award in the category "Best Comedy" for Episode 47.^[1]

References