German soaps: GZSZ, UU & AWZ

[Huntress]

GZSZ Episode Counts from 2020

 

January 2020

Total Episodes: 22

 

01. Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche): 16

*** Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens): 16

03. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming): 15

*** Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode Gerner): 15

05. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno): 14

*** Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter): 14

*** Gamze Senol (Shirin Akinci): 14

08. Anne Menden (Emily Höfer Badak Wiedmann): 13

*** Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann): 13

10. Clemens Löhr (Alexander Cöster): 12

*** Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld): 12

*** Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld): 12

*** Annabella Zetsch (Brenda Schubert): 12

14. Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann): 11

*** Nils Schulz (Robert Klee): 11

16. Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney): 10

*** Maria Wedig (Nina Ahrens Klee): 10

18. Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann): 9

*** Jörn Schlönvoigt (Dr. Philip Höfer): 9

20. Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld): 8

21. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner): 7

*** Joey ??? (Oskar Moreno): 7

23. Charlott Reschke (Johanna Gerner): 4

24. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger): 2

*** Ronja Herberich (Merle Kramer): 2

*** Emilia Klauk (Kate Wiedmann): 2

 

February 2020

Total Episodes: 20

 

01. Maria Wedig (Nina Ahrens Klee): 19

02. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno): 17

03. Clemens Löhr (Alexander Cöster): 13

04. Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter): 12

*** Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld): 12

*** Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode Gerner): 12

07. Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche): 11

*** Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens): 11

*** Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann): 11

*** Nils Schulz (Robert Klee): 11

*** Gamze Senol (Shirin Akinci): 11

12. Jörn Schlönvoigt (Dr. Philip Höfer): 10

13. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner): 9

*** Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger): 9

*** Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming): 9

*** Anne Menden (Emily Höfer Badak Wiedmann): 9

*** Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld): 9

*** Annabella Zetsch (Brenda Schubert): 9

19. Ronja Herberich (Merle Kramer): 8

*** Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann): 8

21. Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney): 7

22. Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld): 6

23. Aaron Thiel (Frederik Funke): 4

24. Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann): 3

25. Charlott Reschke (Johanna Gerner): 2

*** Joey ??? (Oskar Moreno): 1

*** Joana Schümer (Rosa Lehmann): 1

 

March 2020

Total Episodes: 22

 

01. Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld): 17

02. Maria Wedig (Nina Ahrens Klee): 16

03. Anne Menden (Emily Höfer Badak Wiedmann): 15

04. Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche): 14

*** Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld): 14

06. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming): 13

*** Ronja Herberich (Merle Kramer): 13

*** Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens): 13

*** Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann): 13

10. Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann): 12

*** Clemens Löhr (Alexander Cöster): 12

*** Gamze Senol (Shirin Akinci): 12

13. Jörn Schlönvoigt (Dr. Philip Höfer): 11

*** Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode Gerner): 11

15. Emilia Klauk (Kate Wiedmann): 10

*** Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld): 10

*** Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney): 10

18. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner): 9

*** Thomas Drechsel (Tuner Krüger): 9

20. Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter): 8

*** Aaron Thiel (Frederik Funke): 8

22. Nils Schulz (Robert Klee): 7

*** Annabella Zetsch (Brenda Schubert): 6

24. Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann): 5

*** Joana Schümer (Rosa Lehmann): 5

26. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno): 4

27. Vildan Cirpan (Dr. Nazan Akinci): 3

28. Charlott Reschke (Johanna Gerner): 2

*** Joey ??? (Oskar Moreno): 2

30. Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann): 0

 

April 2020

Total Episodes: 22

 

01. Maria Wedig (Nina Ahrens Klee): 20

02. Clemens Löhr (Alexander Cöster): 17

03. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming): 14

*** Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche): 14

*** Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld): 14

06. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner): 13

*** Anne Menden (Emily Höfer Badak Wiedmann): 13

*** Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney): 13

09. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno): 12

*** Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens): 12

*** Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann): 12

*** Nils Schulz (Robert Klee): 12

13. Gamze Senol (Shirin Akinci): 11

*** Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode Gerner): 11

15. Ronja Herberich (Merle Kramer): 10

16. Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld): 9

*** Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann): 9

*** Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger): 9

*** Annabella Zetsch (Brenda Schubert): 9

20. Vildan Cirpan (Dr. Nazan Akinci): 8

*** Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter): 8

*** Jörn Schlönvoigt (Dr. Philip Höfer): 8

*** Aaron Thiel (Frederik Funke): 8

24. Joey ??? (Oskar Moreno): 4

*** Livia Gaiser (Leyla Akinci) 4

26. Emilia Klauk (Kate Wiedmann): 3

*** Joana Schümer (Rosa Lehmann): 3

28. Charlott Reschke (Johanna Gerner): 2

29. Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann): 0

*** Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld): 0

 

May 2020

Total Episodes: 17 regular episodes + 2 special episodes (self-contained episodes due to coronavirus)

 

01. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner): 13

*** Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney): 13

03. Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld): 12

*** Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno): 12

*** Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens): 12

*** Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter): 12

*** Maria Wedig (Nina Ahrens Klee): 12

08. Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche): 11

*** Anne Menden (Emily Höfer Badak Wiedmann): 11

10. Ronja Herberich (Merle Kramer): 10

*** Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann): 10

12. Vildan Cirpan (Dr. Nazan Akinci): 9

*** Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann): 9

*** Clemens Löhr (Alexander Cöster): 9

*** Jörn Schlönvoigt (Dr. Philip Höfer): 9

*** Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode Gerner): 9

17. Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld): 8

*** Nils Schulz (Robert Klee): 8

*** Gamze Senol (Shirin Akinci): 8

20. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming): 7

*** Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld): 7

*** Aaron Thiel (Frederik Funke): 7

*** Annabella Zetsch (Brenda Schubert): 7

24. Livia Gaiser (Leyla Akinci): 5

*** Emilia Klauk (Kate Wiedmann): 5

26. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger): 3

27. Joana Schümer (Rosa Lehmann): 2

28. Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann): 1

*** Charlott Reschke (Johanna Gerner): 1

 

Episode Totals of the Contract Cast

 

01. Maria Wedig (Nina Ahrens Klee): 77

02. Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche): 66

03. Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens): 64

04. Clemens Löhr (Alexander Cöster): 63

05. Anne Menden (Emily Höfer Badak Wiedmann): 61 

06. Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld): 60

07. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno): 59

08. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming): 58

09. Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode Gerner): 57

10. Gamze Senol (Shirin Akinci): 56

11. Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter): 54

12. Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney): 53

13. Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld): 52

14. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner): 51

*** Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann): 51

16. Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann): 49

*** Nils Schulz (Robert Klee): 49

18. Jörn Schlönvoigt (Dr. Philip Höfer): 47

19. Ronja Herberich (Merle Kramer): 43

*** Annabella Zetsch (Brenda Schubert): 43

21. Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld): 38

22. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger): 32

23. Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann): 26

24. Vildan Cirpan (Dr. Nazan Akinci): 20

 

CONTRACT DEPARTURES:
– none –

 

CONTRACT ARRIVALS:

Ronja Herberich (Merle Kramer) [01/30/2020]

Vildan Cirpan (Dr. Nazan Akinci) [03/26/2020]

Edited March 26, 2021 by Huntress

[Skylover]

Thanks @Huntress. I've been watching the show regularly. I love Katrin/Jo/Yvonne. I'm not keen on Erik as his German is hard to understand, but everyone else is clear as day. Have the post-pandemic episodes begun to air now? I saw an episode the other day which mostly focused on Jo and Maren's partner reminiscing about the past? The attempted rape storyline with Emily is good, she's one of my favourite characters. I quite like Paul too.

[Huntress]

Erik speaks with a Berlin dialect (called "Berlinerisch"), that's why his pronounciation is different. German has a lot of different dialects (up to 250 according to linguists), but on television you usually only hear Standard German. The actress who plays Toni for example is Austrian, but you can't hear a single trace of an Austrian accent when she speaks.

 

When a character speaks with a certain dialect, it is normally used to emphasize that this character comes from a different background or social class as most dialects are tainted with stereotypes (Bavarian = conservative, Swabian = annoying, Northern = relaxed, Saxon = poor, Ruhr Valley = white trash etc.).  I think it's the same with English and its accents 

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Tuner also speaks with a Berlin dialect, but his dialect has been toned down over the years. Katrin originally comes from the Ruhr Valley area and her mother Irene spoke with a strong Ruhr Valley dialect, highlighting that she was poor and vulgar. The Turkish characters usually speak Standard German, but there was also a character named Mesut – he left in 2017 – who spoke like a chav and was usually perceived as dim-witted (he was mostly used as a comic relief).

 

 

GZSZ only stopped filming for a week or two, so they filmed 4 extra episodes which are filled with flashbacks. The first one featured Jo and Alex, the second one is about Erik's past, the third one focuses on Emily and Lilly, and the fourth one airs at the end of June.

[Skylover]

Thanks for the info. 

 

 

I don't watch Coronation Street, Emmerdale or Hollyoaks because of the Northern accents. The Australian accents of Neighbours and Home and Away, and the London accent of EastEnders are all closer to the language where I come from. I find there is a significant cultural difference with the Northern shows. I have wondered about German dialects/accents. I know there are huge differences between Swiss and Austrian German to standard German. Is there much difference in your opinion between German in Hessen/Frankfurt area to the rest of the country? That's where I used to live.

 

I put on UU and AWZ at the weekend but didn't like them as much as GZSZ.

Edited May 25, 2020 by Skylover

[Huntress]

Regarding dialects, everyone is able to speak and understand Standard German, but you can usually recognize where somebody comes from based on their accent and the vocabulary they use. Many people these days don't speak a true dialect, but rather a "regiolect", meaning they speak Standard German mixed with regional vocabulary and a slight accent.

 

A bread roll is a "das Brötchen" in Standard German and most western and northern dialects, but in Swabian it's called "das Weck", in Berlin it's called "die Schrippe" and in Bavarian it's called "die Semmel". In the last two cases, the word even has a different gender.

 

Instead of saying for example "Entschuldigung, ich habe das nicht gewusst" (Sorry, I did not know that), Erik on GZSZ would say "Tschuldjung, ick hab dit nich jewusst".

 

Most Germans can't understand Swiss German, and on tv it's often subtitled. They also have different dialects in Switzerland (and in Austria as well).

 

For Frankfurt/Hessian dialects, I'd say they sound like they're a bit lazy, slurring their consonants and dropping word endings (like the "n" at the end of a verb).

 

The guy in this video demonstrates 8 dialect groups: Northern, Saxon, Swabian, Bavarian, Kölsch, Austrian, Swiss, Franconian.
He reads a text in Standard German, but speaks with typical accents for these dialect groups, so the vocabulary is the same as in Standard German but the pronounciation and intonation differs vastly.

 

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Back on topic... GZSZ will introduce a new contract role in June: 21-year-old actor Lennart Borchert joins the cast as Moritz, who is Yvonne's son and Laura's brother. From 2018 to 2019, Borchert starred on the short-lived soap "Alles oder Nichts".

Edited May 26, 2020 by Huntress

[Skylover]

 

I saw this - I've stalked him on Instagram and he's hot

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Thanks! That's fascinating.

[Huntress]

Some more statistics...

 

GZSZ Episode Counts for 2019

Total episodes: 251

 

01. Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney): 156

02. Gamze Senol (Shirin Akinci): 153

03. Maria Wedig (Nina Ahrens): 152

04. Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann): 149

05. Anne Menden (Emily Höfer Badak Wiedmann): 142

06. Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld): 139

07. Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens): 138

*** Jörn Schlönvoigt (Dr. Philip Höfer): 138

09. Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann): 133

*** Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode): 133

 

11. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger): 131

12. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner): 126

13. Clemens Löhr (Alexander Cöster): 121

14. Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Weber Lehmann): 119

*** Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann): 118

16. Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter): 116

17. Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld): 112

18. Nils Schulz (Robert Klee): 105

19. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming): 100

20. Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld): 81

 

21. Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche): 80

22. Maximilian Braun (Luis Ahrens): 53

23. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno): 49

24. Annabella Zetsch (Brenda Schubert): 41

25. Eric Stehfest (Chris Lehmann): 33

26. Lea Marlen Woitack (Sophie Lindh Moreno): 23

 

CONTRACT DEPARTURES

Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) [02/01/2019]

Lea Marlen Woitack (Sophie Lindh Moreno) [02/27/2019]

Eric Stehfest (Chris Lehmann) [03/13/2019]

Maximilian Braun (Luis Ahrens) [06/07/2019]

Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Weber Lehmann) [10/08/2019] [maternity leave]

 

CONTRACT ARRIVALS
Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) [01/29/2019]
Nils Schulz (Robert Klee) [03/22/2019]
Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche) [05/01/2019]

Annabella Zetsch (Brenda Schubert) [09/03/2019]

Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) [10/17/2019]

[Huntress]

Regarding the 4 departures from GZSZ, Robert (Nils Schulz) last aired earlier this week.
Brenda (Annabella Zetsch) apparently last airs on July 4th. Both Robert and Brenda move to South Africa.

In today's episode, Alexander (Clemens Löhr) is killed off. He tries to interfere when Shirin has a heated argument with a stranger. By accident, Alex is pushed onto the street and is immediately hit by a truck.
Shirin (Gamze Senol), who is semi-responsible for Alexander's death, leaves town in the middle of July in the dead of night.

 

In a rather strange move, GZSZ receives a new spin-off series that focuses on the character of Sunny Richter (played by Valentina Pahde since 2015). The new series is called "SUNNY – Wer bist du wirklich?" ("SUNNY – Who Are You Really?") and will be produced for TVNOW as a web series, consisting of 20 episodes. Filming will begin next month. In the show's storyline, Sunny departs Berlin and moves to Munich, where she takes a masterclass in photography. There she will be involved in a murder mystery (or something like that).

 

Meanwhile, AWZ has added two new contract roles: Jasmin Minz plays Kim Bremer, a woman from Ben's past; and Matthias Brüggenolte plays Justus Albrecht, Finn's older brother.
Former UU and VL regular Verena Zimmermann currently plays a police officer who's investigating in the murder of Niclas Nadolny.

[Huntress]

OMG.

 

As we all remember, "Verbotene Liebe" was canceled by ARD in 2015 after running for 20 years, but now TVNOW wants to resurrect the soap on its streaming platform. TVNOW has been streaming VL from the beginning and they are reportedly very pleased with the numbers. Let's see how this will turn out.

 

ETA: RTL just confirmed it: https://www.rtl.de/cms/serien-hammer-verbotene-liebe-kommt-zurueck-4563439.html
Filming will begin later this year.

Edited June 19, 2020 by Huntress

[DRW50]

 

I wonder if they will bring Olli back. 

 

 

What do you think of Sunny?

[Skylover]

 

Has he arrived yet?

[Huntress]

 

According to latest reports, the producers want to bring back several former cast members, and Jo Weil (Olli) was indeed mentioned as being high on the priority list.

 

 

Sunny was a bit overexposed for a while since GZSZ wanted her to be the show's poster girl, but she has been on the backburner for quite a while now. She's good in family scenes and as a best friend (for example for Emily and Lilly), but her own storylines have been hit and miss, especially that awful triangle with brothers Chris and Felix a few years ago. I guess the show doesn't really know what to do with Sunny anymore, but they don't want to lose the actress, so the spin-off might actually be a good idea to reform the character.

 

 

Moritz debuted on June 17th.

[DRW50]

Thanks for answering. I hope it works out.

[Skylover]

 

Thanks, I need to go and see this hottie in action! 

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[Skylover]

Alexander's death was brutal!!

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