German soaps: GZSZ, UU & AWZ

[Huntress]

Some more promotional photos for tonight's primetime special:

 

The main stars: Maren (Eva Mona Rodekirchen), Sophie (Lea Marlen Woitack), Paul (Niklas Osterloh), Emily (Anne Menden), Philip (Jörn Schlönvoigt), Shirin (Gamze Senol), and John (Felix von Jascheroff).
In addition, Erik (recurring star Patrick Heinrich) is also involved.

 

Sursprisingly, all of these characters – except Emily – are usually rated as "2nd class characters" because they have never been used as the show's figureheads before.

 

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And clearly the most controversial story right now: Anni falling in love with Katrin, her ex-girlfriend's mother.

 

[Skylover]

 

I wonder if the show is trying to make those characters more established now?

[Skylover]

@Huntress I'm watching on TV Now, do you know why it says episode 6515 aired 29th May then 6518 aired 30th May? What happened to episodes 6516 & 6517? Is it because of the primetime specials? Thanks in advance.

Edited June 6, 2018 by Edward Skylover

[Huntress]

 

Yes, the episode that is labeled as "6515" consists of episodes 6515, 6516 and 6517.

 

The primetime special was quite successful: 3,35 million people tuned in (total households: 12.6%, demos 18-49: 24.2%). The following two episodes received even higher ratings and were GZSZ's most-watched episodes since May 2017.

 

AWZ's ratings also went up at the end of May (total viewers: 2.12 million, demos 18-49: 16%).

 

Btw, did you know about this website? https://www.soapchannel.tv/start
It's basically like TV now, but for people who don't live in Germany. The website is managed by UFA Serial Drama, the production company behind GZSZ & Co.
All the episodes are geoblocked in German-speaking countries (so that should be Germany, Austria and Switzerland), but should be available anywhere else abroad. The archives go back to February 2017. Right now they have episodes of GZSZ, AWZ and UU but apparently they're trying to upload other (cancelled) soaps as well.

Edited June 12, 2018 by Huntress

[Skylover]

Thank you @Huntress, that's fantastic! 

[FrenchFan]

That would be awesome with English subtitles

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I don't speak a single word of German haha

[Skylover]

I'm watching at the moment. I started with the end of April. Now onto early May. The best story for me is the custody of Johanna. I really like Paul and Emily as a couple too.

[Huntress]

GZSZ will debut on French and (French-speaking) Belgian tv in July 2018 as "Au Rythme de la Vie", dubbed with a French language track. This is the first time that the series has been sold to a foreign market.

 

In France, the soap will air on France 2 at 9.50 am. In Belgium, La Deux has bought the rights. Apparently the first package consists of 80 episodes, starting with #6063 from August 2016.

[FrenchFan]

That is surprising ! France 2 cancelled Days of Our Lives a few years ago at this time slot.

[Skylover]

Good news for the show.

 

How do AWZ and UU compare to GZSZ @Huntress?

[Huntress]

 

AWZ is quite boring right now (especially the endless Marian / Ingo beer brewing saga), but apparently they're bringing in a few new characters this summer. And Jenny and Deniz are finally getting married.

UU is the same as always – capable, yet a bit predictable

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 I think the most promising storyline is "Larissa has a hit and run accident".

 

A bit late, but better than never:

 

Episode Counts May 2018

 

Actor names in italics denote recurring roles or guest appearances.
One-shot characters do not appear in this list, even though they were listed in the closing credits.

 

Unter uns

A total of 20 episodes aired this month.
No new episodes on 05/01/2018 (= Labor Day), 05/10/2018 (= Ascension Day) and 05/21/2018 (= Whit Monday)

 

Who's who? http://www.soapsworld.de/unter-uns-uu/besetzung

 

01. Claudelle Deckert (Eva Wagner) : 19
*** Nora Koppen (Elli Weigel) : 19
03. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 18
*** Antonia Michalsky (Saskia Weigel) : 18
*** Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 18
06. Petra Blossey (Irene Weigel-Küpper) : 16
*** Astrid Leberti (Andrea Huber) : 16
08. Timothy Boldt (Ringo Beckmann) : 15
*** Benjamin Heinrich (Benno "Bambi" Hirschberger) : 15
*** Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 15
*** Luca Maric (Robert Küpper) : 15
12. Lars Steinhöfel (Easy Winter) : 14
13. Kai Noll (Rufus Sturm) : 13
*** Ben Ruedinger (Till Weigel) : 13
*** Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Uhland) : 13
16. Alexander Milo (Jakob Huber) : 12
17. Milos Vukovic (Paco Weigel) : 12
*** Ramon Ademes (Roger Schmitz) : 11
19. Linda König (Larissa Huber) : 10
20. Cronis Karakassidis (Nikos Karadimas) : 7
*** Lena Klöber (Sarah Fuchs) : 7
22. Andrea Brix (Roswitha Küpper-Pütz) : 5
23. Mariella Simon (Lotta Sturm) : 2
*** Tabea Heynig (Britta Sturm) : 2 (voice/video chat only)
25. Finn Luca Cramer (Noah Weigel) : 0
*** Stefano Ligorio (Gianni Aurino) : 0

 

CONTRACT ARRIVALS:

Linda König (Larissa Huber) [04/10/2018]

 

CONTRACT DEPARTURES:
Tabea Heynig (Britta Sturm) [02/15/2018] (maternity leave)
Pauline Angert (Kay-C Schneider) [04/05/2018]

 

Alles was zählt

A total of 20 episodes aired this month.
No new episodes on 05/01/2018 (= Labor Day), 05/10/2018 (= Ascension Day) and 05/21/2018 (= Whit Monday)

 

Who's who? http://www.soapsworld.de/alles-was-zaehlt-awz/besetzung

 

01. Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Richard Steinkamp) : 20
02. Maike Johanna Reuter (Pauline Reusch) : 19
03. Julia Augustin (Dr. Vanessa Steinkamp) : 18
04. Christian Feist (Damian Steinkamp) : 16
*** Jörg Rohde (Ben Steinkamp) : 16
06. André Dietz (Ingo Zadek) : 15
*** Lars Korten (Christoph Lukowski) : 15
*** Heike Warmuth (Carmen Bauer) : 15
09. Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk) : 14
*** Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Pachlhuber) : 14
*** Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen (Jenny Steinkamp) : 14
12. Juliette Greco (Lena Öztürk) : 13
*** Cheyenne Pahde (Marie Schmidt) : 13
*** Marko Drylich (Ralf Rottmann) : 13

*** Roni Zorina (Ekaterina Osimowa) : 13
16. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 12
*** Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) : 12
18. Franziska Benz (Michelle Bauer) : 11
19. Tanja Szewczenko (Diana Sommer) : 8
20. Alexander Hanfland (Ferdinand Grumprecht) : 3
*** Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht) : 3
22. Marlene Krursel (Escort Girl Clarissa) : 2
*** Fabian Männel (Nick Holzer) : 2
24. Bela Klentze (Ronny Bergmann) : 1
*** Ralf-Maximilian Prack (Alexander Öztürk) : 1

 

CONTRACT ARRIVALS:
Francisco Medina (Maximilian von Altenburg) [01/04/2018] (3rd return)

 

CONTRACT DEPARTURES:
Daniel Buder (Vincent Thalbach) [02/26/2018]
Francisco Medina (Maximilian von Altenburg) [04/30/2018] (4th departure)

 

Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten

A total of 22 episodes aired this month.
No new episodes on 05/01/2018 (= Labor Day), 05/10/2018 (= Ascension Day) and 05/21/2018 (= Whit Monday)

Episodes #6515, #6516 and #6517 aired on the same day as a 90-minutes primetime special.
The special only had one combined closing credit, so everyone who appeared in the special received a triple credit in this chart.
The following actors appeared in the special: Fehlow, von Jascheroff, Kazavi, Löhr, Meilinger, Menden, Osterloh, Rodekirchen, Runge, Schlönvoigt, Senol, Steen, Van Deventer, Wedig, Woitack, Heinrich.

 

Who's who? http://www.soapsworld.de/gute-zeiten-schlechte-zeiten-gzsz/besetzung

 

01. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) : 18
*** Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 18
03. Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann) : 16
*** Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 16
*** Lea Marlen Woitack (Sophie Lindh) : 16
06. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 15
*** Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann) : 15
*** Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter) : 15
*** Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld) : 15
*** Linda Marlen Runge (Anni Brehme) : 15
11. Clemens Löhr (Alexander Cöster) : 14
*** Anne Menden (Emily Badak) : 14
*** Gamze Senol (Shirin Akinci) : 14
*** Jörn Schlönvoigt (Philip Höfer) : 14
15. Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann) : 13
16. Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche) : 11
*** Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Weber) : 11
*** Eric Stehfest (Chris Lehmann) : 11
*** Maria Wedig (Nina Ahrens) : 11
20. Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld) : 9
21. Maximilian Braun (Luis Ahrens) : 6
22. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger) : 5
23. Joana Schümer (Rosa Lehmann) : 4
*** Luisa Wietzorek (Miriam Althoff) : 4
25. Marcus Staiger (Stefan Wiedmann) : 3
*** Susanne Szell (Silke Wiedmann) : 3
27. Michaela Hanser (Lydia "Janani" Höfer) : 1 *

 

* Hanser last appeared as Emily and Philip's mother Janani in late 2013.

 

CONTRACT ARRIVALS:
Gamze Senol (Shirin Akinci) [02/22/2018] (recurring previously)

 

CONTRACT DEPARTURES:
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Episode Counts June 2018

 

Actor names in italics denote recurring roles or guest appearances.
One-shot characters do not appear in this list, even though they were listed in the closing credits.

 

Unter uns

 

A total of 21 episodes aired this month.

 

Who's who? http://www.soapsworld.de/unter-uns-uu/besetzung

 

01. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 18
*** Antonia Michalsky (Saskia Weigel) : 18
*** Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 18
04. Petra Blossey (Irene Weigel-Küpper) : 17
*** Nora Koppen (Elli Weigel) : 17
*** Luca Maric (Robert Küpper) : 17
07. Claudelle Deckert (Eva Wagner) : 16
*** Timothy Boldt (Ringo Beckmann) : 16
*** Kai Noll (Rufus Sturm) : 16
*** Lars Steinhöfel (Easy Winter) : 16
11. Benjamin Heinrich (Benno "Bambi" Hirschberger) : 15
*** Alexander Milo (Jakob Huber) : 15
*** Ben Ruedinger (Till Weigel) : 15
*** Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 15
15. Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 14
*** Astrid Leberti (Andrea Huber) : 14
17. Linda König (Larissa Huber) : 13
*** Milos Vukovic (Paco Weigel) : 13
19. Ramon Ademes (Roger Schmitz) : 9
20. Lena Klöber (Sarah Fuchs) : 5
21. Andrea Brix (Roswitha Küpper-Pütz) : 4
*** Cronis Karakassidis (Nikos Karadimas) : 4
*** Stefano Ligorio (Gianni Aurino) : 4
24. Mariella Simon (Lotta Sturm) : 3
25. Finn Luca Cramer (Noah Weigel) : 2
26. Laura Linke (Amelie Hirschberger) : 1

 

CONTRACT ARRIVALS:

Linda König (Larissa Huber) [04/10/2018]

 

CONTRACT DEPARTURES:
Tabea Heynig (Britta Sturm) [02/15/2018] (maternity leave)
Pauline Angert (Kay-C Schneider) [04/05/2018]

 

Final cliffhanger of June 2018: Sina acts as if nothing has happened after her husband Bambi has moved out.

 

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Alles was zählt

 

A total of 21 episodes aired this month.

 

Who's who? http://www.soapsworld.de/alles-was-zaehlt-awz/besetzung

 

01. Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Pachlhuber) : 20
02. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 18
*** Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Richard Steinkamp) : 18
04. Cheyenne Pahde (Marie Schmidt) : 16
05. Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) : 15
*** Heike Warmuth (Carmen Bauer) : 15
07. Julia Augustin (Dr. Vanessa Steinkamp) : 14
*** André Dietz (Ingo Zadek) : 14
*** Juliette Greco (Lena Öztürk) : 14
*** Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen (Jenny Steinkamp) : 14
*** Tanja Szewczenko (Diana Sommer) : 14
12. Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk) : 13
*** Christian Feist (Damian Steinkamp) : 13
14. Jörg Rohde (Ben Steinkamp) : 12
15. Franziska Benz (Michelle Bauer) : 11
*** Maike Johanna Reuter (Pauline Reusch) : 11
17. Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht) : 10
18. Roni Zorina (Ekaterina Osimowa) : 9
19. Lars Korten (Christoph Lukowski) : 7
*** Haydar Zorlu (Yüksel Öztürk) : 7
21. Marko Drylich (Ralf Rottmann) : 6
22. Jenny Laura Bischoff (Sonja Lenz) : 5
*** Vanessa Boritzka (Natascha Osimowa) : 5
24. Jana Klein (Conny Pfitzer) : 4
*** Maxwell Richter (Henchman Tom) : 4
26. Thomas Schumann (Sex Guest Jochen Möller) : 3
27. Marc Barthel (Justin Deller) : 2
*** Ralf-Maximilian Prack (Alexander Öztürk) : 2
29. Bela Klentze (Ronny Bergmann) : 0

 

CONTRACT ARRIVALS:
Francisco Medina (Maximilian von Altenburg) [01/04/2018] (3rd return)

 

CONTRACT DEPARTURES:
Daniel Buder (Vincent Thalbach) [02/26/2018]
Francisco Medina (Maximilian von Altenburg) [04/30/2018] (4th departure)

 

Final cliffhanger of June 2018: Isabelle has found Pauline's earring in Damian's pocket. She begins to cry, but then she regains her strength and whispers "You'll regret this".

 

 

Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten

 

A total of 21 episodes aired this month.

 

Who's who? http://www.soapsworld.de/gute-zeiten-schlechte-zeiten-gzsz/besetzung

 

01. Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter) : 19
02. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger) : 17
03. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) : 16
*** Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 16
*** Jörn Schlönvoigt (Dr. Philip Höfer) : 16
06. Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann) : 15
*** Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld) : 15
08. Anne Menden (Emily Badak) : 14
*** Linda Marlen Runge (Anni Brehme) : 14
10. Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld) : 13
*** Clemens Löhr (Alexander Cöster) : 13
*** Gamze Senol (Shirin Akinci) : 13
*** Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 13
*** Maria Wedig (Nina Ahrens) : 13
*** Lea Marlen Woitack (Sophie Lindh) : 13
16. Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann) : 12
17. Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Weber) : 11
18. Maximilian Braun (Luis Ahrens) : 10
19. Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann) : 9
20. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 8
21. Eric Stehfest (Chris Lehmann) : 4
22. Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche) : 3
*** Mirya Kalmuth (Sandra Kramer) : 3
24. Luisa Wietzorek (Miriam Althoff) : 2

 

CONTRACT ARRIVALS:
Gamze Senol (Shirin Akinci) [02/22/2018] (recurring previously)

 

CONTRACT DEPARTURES:
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Final cliffhanger of June 2018: At the hospital, Philip has stolen Felix's cell phone to gather some information about his illegal activities. Naturally, Felix catches him red-handed.

 

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After five years, Linda Marlen Runge is leaving GZSZ later this summer. The actress joined the cast in August 2013 as Anni Brehme, a tough and sharp-tongued woman who quickly turned out to be a lesbian. After a one-night-stand with her new roommate Pia, Anni set her sights on Jasmin Flemming. The very popular couple broke up in 2015, but got together in 2017 until Jasmin left Berlin to focus on her career as a fashion designer. In 2016, Anni was jealous when Jasmin started Frederic Riefflin – who later turned out to be Jasmin's biological father. When Frederic was accidentially murdered by Maren, Anni was also involved in the case as she helped Katrin and Maren to get rid of the corpse. Earlier this year, Anni became Katrin's new personal assistant. It wasn't long before both women realized their attraction for one another. The big problem: Katrin is Jasmin's mother.

 

Anni's exit will definitely leave a huge void. She's really been a great character, maybe even one of the best GZSZ ever had.

 

French promo for GZSZ:

 

 

[Huntress]

After all the hype that GZSZ received in recent weeks, UU and AWZ are finally getting some love from RTL as well.

 

AWZ celebrates its 3000th episode (and 12th anniversary) on August 15th, 2018.

 

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Official synopsis for #3000: While Deniz (Igor Dolgatschew) is looking forward to leading Jenny (Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen) to the altar, Jenny is in severe danger. Meanwhile, Ben (Jörg Rohde) is unaware of Ekaterina (Roni Zorina) being blackmailed by Rottmann (Marko Drylich). Ekaterina wants to sacrifice herself for Jenny. When Ben eventually learns of Ekaterina's plan, it may be too late. In the meantime, the  preparations for the wedding run at full speed. While the guests are arriving, a catastrophe is looming...

 

Meanwhile, UU is repeating a successful formula: Family vs. Family.

 

 

The backstory: After a heated argument with her parents Benedit (Jens Hajek) and Andrea (Astrid Leberti), Larissa Huber (Linda König) speeds off in her car – and has a hit and run accident. Instead of going to the police, the Hubers contrive a scheme: In order to protect their daughter, they try to cover up the whole incident and try to sabotage police investigations.

The Hubers don't even care about the fact that neighbor Ute Kiefer (Isabell Hertel), who is the first to find the victim, is blamed for the accident and is subsequently taken into police custody. When child protective servicess take charge of Ute's daughter Maja, Ute's ex-husband Till Weigel (Ben Ruedinger) tries to interfere: He wants to take the blame in order to protect Ute, the mother of two of his children. Till believes that due to confessing he will only receive a mild punishment – but he's wrong. Instead of Ute, Till goes to prison. The Hubers are watching from the outside as the patchwork family consisting of Ute, Till, Eva (Claudelle Deckert) and their children is heading for disaster...

Edited July 24, 2018 by Huntress

[Huntress]

Wedding Madness!

 

On AWZ, Jenny Steinkamp and Deniz Öztürk tie the knot on August 15th, 2018. This is Jenny's 5th marriage: Her ex-husbands include Julian Herzog (2006, divorced), Dr. Axel Steinkamp-Schwarz (2008, divorced), Officer Erik Schulte (2015, widowed), and Veit Hartmann (2016, divorced). Marriage #1 happened with original performer Christiane Klimt in the role, and marriage #2 with Silvia Maleen in the role.

 

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The Steinkamp Clan 2018

From left to right:

Father of the Groom: Marian Öztürk (Sam Eisenstein, original cast member)
Cousin of the Bride: Damian Steinkamp (Christian Feist, 2017-present)
Damian's current girlfriend, Ben's and Richard's ex-wife, Jenny's nemesis: Isabelle Reichenbach Steinkamp Pachlhuber (Ania Niedieck, 2010-present)
Brother-in-law of the Bride: Christoph Lukowski (Lars Korten, 2015-present)
Sister of the Bride: Dr. Vanessa Steinkamp Lukowski (Julia Augustin, original cast member)
The Groom: Deniz Öztürk (Igor Dolgatschew, 2007-present)
The Bride: Jenny Steinkamp Herzog Schwarz Schulte Hartmann Öztürk #4 (Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen, 2011-present)
Mother of the Bride: Simone von Altenburg Steinkamp (Tatjana Clasing, original cast member)
Father of the Bride: Richard Steinkamp (Silvan-Pierre Leirich, original cast member)
Half-brother of the Bride: Ben Roschinski Steinkamp #2 (Jörg Rohde, 2009-present)
Ben's wife: Ekaterina Osimowa Steinkamp (Roni Zorina, 2018-present, recurring)
Housekeeper: Frau Renate Scholz (Ingeborg Brings, original cast member, recurring)

Children: Annabelle Steinkamp (Jenny's daughter with David M. Degen) and Henry Steinkamp (Vanessa and Christoph's son)

 

Family members no longer on the show were apparently not invited to the wedding

 

On GZSZ, Emily Höfer Badak (Anne Menden) and Paul Wiedmann (Niklas Osterloh) get married on August 8th, 2018. This is Emily's second wedding: She previously married Tayfun Badak in 2014 (which ended in divorce). Tuner (Thomas Drechsel) and Sophie (Lea Marlen Woitack) are Paul and Emily's witnesses.