Huntress

Tom Chroust was also once a member of GZSZ's writing staff (around 2001/2002) but back then the show did not have a gay couple. He also wrote for VL in 2001 during the fabulous Clarissa/Tanja feud which resulted in their plane crashing (their final scene was Clarissa pointing her gun at Tanja, saying "Game over, Tanja!").

"AWZ" unveiled its new opening today. Both versions can be watched here: http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/awz/awz-storys/neuer-vorspann-awz.html

Version 1: Tatjana Clasing as Simone Steinkamp & Francisco Medina as Maximilian von Altenburg – Juliette Menke as Lena Bergmann, Ulrike Röseberg as Annette Bergmann & Anna-Katharina Samsel as Katja Bergmann – André Dietz as Ingo Zadek / Igor Dolgatschew as Deniz Öztürk – Julia Augustin as Vanessa Steinkamp / Silvan-Pierre Leirich as Richard Steinkamp & Jörg Rohde as Ben Steinkamp – Julia Engelmann as Franziska Steinkamp / Michael N. Kuehl as Florian Wild – Heike Trinker as Claudia Bergmann & Katja Bergmann / Ania Niedieck as Isabelle Reichenbach – Alles was zählt

Version 2: Silvan-Pierre Leirich as Richard Steinkamp & Tatjana Clasing as Simone Steinkamp – Ulrike Röseberg as Annette Bergmann – André Dietz as Ingo Zadek / Christoph Humnig as Tom Reichenbach – Daniel Aichinger as Axel Schwarz, Francisco Medina as Maximilian von Altenburg & Juliette Menke as Lena Bergmann – Dennis Grabosch as Roman Wild / Igor Dolgatschew as Deniz Öztürk & Sam Eisenstein as Marian Öztürk – Ania Niedieck as Isabelle Reichenbach & Anna-Katharina Samsel as Katja Bergmann / Heike Trinker as Claudia Bergmann – Alles was zählt

"Anna und die Liebe" is a telenovela that airs weekdays at 6 p.m. on Sat.1. It was launched in August 2008 and airs against "Verbotene Liebe" in its timeslot.

The first 300 episodes featured Anna (played by Jeanette Biedermann who appeared as the very popular Marie Balzer on GZSZ from 1999-2004 and who is also a very successful singer), a shy girl who falls in love with Jonas, the son of a wealthy family. He, of course, was first involved with Anna's evil step-sister Katja.

Once Anna and Jonas finally got married, a new main character was introduced: Anna's cousin Mia (played by Josephine Schmidt who had previously played Paula Rapf on GZSZ from 2002-2009). Her love interest was Alexander Zeiss (played by Thorsten Grasshoff who had portrayed Julian Herzog, Diana's husband, during the first year of AWZ).

After one year Mia and Alexander got married and left town. Anna and Jonas were then brought back, but a few weeks ago Jonas was killed off. He's still on the canvas, but now as a ghost, helping Anna to overcome his death and to find a new love.

Current cast of "Anna und die Liebe": http://www.deutsche-dailys.de/anna-und-die-liebe/rollen

Thanks for expanding. Why did Marienhof fire so many cast members? Did they think the older actors were nothing compared to new or cheaper faces?

Until 2003 or so, Marienhof had a very large cast for a half-hour soap with 28-30 contract actors. They rotated storylines back then so that some of the characters had frontburner storylines while others were on the backburner during that time and were barely seen. On the other soaps, the cast has always consisted of 18-22 contract actors and every main character is usually involved in a major storyline because in the German soap industry there are no such things as recurring characters or being placed on recurring status once your contract ends/isn't renewed. Anyway, at some point Marienhof also opted for a smaller cast and many long-time characters were written off the canvas. Today, there are still several actors who have been with the show for 10+ years, but they are barely used. Giovanni Arvaneh (Sülo, 1995-1998; 2003-present), Christian Buse (Thorsten, 1999-present), and Alfonso Losa (Carlos, 2000-present) were even removed from the opening. Right now Sülo has a big storyline, but only because he's dying of cancer (he dies in the Christmas episode next week). Another veteran actress, Nicole Belstler-Boettcher, was fired in 2009 after being with the show since 1995. She was brought back earlier this year – at first for a guest appearance – and was then placed back on contract only to be fired again after two months because the writers couldn't come up with any stories for her character.

Is Marienhof the show with the gay doctor? I can't remember.

No, that must be "Lindenstraße", Germany's adaption of "Coronation Street". That show celebrated its 25th anniversary last week and still airs every Sunday on ARD. Current cast of "Lindenstraße": http://www.lindenstrasse.de/Leute/Rollen/liste.jsp?rstatus=aktiv

VL as a show confuses me. Christian and Olli are so popular, yet the show is scared to do anything with them. Even turning them both straight would probably get more interest than their stories over the last few years. Meanwhile you have this Rebecca who doesn't seem popular yet the show keeps pushing her at people, even having her become a lesbian overnight.

I think TPTB are obsessed with Jasmin Lord (Rebecca) because she was voted "Sexiest Soap Star" two years in a row I think the problem with having only two gay characters on a show is that you can't really do much with them once they are together. Of course you can always throw a third person in the mix – which AWZ did with Roman and Deniz this year when Roman's first love appeared in town –, but I don't think you can repeat those kind of storylines more than once per couple before it gets boring. However, it's good to see at least one stable couple on a soap because usually couples don't last longer than a year – and why not presenting the gay couple as the stable one? On AWZ, there are of course also Ingo and Annette who are happily married

Apparently "Verbotene Liebe" will be extended to 45 minutes in May 2011, meaning it'll take over "Marienhof's" time slot. IMO, this is a really bad move because VL's ratings have been tanking as well (HHs 18-49 7.9 percent in 2010 compared to 10.3 in 2007). It seems that they're trying their best to get VL canceled too in the near future.

I don't think the soap genre is dying in Germany though because new soaps and telenovelas are still being developed. Actually, we have too many of these shows right now, so it was just a matter of time before one of the older ones gets canceled.

Until 2004, we only had four daily soaps: GZSZ and UU (both on RTL) plus VL and MH (both on ARD). Sat.1, RTL2 and Pro7 tried to establish other soaps in the late 90s, but failed miserably, so all of them were canceled after one year. Then in 2004, the first telenovela "Bianca – Wege zum Glück" was launched on ZDF. A few months later, "Verliebt in Berlin" (the German version of "Betty La Fea"/"Ugly Betty") on Sat.1 followed, becoming the most successful telenovela to date.

All of a sudden, every network produced their own telenovelas – some were short-lived, some have been running for some years now (the most successful ones being "Sturm der Liebe" and "Rote Rosen" on ARD). AWZ was originally created as a telenovela called "Diana's Dream", but was then transformed into a traditional daily soap. On the other hand, the telenovelas influenced the storytelling of the established daily soaps. In the 90s, the daily soaps were full of outrageous storylines. In recent years, they have tried to become more realistic and have primarily focused on romantic triangles. I think this brought about Marienhof's downfall, because they introduced a telenovela-like story-arc that centered around Toni, David and Nic, and fired a lot of well-liked cast members in the process.

I won't miss "Marienhof" that much as I've rarely watched the show (maybe 2, 3 times a year), but seeing a long-established show going off the air is of course always sad.

After 18 years on the air, "Marienhof" has been canceled by the ARD.

The show began in November 1992 as a serial that was broadcasted twice a week. The first 52 episodes ran 50 minutes. Following the success of RTL's daily soaps "GZSZ" and "Unter uns", the ARD also wanted to launch daily soaps in the mid 90s, and created "Verbotene Liebe". "Marienhof" was then also transformed into a daily soap with five half-hour episodes per week. Both ARD soaps had solid ratings until 2007/2008. Earlier this year, rumors began to circle that the ARD wants to cancel one or even both of their soaps to restructure their evening program.

"Marienhof's" last tape day is February 11th, 2011 with the final episode airing at the end of March. A new crime show will then most likely debut in "Marienhof's" time slot at 6:30 pm.

Current (and most likely final) contract cast of "Marienhof": http://www.daserste.de/marienhof/darsteller.asp

"Verbotene Liebe" might be the next soap to go since its ratings are only slightly better than "Marienhof's".

More than two years after its initial release in Australia, "We are the People" by Empire of the Sun has reached the top spot on the German singles chart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uPL5twyQOw

German Top100

November 26th, 2010

Physical and digital sales only

01. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole – Over The Rainbow (1)

02. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (NEW)

03. Empire of the Sun – We Are The People (3)

04. Rihanna - Only Girl (2)

05. Duck Sauce – Barbra Streisand (4)

06. Pink – Raise Your Glass (5)

07. Shakira - Loca (6)

08. Aloe Blacc – I Need A Dollar (8)

09. Edita Abdieski – I've Come To Life (NEW)

10. James Blunt – Stay The Night (7)

11. Hurts – Wonderful Life (11)

12. Usher feat. Pitbull – DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love Again (9)

13. Leona Lewis – Run (10)

14. Eminem feat. Rihanna – Love The Way You Lie (13)

15. Taio Cruz – Dynamite (14)

16. Unheilig – Geboren um zu leben (21)

17. Nelly – Just A Dream (NEW)

18. B.o.B. feat. Hayley Williams – Airplanes (15)

19. Take That – The Flood (12)

20. Cee-Lo Green – F**k You (19)

...

29. Linkin Park – Waiting For The End (NEW)

35. Polarkreis 18 – Unendliche Sinfonie (NEW)

49. Victoria S – One In A Million (NEW)

56. Selena Gomez – A Year Without Rain (NEW)

85. Kings of Leon – Use Somebody (RE-ENTRY)

87. Mando Diao – Dance With Somebody (RE-ENTRY)

89. Lady Gaga – Bad Romance (RE-ENTRY)

94. K'Naan – Wavin' Flag (RE-ENTRY)

100. David Guetta feat. Akon – Sexy B*tch (RE-ENTRY)

German Album chart

November 26th, 2010

01. Bruce Springsteen – The Promise (NEW)

02. Rihanna – Loud (NEW)

03. Pink – Greatest Hits ... So Far (NEW)

04. Unheilig – Große Freiheit (4)

05. Xavier Naidoo – Alles kann besser werden (72)

06. Mando Diao – MTV Unplugged (NEW)

07. Andrea Berg – Schwerlos (3)

08. James Blunt – Some Kind Of Trouble (2)

09. Kid Rock – Born Free (NEW)

10. David Garrett – Rock Symphonies (6)

...

17. Nena – Best of Nena (NEW)

20. Nelly Furtado – The Best of Nelly Furtado (NEW)

I didn't know where else to post this, but these have been the 25 most watched US shows on German television during the last 12 months:

I updated the cast pictures on the first page.

For GZSZ, I did not include both original cast members Frank-Thomas Mende (Clemens Richter) and Lisa Riecken (Elisabeth Meinhart) since they are currently off the canvas. The network stated that it's just an extended break but they did that before with other cast members who never returned. So it seems that there's now no original cast member left on GZSZ. I also left out Kristin Meyer (Iris Cöster) who departs the show in December.

This is currently #1 on the German iTunes charts and will most likely go to #1 on the Top100 soon:

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The comeback single of Alphaville who were pretty succesful in Europe during the 80s:

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That retcon of Amanda's past went hand in hand with Amanda's transformation from bad girl to victim. While I liked the beginning with Jack appearing in town, I didn't like how the story played out with Bobby arriving - simply because I always thought that Bobby was disgusting. I also didn't like how Amanda and Peter became the show's main couple. Why would a woman like Amanda fall in love with a guy who tried to kill her? Especially since she had already escaped that unpleasant marriage with Jack who beat her up.

I guess I'm in the minority here, but I really liked Jane. Granted, she was a hypocrite most of the time and was a bitch to her so-called friends - but who on that show wasn't? The storyline involving Jane, Sydney, Michael and Kimberly was the only thing that made season 2 interesting.

The one thing I didn't like about Jane was her hair. Josie Bissett has such a beautiful face, yet her haircut was never that flattering. But that's a problem a lot of characters on Melrose had (Alison and Jo had awful hair too).

The problem with the later seasons (5-7) was that the characters that used to be friends or interacted a lot in earlier seasons weren't that close anymore. For example, Sydney had no scenes with Michael or Kimberly, and there was too little interaction between Amanda and Alison.

Another unpopular opinion: I loved Jake and Alison as a couple.

Today the new soap opera "Hand aufs Herz" went on the air. I wasn't impressed with the first episode, but it definitely has potential. Vanessa Jung and Andreas Jancke are a reason to tune in, but the rest of the ensemble looked and acted rather dull. For those who are interested, the first episode can be watched here.

"Marienhof" currently celebrates 18 years on the air. ARD has published several classic episodes on their website which can be found here.

Complete list of episodes:

- #1 How it all began

- #672 Marco dies

- #750 Annalena and Frank's wedding

- #835 Nadine and Sven's motorcycle accident

- #1046 Olli's bungee jump

- #1252 Charly is bitten by a poisonous snake

- #1493 Natalie dies in a fire

- #1518 The mail bomb explodes

- #1546-#1549 Bogdan terrorizes Billi

- #1677 Doro is gunned down

- #1678 Doro dies

- #1745 Inge sets her market garden on fire

- #2000 Men strip at "Foxy's"

- #2885-2886 Yasemin and Raul's wedding

- #3000 Christmas at Marienhof

- #3617 Marienhof explodes

Somehow that storyline ended when Axel's love interest Nina (Nathalie Thiede) left town and Deniz and Roman got back together last fall.

Since both GZSZ and its Dutch pendant GTST used the scripts of the Australian soap The Restless Years during their first year on the air, I tried to compile a list of the characters that were part of all three soaps.

The Restless Years – Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden – Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten

Original cast:

Peter Beckett – Peter Kelder (1990–1993; 1995) – Peter Becker (1992-1996; 1999-2002; played by three different actors)

Penny Russell – Linda Dekker (1990-1998; 2005–2006) – Tina Ullrich-Zimmermann (1992-1996; 2000; played by two different actresses)

Clive Archer – Robert Alberts (1990–2008) – Clemens Richter (1992-2010)

Louise Archer - Laura Alberts (1990-present) – Vera Richter (1992-1997)

Alan Archer – Arnie Alberts (1990–1996) – Heiko Richter (1992-1996)

Barry King – Rien Hogendoorn (1990-1992) – Patrick Graf (1992-1996, killed off)

Alison Clarke – Annette van Thijn (1990–1992) – Elke Opitz-Graf (1992-1997; 1999)

Olivia Baxter – Suzanne Balk (1990–2000) – Julia Backhoff (1992-1993)

Raelene Geddes – Myriam van der Pol (1990–1993; 1994) – Marina Geppert (1992-1993)

Bruce Russell – Simon Dekker (1990–1994; 1997–1998; 2002–2003) – Frank Ullrich (1992-1993)

Heather Russell – Jeanne Dekker (1991) – Helga Ullrich (1992-1993, killed off)

Elizabeth McKenzie – Helen Helmink (1990-1997; played by two different actresses) – Elisabeth Meinhart (1992-2010)

A.R. Jordan – Daniel Daniel (1990–1999) – A.R. Daniel (1992-2009)

Richard Dawson – Marc de Waal (1990) – Michael Döring (1992, killed off)

Rita Merrick – Martine Hafkamp (1990–1994M 2003–2005) – Lilo Gottschick (1992-1993)

Jean Hutton Stafford – Stephanie Kreeft-Stenders (1990–1992; 1993–1994) – Claudia Wedemaier-Löpelmann (1992; 1993-1994; played by two different actresses)

Unknown Stafford – Nico Stenders (1990–1991) – Oswald Löpelmann (1992)

Unknown – Jan van Ede (1990–1991) – Bertram Köhler (1992)

Unkown – Petra van Ede (1990–1991) – Denise Köhler (1992)

Later additions:

Maurice Brown – Maurice de Bruin (1991) – Armin Braun (1992, killed off)

Jeff Archer – Jef Alberts (1991-) – Wilfried Richter* (1993)

Carol Archer – Karin Alberts (1991–1992) – Carola Richter* (1993)

Shane Archer – John Alberts (1991–1992) – Karsten Richter* (1992-1993)

David Harker – David Harkema (1991) – André Holm (1992-1995)

Unknown – Frits van Houten (1991–1995; 2006) – Jo Gerner (1993-present)

Diane Archer – Dian Alberts (1991-1999; played by two different actresses) – Diana Richter* (1993, killed off)

Tim Watson – Tim Waterman (1991–1992) – Tommy Walter (1993, killed off)

* After reading the character profiles on the official Dutch website for GTST, I came to the conclusion that the family structure of the Archer family was altered on the German version. Karsten was not Clemens's nephew but his younger brother, whereas Diana was Clemens's niece. Like Shane/John, Karsten married the Marina character. Wilfried and Carola Richter were only recurring characters that disappeared after Diana's death (she and and her bf Tommy were murdered by the pantyhose serial killer).

The whole cast will be influenced by Jenny's tragic death. She boards a plane to Russia which goes missing. Simone and Richard travel to Russia but cannot find their daughter anywhere. Axel makes Simone believe that Jenny has died by presenting her a fake corpse. Vanessa returns to comfort her parents and to keep the family together. Marian hits rock bottom and Deniz tries to help him. Ben and Maximilian clash violently.

Roman coaches Katja who wants to become a professional figure skater. Ben is torn between Katja and his wife Isabelle. Isabelle's brother Tom is still interested in Katja. Annette and Ingo overcome their marital and financial problems. Richard's niece Franziska arrives in town. In order to become a member of the ice hockey squad, she pretends to be a boy. She secretly falls in love with Roman's brother Florian.

Well, there are of course times where these shows are almost unbearable to watch, but in general they are good entertainment. AWZ somehow revived the soap genre in Germany because of its unique filming technique and its witty dialogue. Even though they are much longer on the air, GZSZ and UU have been heavily influenced by AWZ in recent years. In addition, the acting on all shows has improved a lot. During their early years, GZSZ and UU had maybe like five or six cast members that had decent acting abilities. Those days are definitely over.

Some preview pictures for October/November:

UU

AWZ

GZSZ

Die Schwarzwaldklinik was a huge hit in the 80s and holds the record for the most watched series on German television ever: Up to 28 million viewers tuned in every week (60 percent of all households at that time). It basically was a primetime soap set in a rural hospital. There were around 70 episodes and 2 movies. The last movie was shot in 2004 in order to celebrate the show's 20th anniversary. As far as I know the show's concept was heavily influenced by a hospital soap from the Czech Republic and by "General Hospital".

The whole show has been released on DVD. Reruns are currently being shown on "Romance TV", a pay-tv channel.

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And here are the other two versions:

GZSZ – Opening 2010.1.B

Cast: Elisabeth & Clemens - Tuner - Patrick - John & Leon - Emily / Carsten - Jasmin - Pia

Unter uns – Opening 2010.1.B

Cast: Till & Heidi - Eva - Tobias & Micki - Rebecca & Rufus - Paco - Malte, Ute, Britta & Henning

Videos of the "Unter uns" openings can be found HERE

GZSZ – Opening 2010.1.A

Cast: Katrin & Jo - Philip - Dominik - Tayfun - Ayla / Dascha - Iris & Lucy - Alexander - Verena

Unter uns – Opening 2010.1.A

Cast: Anna & Paco - Sina, Easy, Moritz & Lili - Ute & Eva - Malte - Till, Irene, Sina & Rolf

Does anyone remember Ace of Base ("The Sign" etc.)? They're back! With new singers, though.

I don't know if you can watch it from a foreign country, but the new opening of "Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten" has been presented today.

The theme is still the same, but the visuals are a mixture of the 1996-2000 and the 2006-2010 opening. Again, there are two different versions. It's been 4 years since a new opening was filmed.

RTL promises that everytime a new actor joins the show, they will appear in the opening immediately. They also want to remove actors as soon as they have left the canvas. If they want to keep that promise they need to change the opening in two weeks when Carsten and Lucy depart the show.

Video: Version 1

Cast: Lisa Riecken as Elisabeth Meinhart & Frank-Thomas Mende as Clemens Richter – Thomas Drechsel as Max "Tuner" Krüger – Björn Harras as Patrick Graf, Jr. – Felix von Jascheroff as John Bachmann & Daniel Fehlow as Leon Moreno – Anne Menden as Emily Höfer – Felix Isenbügel as Carsten Reimann – Janina Uhse as Jasmin Nowak – Isabell Horn as Pia Koch

Video: Version 2

Cast: Ulrike Frank as Katrin Flemming & Wolfgang Bahro as Jo Gerner – Jörn Schlönvoigt as Philip Höfer – Raul Richter as Dominik Gundlach – Tayfun Baydar as Tayfun Badak – Sila Sahin as Ayla Özgül – Lena Ehlers as Dascha Petrova – Kristin Meyer as Iris Cöster & Sarah Tkotsch as Lucy Cöster – Clemens Löhr as Alexander Cöster – Susan Sideropoulos as Verena Koch

This is the first time that Drechsel, Harras, Isenbügel, Horn, Baydar, Sahin, Ehlers and Löhr are included in the opening, even though most of the them have appeared on the show for over a year.

On Monday, the new opening of Unter uns will be unveiled. They will also have two versions for the first time. Meanwhile, the new opening for Alles was zählt has been postponed because RTL did not approve of the first version.

My favourite Madonna album is Ray of Light, closely followed by Confessions on a Dancefloor. I'm also one of the few people who actually likes American Life. It's so much better than Music and Hard Candy. Among her so-called "classics", my favourites are La Isla Bonita, Like a Prayer, Who's that Girl, Live to Tell, Vogue, Justify My Love and Secret.

This one's a major hit in Germany right now, but the group is from the UK:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuwdw7KmGwA

Is Vanessa back on a more permanent basis? Otherwise I don't know if she'd be in the photo.

Vanessa's only back for a couple of weeks. She leaves again in early September, shortly after the 1000th episode.

Regine Seidler is also back for the anniversary episodes as Ben's mother Nadja Roschinski. This is the first time in the history of German soaps that a character that has been recast returns in the form of its original portrayer. Seidler, an original cast member of AWZ, left the show in February 2008 because of her pregnancy. She was replaced by Birgit Würz who never managed to become popular among the audience. Therefore Nadja was written out in December 2008. These days Birgit Würz plays one of the lead characters in the telenovela "Rote Rosen".

On "Unter uns", Marylu Saskia Poolman will replace Kathleen Fiedler in the contract role of Anna Weigel. She will be the third actress in the role and first appear on-screen in September 2010. Previously, Poolman starred in the short-lived RTL soap opera "Ahornallee" which was cancelled after two months in 2007. There she starred opposite Mascha Müller who later became famous as Princess Luise von Waldensteyck on "Verbotene Liebe".

Speaking of Mascha Müller, her former on-screen lover Andreas Jancke (Gregor on VL) has joined the cast of "Hand aufs Herz" where he will play the male lead. Interestingly enough, Vanessa Jung who will play the female lead also played opposite Jancke on "Verbotene Liebe". "Hand aufs Herz" is set to debut on October 4th, 2010 at 6 pm. Just like its predecessor "Eine wie keine", the new soap will air against "Verbotene Liebe".

Jessica Ginkel, who played Caroline Neustädter on "Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten" from 2006-2009, is now playing the lead character in the latest ZDF telenovela "Lena – Liebe meines Lebens" which will debut on September 20th, 2010.

Current soap and telenovela line-up on German television:

ARD: 2.10 pm ROTE ROSEN | 3.10 pm STURM DER LIEBE | 6 pm VERBOTENE LIEBE | 6.25 pm MARIENHOF

ZDF: 4.15 pm HANNA – FOLGE DEINEM HERZEN*

RTL: 5.30 pm UNTER UNS | 7.10 pm | ALLES WAS ZÄHLT | 7.40 pm GUTE ZEITEN, SCHLECHTE ZEITEN

SAT1: 6 pm EINE WIE KEINE** | 6.30 pm ANNA UND DIE LIEBE

* will be replaced by LENA – LIEBE MEINES LEBENS in September

** will be replaced by HAND AUFS HERZ in October

Following the cancellation of the telenovela "Eine wie keine" which will air its final episode in September, Sat1 is currently developing a new soap opera called "Hand aufs Herz" ("Cross my Heart", literally "Hand on the Heart"). According to the first press release, the show is set at a school in Cologne and is supposed to be a daytime version of "Glee" and "High School Musical". Among the cast members are Oliver Petszokat (played Ricky Marquardt on "GZSZ" from 1998-1999, hosted Big Brother for a short while and also had two #1 hits on the German Singles charts) and Vanessa Jung (played the second Jana Brandner von Lahnstein on "Verbotene Liebe" from 2005-2008). Shooting for the show will begin in August.

"Alles was zählt" celebrates 1000 episodes

Left ro right: Jörg Rohde (Ben Roschinski), Francisco Medina (Maximilian von Altenburg), Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Richard Steinkamp), Julia Augustin (Vanessa Steinkamp), Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) & Silvia Maleen (Jenny Steinkamp)

Left to right: Ulrike Röseberg (Annette Bergmann-Zadek), Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Reichenbach), Anna Katharina Samsel (Katja Bergmann) & Juliette Menke (Lena Bergmann)

Left to right: Dennis Grabosch (Roman Wild), Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) & Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk)

Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) & Dennis Grabosch (Roman Wild)

Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Reichenbach), Jörg Rohde (Ben Roschinski) & Anna Katharina Samsel (Katja Bergmann)

Ulrike Röseberg (Annette Bergmann-Zadek) & André Dietz (Ingo Zadek)