German soaps: GZSZ, UU & AWZ

[Forever8]

Thanks!!! Keep us updated when possible!!! 

[Skylover]

 

That's good  I used to really dislike Jonas but he's grown on me quite a lot. He can be quite comical. Stupid Erik for faking the break in at W&L.

[Huntress]

While it's not a soap per se ... I just started binge-watching "Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo" (We, the Children of Berlin Zoo Station), an Amazon Original. The series is based on the 1978 autobiographical book and 1981 movie of the same name (the English title is "Christiane F.") and follows the lives of teenagers Christiane, Stella, Babsi, Alex, Benno and Michi in West Berlin in the 1970s. They all come from broken homes and descend into a downward spiral with drugs, prostitution, rape, murder etc. The show is quite disturbing, but also very moving and it has some good acting.

 

 

Edited February 19, 2021 by Huntress

[Skylover]

Thanks Huntress, I might watch that.

 

I had to laugh when Moritz was sick from smoking a cigar. Up to this point we've been led to believe he's this quite street-wise lad, so that storyline felt a bit at odds with his character.

[Huntress]

 

I guess they originally had different plans for Moritz including a "real" relationship with another guy, but had to change storylines due to Covid-19. When he joined the show, he was supposed to "turn a straight guy's head". So now he's kind of floating around with no strong ties to any of the other younger characters.

 

It was the same on AWZ last year ... they had to abruptly stop the Chiara/Ina relationship because they couldn't film intimate scenes between the two actresses and they wanted to tell the story differently. While Chiara was still used in the figure-skating storylines, Ina was reduced to being a prop in her siblings' storylines. Fans of the couple were furious.

[Skylover]

 

I'm not that bothered about him not having a proper love interest yet. I think Moritz is a great character regardless, although it will be nice when they do get to that stage. I wonder if Nihat was the straight character they were going to explore that with?

[Huntress]

Episode Counts: February 2021

 

GZSZ
Total episodes: 20

 

01. Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann) : 15

02. Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) : 14

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

*** Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 13

*** Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter) : 13

06. Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode) : 12

*** Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Lehmann) : 12

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

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

*** Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney) : 12

11. Vildan Cirpan (Dr. Nazan Akinci) : 11

*** Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann) : 11

*** Anne Menden (Emily Wiedmann) : 11

*** Maria Wedig (Nina Klee) : 11

15. Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche) : 10

*** Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann) : 10

16. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) : 9

*** Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld) : 9

*** Birgit Würz (Patrizia Araya) : 9

19. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger) : 8

20. Jan Kittmann (Tobias Evers) : 7

21. Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens) : 6

22. Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld) : 5

*** Ronja Herberich (Merle Kramer) : 5

24. Lars Pape (Michael Bode) : 3

25. Charlott Reschke (Johanna Flemming) : 2

 

CONTRACT DEPARTURES:
– none –

 

CONTRACT ARRIVALS:

– none –

 

AWZ

Total episodes: 20

 

01. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 18

02. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht) : 17

*** Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Reichenbach) : 17

04. Lisandra Bardél (Malu Santos) : 16

*** Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Richard Steinkamp) : 16

07. Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) : 15

*** Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk) : 15

09. Berrit Arnold (Daniela Bremer) : 14

*** Cheyenne Pahde (Marie Schmidt) : 14

*** Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler) : 14

12. Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny) : 13

*** Christopher Kohn (Finn Albrecht) : 13

*** Jasmin Minz (Kim Bremer) : 13

*** Tijan Nije (Moritz Brunner) : 13

*** Jörg Rohde (Ben Steinkamp) : 13

17. Dominik Flade (Yannick Ziegler) : 11

18. Franziska van der Heide (Ina Ziegler) : 10

19. Lars Korten (Christoph Lukowski) : 8

*** Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen (Jenny Steinkamp) : 8

21. Folke Paulsen (Georg Albrecht) : 6

22. Pingting Zang (Naoko Takano) : 5

23. Julia Augustin (Dr. Vanessa Steinkamp) : 4

*** Felix Gibert (Henry Steinkamp) : 4

 

 

CONTRACT DEPARTURES:
– none –

 

CONTRACT ARRIVALS:

Suri Abbassi (Leyla Öztürk) – 03/15/2021 [upcoming]

Barbara Prakopenka (Greta Voss) – 03/??/2021 [upcoming]

 

UU

Total episodes: 20

 

01. Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 16

02. Alexander Milo (Jakob Huber) : 15

*** Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 15

*** Isabel Vollmer (Monika Huber) : 15

*** Milos Vukovic (Paco Weigel) : 15

06. Sharon Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler) : 14

*** Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 14

*** Benjamin Heinrich (Benno "Bambi" Hirschberger) : 14

*** Tabea Heynig (Britta Schönfeld) : 14

10. Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 13

11. Isabelle Geiss (Nika Färber) : 12

*** Jakob Graf (Luke Färber) : 12

*** Yannik Meyer (Conor Weigel) : 12

*** Antonia Michalsky (Saskia Weigel) : 12

15. Timothy Boldt (Ringo Beckmann) : 11

*** Andrea Brix (Roswitha Küpper-Pütz) : 11

*** Constantin Lücke (Till Weigel) : 11

18. Akeem van Flodrop (Theo Wolters) : 10

19. Luca Maric (Robert Küpper) : 9

*** Jonathan Elias Weiske (Sebastian Hoffmann) : 9

21. Claudelle Deckert (Eva Wagner) : 8

22. Lars Steinhöfel (Ingo "Easy" Winter) : 7

*** Kayden (Aaron Weigel) : 7

24. Sophia Gül (Amelie Hirschberger) : 6

*** Matthias Paul (Anton Hoffmann) 6

26. Josephine Becker (Leni Weigel) : 4

*** Paul Eilert (Julius Engel) : 4

*** Lena Klöber (Sarah Fuchs) : 4

29. Finn Luca Cramer (Noah Weigel) : 3

*** Lea Ermel (Maja Kiefer) : 2

31. Roger Schmitz (Ramon Ademes) : 2

 

 

CONTRACT DEPARTURES:
Josephine Becker (Leni Weigel) – 02/04/2021

Antonia Michalsky (Saskia Weigel) – 03/10/2021 [upcoming]

 

CONTRACT ARRIVALS:

Jan Ammann (Chris Weigel) – 03/15/2021 [upcoming]
Nina Weisz (Corinna Weigel) – 03/15/2021 [upcoming]

[Huntress]

So, the mysterious stalker who kidnapped the children of Schillerallee 10 during UU's event week was indeed Rolf Jäger, the show's resident lunatic. Presumed dead after driving his motorcycle into a canyon in 2016, he returned to wreak new havoc. The character was again played by Stefan Franz who was on contract from 2002 to 2013 and again from 2014 to 2016. It's still unclear if he'll return fulltime.

 

On GZSZ, contract star Ronja Herberich departs the show this spring. She was introduced as Erik's teenage daughter Merle in January 2020. She was in a relationship with Jonas and became pregnant. Eventually, she had an abortion (which was a very controversial story). Since then, Merle has been on the backburner, so her exit doesn't come as a surprise. 

 

Flashback: GZSZ Episode count December 1996
Total episodes: 18

01. Daniel Enzweiler (Jörg Reuter) : 18
02. Angela Neumann (Vera Richter) : 17
*** Raphael Schneider (Andy Lehmann) : 17
04. Kea Könneker (Chrissie Lehmann) : 16
*** Claudia Weiske (Elke Opitz-Graf) : 16
06. Anne Brendler (Vanessa Moreno) : 15
*** Nadine Dehmel (Nataly Jäger) : 15
*** Rhea Harder (Flo Spira) : 15
*** Raphael Vogt (Nico Weimershaus) : 15
10. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 14
*** Hans Christiani (A.R. Daniel) : 14
*** Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) : 14
*** Lisa Riecken (Elisabeth Meinhart) : 14

14. Ralf Benson (Fabian Moreno) : 11
15. Manfred Callsen (Dr. Rainer Falck) : 10
16. Maren Thurm (Barbara Graf) : 9
17. Claudio Maniscalco (Felix Reinecke) : 8
18. Hans Klima (Kommissar Arndt Oliver) : 6
*** Alexandra Neldel (Katja Wettstein) : 6
20. Julian Scheunemann (Charlie Fierek) : 5

21. Roland Boecker (Volker Wettstein) : 4
*** Regina Lorenz (Sophie von Strehlow) : 4
23. Ana Fonell (Mrs. Siepermann) : 3
24. Yasmina Bohlen Filali (Yasmin Hüttermann, Sophie's friend) : 2
*** Dietmar Irmer (Pastor Schulenburg, priest) : 2
*** Wolfgang Lohse (Erwin Blohm, employee of "Der kleine Graf" ) : 2
*** Werner Schuster (Manni Fürst, reporter at "Morgenecho" ) : 2
*** Marlene Tackenberg (Jazzy, member of pop group "Tic Tac Toe") : 2
*** Ricarda Wältken (Ricky, member of pop group"Tic Tac Toe") : 2
*** Liane Wiegelmann (Lee, member of pop group "Tic Tac Toe" ) : 2
31. April de Luca (Franziska Moretti, madam) : 1
32. Frank-Thomas Mende (Clemens Richter) : 0

[DRW50]

 

Guiding Light did a similar story to the above - I hope this one was less of a trainwreck.

 

Why was the abortion story controversial? Her age? Or just the abortion element?

 

Thanks for the updates. I hope you are doing well.

[Huntress]

 

Yes to both reasons. There are enough conservative people who openly speak out against abortions, and on GZSZ, it was only the second time that a character had an abortion – in almost 30 years (the first one was Milla Engel in 1995).

 

In case anyone remembers Thore Schölermann, one half of the popular "Chrolli" couple from VL, he took part in the 4th season of "The Masked Singer Germany" and finished in 5th place. Schölermann posed as the purple-colored "Monstronaut", the cheeky child of the "Astronaut" and the "Monster", two costumes that took part in an earlier season.

Songs he sang were: "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga, "When You Were Young" by The Killers, "T.N.T." by AC/DC, "Can't Stop"/"Give It Away" by The Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Careless Whisper" by George Michael, "Bad Boy for Life" by Diddy, and "School's Out" by Alice Cooper.
Since leaving his acting career behind, Schölermann has been a tv host, known for presenting "taff", "The Voice of Germany", "The Voice Kids" and other shows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 26, 2021 by Huntress

[DRW50]

Fascinating update. I hope that show has less awful judges than the American versions.

 

I wonder if he will pop up on the VL revival.

[Huntress]

 

I don't think he will – in the first season, they brought back Olli, Clarissa, Charlie, Ansgar, Carla and eventually Tanja. It's unclear if there'll be a second season.

 

Episode Counts March 2021

 

GZSZ

Total episodes: 23

 

01. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 16
*** Maria Wedig (Nina Klee) : 16
*** Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld) : 16
*** Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) : 16
05. Jan Kittmann (Tobias Evers) : 15
*** Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney) : 15
07. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 14
*** Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld) : 14
*** Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann) : 14
*** Jörn Schlönvoigt (Dr. Philip Höfer) : 14
11. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) : 13
*** Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 13
13. Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode) : 12
*** Diana Staehly (Melanie Evers) : 12
15. Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann) : 10
*** Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann) : 10
17. Vildan Cirpan (Nazan Akinci) : 9
*** Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche) : 9
*** Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Lehmann) : 9
*** Anne Menden (Emily Wiedmann) : 9
21. Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens) : 8
22. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger) : 7
*** Ronja Herberich (Merle Kramer) : 7
*** Lars Pape (Michael Bode) : 7
25. Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter) : 6
26. Joana Schümer (Rosa Lehmann) : 4
27. Zoé Baillieu (Kate Wiedmann): 2

 

AWZ

Total Episodes: 23

 

01. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht) : 19
*** Franziska van der Heide (Ina Ziegler) : 19
03. Jasmin Minz (Kim Bremer) : 18
*** Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler) : 18
05. Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk) : 17
*** Christopher Kohn (Finn Albrecht) : 17
07. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 16
*** Dominik Flade (Yannick Ziegler) : 16
*** Lars Korten (Christoph Lukowski) : 16
*** Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Reichenbach) : 16
11. Lisandra Bardél (Malu Santos) : 14
*** Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Richard Steinkamp) : 14
*** Tijan Nije (Moritz Brunner) : 14
*** Jörg Rohde (Ben Steinkamp) : 14
*** Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen (Jenny Steinkamp) : 14
16. Suri Abbassi (Leyla Öztürk) : 11
*** Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) : 11
*** Cheyenne Pahde (Marie Schmidt) : 11
19. Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny) : 9
20. Folke Paulsen (Georg Albrecht) : 7
21. Berrit Arnold (Daniela Bremer) : 5
22. Barbara Prakopenka (Greta Voss) : 3
23. Ingeborg Brings (Frau Renate Scholz) : 1
24. Julia Augustin (Vanessa Steinkamp) : 0

 

UU

Total Episodes: 23

 

01. Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 22
02. Timothy Boldt (Ringo Beckmann) : 19
*** Jakob Graf (Luke Färber) : 19
*** Benjamin Heinrich (Benno "Bambi" Hirschberger) : 19
*** Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 19
06. Constantin Lücke (Till Weigel) : 18
07. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 16
08. Sharon Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler) : 14
*** Lars Steinhöfel (Ingo "Easy" Winter) : 14
10. Isabelle Geiss (Nika Färber) : 13
*** Alexander Milo (Jakob Huber) : 13
*** Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 13
*** Milos Vukovic (Paco Weigel) : 13
*** Nina Weisz (Corinna Weigel) : 13
15. Jan Ammann (Chris Weigel) : 12
*** Claudelle Deckert (Eva Wagner) : 11
*** Yannik Meyer (Conor Weigel) : 11
18. Paul Eilert (Julius Engel) : 9
*** Sophia Gül (Amelie Hirschberger) : 9
*** Isabel Vollmer (Monika Huber) : 9
21. Luca Maric (Robert Küpper) : 8
22. Tabea Heynig (Britta Schönfeld) : 7
*** Matthias Paul (Anton Hoffmann) : 7
24. Andrea Brix (Roswitha Küpper-Pütz) : 6
*** Lea Ermel (Maja Kiefer) : 6
*** Akeem van Flodrop (Theo Wolters) : 6
27. Finn Luca Cramer (Noah Weigel) : 5
*** Carina Koller (Cecilia Weigel) : 5
29. Jashan Gupta (Matteo Weigel) : 4
*** Stefan Franz (Rolf Jäger) : 4
*** Antonia Michalsky (Saskia Weigel) : 4
32. Ramon Ademes (Roger Schmitz) : 3
33. Lena Klöber (Sarah Fuchs) : 2
34. Jonathan Elias Weiske (Sebastian Hoffmann) : 1

 

Episode Counts 1996

 

GZSZ

Total episodes: 248

 

It was a year of change for GZSZ: Of the 18 contract cast members that were on the show in January, only 8 of them were still part of the cast in December: Original characters Clemens, Vera, Elisabeth, Daniel and Elke plus Jo, Charlie and Andy. Everyone else departed the show for various reasons: Some actors wanted to pursue primetime gigs, others were reportedly only taking a break – but eventually never returned. The voids were filled with a bunch of newbies who were gradually upgraded to contract roles. During the summer months, the show only had 14 contract roles, compared to 22 to 24 which has been the standard since the late 90s.

 

CONTRACT DEPARTURES:

Victoria Sturm (Milla Engel) – January (with 2 more appearances in March)
Alexander Kiersch (Patrick Graf) – January

Sali Landricina (Peter Becker #2) – January (short-term return)

Julia Gerke (Jenny Gruber) – January

Judith Gerke (Jessi Gruber) – January

Claudia Weiske (Elke Opitz-Graf) – February (maternity leave)

Irene Neuner (Dr. Rebecca Scheele) – March

Jan Sosniok (Tom Lehmann) – March

Andreas Elsholz (Heiko Richter) – April

Saskia Valencia (Saskia Rother) – May

Alexandra Finder (Kim Scheele) – June
Sandra Keller (Tina Zimmermann #1) – July

Norbert Hülm (Robert König) – November

 

CONTRACT ARRIVALS:

Maren Thurm (Barbara Graf #2) – February (recurring since January 1996)
Rhea Harder (Flo Spira) – April (recurring since January 1996)

Norbert Hülm (Robert König) – April (recurring since March 1995)

Ralf Benson (Fabian Moreno) – May (recurring since April 1996)
Anne Brendler (Vanessa Moreno) – May (recurring since April 1996)

Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) – May (recurring since April 1996)

Raphael Vogt (Nico Weimershaus) – May (recurring since March 1996)

Claudia Weiske (Elke Opitz-Graf) – September (return from maternity leave)

Nadine Dehmel (Nataly Jäger) – December (recurring since February 1996)

Daniel Enzweiler (Jörg Reuter) – December (recurring since May 1996)

Kea Könecker (Chrissie Lehmann) – December (recurring since July 1996)

 

01. Rhea Harder (Flo Spira) : 186
02. Hans Christiani (A.R. Daniel) : 184
03. Lisa Riecken (Elisabeth Meinhart) : 176
04. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 164
05. Raphael Schneider (Andy Lehmann) : 156
06. Julian Scheunemann (Charlie Fierek) : 145
07. Anne Brendler (Vanessa Moreno) : 140
08. Frank-Thomas Mende (Clemens Richter) : 139
09. Angela Neumann (Vera Richter) : 133
10. Raphael Vogt (Nico Weimershaus) : 131

 

11. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) : 130
12. Ralf Benson (Fabian Moreno) : 121
13. Maren Thurm (Barbara Graf #2) : 117
14. Nadine Dehmel (Nataly Jäger) : 112
15. Sandra Keller (Tina Zimmermann #1) : 103
16. Daniel Enzweiler (Jörg Reuter) : 102
17. Kea Könneker (Chrissie Lehmann) : 93
18. Norbert Hülm (Robert König) : 81
19. Claudia Weiske (Elke Opitz-Graf) : 71
20. Saskia Valencia (Saskia Rother) : 68

 

21. Gerd-Lukas Storzer (Götz von der Heyde, Gerner's henchman) : 64
22. Alexandra Finder (Kim Scheele) : 61
23. Andreas Elsholz (Heiko Richter) : 58
24. Jan Sosniok (Tom Lehmann) : 44
25. Claudio Maniscalco (Felix Reinecke, magician, Vanessa's first love) : 42
26. Nicole Dirks (Carolin Carnet, gossip reporter, Leon's affair) : 35
*** Rhoda Kaindl (Eva Reichel, Charlie's crazy aunt, murdered Lizzy) : 35
28. Mey Lan Chao (Harumi Shimizu, Japanese businesswoman, Tom's affair, Saskia's girlfriend) : 33
29. Irene Neuner (Dr. Rebecca Scheele) : 32
30. Regina Lorenz (Sophie von Strehlow, socialite, Charlie's girlfriend) : 31

 

31. Alexandra Neldel (Katja Wettstein) : 30
32. Manfred Callsen (Dr. Rainer Falck) : 29
*** Andreas Krätzig (Claudius Mohr, tax collector, Tina's affair, deceased) : 29
34. Roland Boecker (Volker Wettstein, drug lord, Katja's father, Elisabeth's affair) : 28
35. Hans Klima (Arndt Oliver, police officer) : 21
*** Joseph Rothmann (Benno Driese, Barbara's kidnapper) : 21
37. Andrea Günther (Britta Werder, Nataly's classmate, accused Jörg of molesting her) : 19
38. Joyce Prochnow (Melissa Becker, Peter's Australian wife, Elisabeth's daughter-in-law) : 15
39. Thomas Franz (Gottfried Wenzel, Carolin's boss, blackmailed Flo) : 13
*** Matthias Fuchs (Markus, member of pop group "Just Friends") : 13
*** Daniel Höferlin (Hoff, member of pop group "Just Friends") : 13
*** Anna Lübbecke (Lizzy Ehlers, Kim's best friend, murdered by Eva) : 13
*** Sabine Manke (Susanne, member of pop group "Just Friends") : 13

44. Alexander Kiersch (Patrick Graf) : 12
*** Viktor Neumann (Dr. Sonnemann, Gerner's lawyer) : 12
46. Julia Gerke (Jenny Gruber) : 11
*** Judith Gerke (Jessi Gruber) : 11
48. Kerstin Gold (Kommissarin Meier, police officer) : 11
*** Peter Hladik (Heinrich Rother, Saskia's father) : 11
*** Klaus Tilsner (Polizist Bause, police officer) : 11

 

51. Victoria Sturm (Milla Engel) : 10
*** Monica Gruber (Mrs. Wolgast, lawyer) : 10
*** Georg Leumer (Mr. Brandt, DA) : 10
*** Dietlind Stahl (Mrs. Ziegler, judge) : 10
55. Jessica Schulte am Hülse (Jessica, new member of pop group "Just Friends") : 9
56. Sali Landricina (Peter Becker #2) : 8
*** Markus Boestfleisch (Micky Menzel, owner of "King") : 8
*** Marina Erdmann (Dagmar Jäger, Nataly's mother) : 8
*** Peter Groeger (Richard Graf, Jo and Patrick's father) : 8
*** Wolfgang Lohse (Erwin Blohm, employee of "Der kleine Graf") : 8
*** Roberto Thoenelt (Arne Alberts, drug dealer) : 8
62. Maurice Jones (Cecil Pitt, Jenny and Jessi's biological father) : 7
*** Lena Lessing (Joanne Pitt, Jenny and Jessi's biological mother) : 7
*** Nadine Winster (Jeanette, guardian at "Villa Regenbogen") : 7
65. Ana Fonell (Annette Siepermann, member of teacher-parent association) : 6
*** Bärbel Röhl (Hilde Lehmann, Tom, Andy and Chrissie's mother) : 6
*** Werner Schuster (Manni Fürst, reporter at "Morgenecho") : 6
*** Giso Weissbach (Rudi Lehmann, Tom, Andy and Chrissie's father) : 6
*** Denise Zich (Daniela, former member of pop group "Just Friends") : 6
70. Sylvia Esch (Kate Popp, model) : 5
*** Dietmar Irmer (Pastor Schulenburg, priest) : 5
*** Niklas Zander (Mickey, child at "Villa Regenbogen") : 5

Edited April 7, 2021 by Huntress

[Huntress]

Episode Counts April 2021

 

GZSZ

Total episodes: 20

 

01. Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode): 17

02. Vildan Cirpan (Dr. Nazan Akinci): 14

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

04. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno): 13

*** Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Lehmann): 13

*** Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann): 13

07. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger): 12

*** Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming): 12

09. Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode): 11

*** Jan Kittmann (Tobias Evers): 11

*** Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney): 11

12. Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens): 10

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

*** Diana Staehly (Melanie Evers): 10

15. Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld): 9

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

*** Maria Wedig (Nina Klee): 9

18. Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche): 8

*** Anne Menden (Emily Wiedmann): 8

*** Lars Pape (Michael Bode): 8

21. Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann): 7

22. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner): 6

*** Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld): 6

24. Ronja Herberich (Merle Kramer): 5

25. Zoé Bailieu (Kate Wiedermann): 4

*** Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter): 4

*** Benjamin Trinks (Bastian Münzer): 4

28. Ilknur Boyraz (Sibel Erdemir): 2

*** Cyrus David (Mustafa Güney): 2

 

AWZ

Total episodes: 20

 

01. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht): 17

02. Lisandra Bardél (Malu Santos): 16

*** Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp): 16

*** Franziska van der Heide (Ina Ziegler): 16

*** Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Richard Steinkamp): 16

06. Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk): 15

*** Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht): 15

*** Jörg Rohde (Ben Steinkamp): 15

09. Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler): 14

10. Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk): 13

*** Lars Korten (Christoph Lukowski): 13

*** Cheyenne Pahde (Marie Schmidt): 13

13. Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny): 12

*** Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Reichenbach): 12

*** Tijan Njie (Moritz Brunner): 12

16. Dominik Flade (Yannick Ziegler): 11

*** Jasmin Minz (Kim Bremer): 11

*** Barbara Prakopenka (Greta Voss): 11

*** Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen (Jenny Steinkamp): 11

20. Suri Abbassi (Leyla Öztürk): 9

21. Julia Augustin (Dr. Vanessa Steinkamp): 8

22. Berrit Arnold (Daniela Bremer): 5

23. Ingeborg Brings (Frau Renate Scholz): 4

24. Felix Gibert (Henry Steinkamp): 2

*** Hannes Schmid (Kai Löwenau): 2

 

UU

Total episodes: 20

 

01. Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner): 17

02. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber): 16

*** Yannik Meyer (Conor Weigel): 16

*** Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger): 16

05. Benjamin Heinrich (Benno "Bambi" Hirschberger): 15

06. Sharon Sophie Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler): 14

*** Isabelle Geiss (Nika Färber): 14

*** Jakob Graf (Luke Färber): 14

09. Constantin Lücke (Till Weigel): 13

*** Milos Vukovic (Paco Weigel): 13

*** Nina Weisz (Corinna Weigel): 13

12. Timothy Boldt (Ringo Beckmann): 12

*** Claudelle Deckert (Eva Wagner): 12

*** Lars Steinhöfel (Ingo “Easy” Winter): 12

15. Jan Ammann (Chris Weigel): 11

*** Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer): 11

*** Alexander Milo (Jakob Huber): 11

*** Isabel Vollmer (Monika Huber): 11

19. Luca Maric (Robert Küpper): 10

20. Tabea Heynig (Britta Schönfeld): 9

*** Carina Koller (Cecilia Weigel): 9

22. Jashan Gupta (Matteo Weigel): 8

23. Akeem van Flodrop (Theo Wolters): 7

*** Ramon Ademse (Roger Schmitz): 7

25. Sophia Gül (Amelie Hirschberger): 4

26. Finn Luca Cramer (Noah Weigel): 3

*** Paul Eilert (Julius Engel): 3

28. Lena Klöber (Sarah Fuchs): 2

29. Lea Ermel (Maja Kiefer

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Edited May 1, 2021 by Huntress

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After the success of "SUNNY – Wer bist du wirklich?" which featured Sunny (played by Valentina Pahde) in her own series, GZSZ will receive another spin-off this fall: In "NIHAT – Alles auf Anfang" (NIHAT – Starting Over), Nihat Güney (played by Timur Ülker) will be the leading character. In GZSZ's current episodes, Nihat, who has been on GZSZ since 2018, finds out that he's been adopted. In the new spin-off, he will dive into his past and tries to find his real parents. Like "SUNNY", the show will be produced for RTL's streaming service TVNOW.

 

Speaking of GZSZ, the show now has its own youtube channel where they have uploaded a lot of old videos from RTL's main channel.

 

Preview for this week:

 

 

The 25 Most Romantic Moments
(IMO, very questionable choices

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Outtakes:

 

 

Edited May 5, 2021 by Huntress

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UU is desperately trying to win back its former audience – after bringing back Chris and Corinna Weigel after 23 years and having presumed dead villain Rolf pop up for a guest visit earlier this year, it's time for another long-forgotten character to reappear: It's Jennifer "Jenny" Turner, a fan favorite during the show's early years. Back in 1994, Jenny and Corinna were best friends and roommates. In 1998, Jenny departed to Ruanda, Africa, in the dead of night, leaving her life in Cologne behind. She only said goodbye to landlord Margot Weigel, who tearfully told her: "Schillerallee 10 will always be your home, my little girl".

 

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Corinna, Jenny and Chris in the show's first episode.

 

Unlike Chris and Corinna, who returned as recasts, Jenny will again be played by her original portrayer Tatiani Katranzi. The Greek-born actress was on contract from November 1994 to August 1998. Her first airdate back is August 3rd, 2021.

 

 

This Week on GZSZ:

 

 

GZSZ: The 25 Most Dramatic Moments

 

 

#25: In an accident, Charlie Fierek (Julian Scheunemann) had killed Katja's then-boyfriend Oliver. He was acquitted of charge. In the courthouse, Charlie is shot by Oliver's mother Dorothea. [1998]
#24: André Holm (Matthias Matz) pushes Lilo Gottschick (Susanne Ziellenbach) down a flight of stairs. "You apparently don't know who you're dealing with!" Lilo says. "You clearly don't know, either," André replies. Push forward. [1993]
#23: After a physical fight with Tayfun, Leon Moreno (Daniel Fehlow) has trouble with his vision. At the "Mauerwerk" nightclub, he faints and falls down the stairs. [2009]
#22: Silke Balzer (Susanne Evers) is threatened by her ex-husband David. When she tells him that it's over and that she's now with Fabian Moreno, David grabs her and breaks her neck. "You belong to me!" he screams. [1999]
#21: When Iris Gundlach (Andrea-Kathrin Loewig) starts her car, a bomb detonates, killing her instantly. [1994]
#20: Jörg Reuter (Daniel Enzweiler) has kidnapped Sonja Wiebe (Tina Bordihn) in his car. Andy Lehmann (Raphael Schneider) follows them on his motorcycle. Both vehicles almost collide. Andy crashes into a ditch and the car crashes against a tree. (In the aftermath, Andy was left paralyzed and Sonja's face was destroyed.) [1998]
#19: Another car crash involving Tim Böcking (Oliver Böcking), Caroline Neustädter (Jessica Ginkel), Verena Koch (Susan Sideropoulos) and heavily pregnant Isabel Eggert (Natalie Alison). (In the aftermath, Isabel gave birth to her son and died two episodes later.) [2006]
#18: David Brenner's (Philipp Christopher) traumatic experience in a Malaysian prison. [2015]
#17: After having found out that Friederic Riefflin (Dieter Bach) has an affair with his own daughter Jasmin, Katrin Flemming (Ulrike Frank) begs Frederic to leave the country and to stay away from Jasmin. Frederic threatens Katrin. Katrin's best friend Maren Seefeld (Eva Mona Rodekirchen) appears and kills Frederic in self-defense. [2016]
#16: Only a few hours after his wedding to Elena Castillo (Elena Garcia Gerlach), Dominik Gundlach (Raul Richter) dies in a motorcycle accident. [2014]
#15: Emily Höfer (Anne Menden), Philip Höfer (Jörn Schlönvoigt), Lena Bachmann (Uta Kargel), John Bachmann (Felix von Jascheroff) and Paula Rapf (Josephine Schmidt) are trapped in a subway tunnel. [2005]
#14: On the beach, Katrin finds Till's clothes after Till has walked into the ocean to commit suicide. [2017]
#13: In a nightly forest in Poland, Jo Bahro (Wolfgang Bahro) is shot by one of his former business partners. [2012]
#12: High on coke, Emily and Franzi (Jasmin Weber) cause an explosion at the "Fasan" restaurant. Franzi dies in the fire. [2008]
#11: Cora Hinze (Nina Bott) and Nico Weimershaus (Raphael Vogt) are looking for their daughter Antonia. In the forest, they find a shrine with candles and baby clothing. [2000]
#10: Katrin wants to know where Jo has been keeping their daughter Johanna and turns to brutal methods. [2007]
#09: A bomb placed by the mafia detonates in Fabian Moreno's (Ralf Benson) trailer. [2000]
#08: The "Mocca" café is left in ruins after a landslide. Philip Höfer, Ayla Özgül (Sila Sahin), Lucy Cöster (Sarah Tkotsch) and Carsten Reimann (Felix Isenbügel) are trapped inside. [2010]
#07: The mafia has taken over the "Mauerwerk" restaurant. Tayfun (Tayfun Baydar) is shot. [2014]
#06: Nataly Jäger (Nadine Dehmel) wants to castrate Jo. "It's called justice," she says. "I have nothing to lose." [2000]
#05: Almost the whole cast is on board of a plane that is about to crash. [2004]
#04: Kai Scholl (Tim Sander) dies in the arms of his best friend Moritz Demand (Hendrik Borgmann).
#03: Hannes Bachmann (Klaus-Dieter Klebsch) and Senta Lemke's (Hanne Wolharn) first flight with their new plane ends in disaster as they crash into a field. "We are not dead?," a heavily injured Senta asks Hannes. She doesn't know that a huge piece of metal is stuck in her body. (Senta died in the same episode and Hannes died a few episodes later.) [2007]
#02: "Daniel's Bar" is the scene of a huge explosion that changed the show forever. [2002]
#01: After being hit by Philip's car, dearly beloved Verena Koch (Susan Sideropoulos) dies at the hospital. [2011]

 

GZSZ: The Most Shocking Cliffhangers

 

 

#25: In a parking garage, Saskia Rother (Saskia Valencia) steps into an elevator to meet one of her clients on the upper floor. She doesn't know the man's planning to kill her. Tom Lehmann (Jan Sosniok) wants to rescue Saskia. [1995]
#24: Senta Lemke (Hanne Wolharn) walks home to find a cluster of people in front of her house. Senta is shocked when she realizes that her daughter Sandra (Anna Frenzel-Röhl) is about to jump from a window. [2001]
#23: Jo Gerner (Wolfgang Bahro) and Katrin Flemming (Ulrike Frank) are desperately trying to their daughter Johanna, who has been kidnapped. In the cold and snowy forest, the police finds Johanna's beanie. [2007]
#22: During one of their bizarre BDSM sessions, Tina Zimmermann (Sandra Keller) tries to choke Claudius Mohr (Andreas Krätzig) by pushing a cushion onto his face. "Now you get what you've deserved for a long time," she says. [1996]
#21: During a press conference, Sonja Wiebe (Tina Bordihn) accuses Jo of having molested several children. [1998]
#20: In Sonja's apartment, Barbara Wiebe-Graf (Maren Thurm) and Frank Richter (Torsten Stoll) find Sonja on the bathroom floor after a suicide attempt. [1997]
#19: When Katrin provokes Jo to the utmost, Jo is about to hit her in the face. [2006]
#18: Elisabeth Meinhart (Lisa Riecken) tries to kill herself by turning on her gas oven. [Cliffhanger of the very first episode in 1992]
#17: Katrin confronts Jasmin's adoptive father Dieter Nowak with a gun. She wants him to suffer for what he did to Jasmin all of these years. "You little piece of s*it!" she screams into his face. [2009]
#16: During his brief stint as a journalist, John Bachmann (Felix von Jascheroff) wants to write a story about life in prison. Suddenly, he is threatened by an inmate. [2007]
#15: Jo is arrested for fraud and betrayal. [2007]
#14: During a family gathering in Christmas Eve, Senta spills the beans about having an affair with Hannes Bachmann (Klaus-Dieter Klebsch), her sister Patrizia's (Christin Baechler) ex husband. "He's a hypocrite, and I'm a hypocrite. But don't think you can crawl back into my bed tonight!" she says. Everyone else is shocked and ashamed. [2002]
#13: In prison, Jo is brutally beat up. [2007]
#12: Patrick Gerner (Björn Harras) is kidnapped in front of Dominik's (Raul Richter) eyes. [2011]
#11: Standing at Sonja's grave, Marie Balzer (Jeanette Biedermann) hears strange noises. There's a man in the bushes. Is it Fabian Moreno (Ralf Benson)? [2003]
#10: Katrin and Leon Moreno (Daniel Fehlow) are shocked: A baby doll has been placed in Johanna's stroller. But where's Johanna? [2006]
#09: David Brenner (Philipp Christopher) is sure that the police will find Frederic Riefflin's corpse at the construction site. Katrin and Jo are nervous as hell, but then the police tells them that no body has been found. Katrin is relieved. But what happened to the corpse? [2017]
#08: On a rooftop, a stoned Patrick celebrates the revelation that he's Jo's biological son. He pees from the rooftop and screams "I'm the king of the world!" Suddenly he loses his balance and falls to his death. [2012]
#07: Leon finds Johanna in a nursery in Switzerland. It was Jo who had kidnapped his own daughter! Leon informs Katrin via phone. Jo appears and knocks Leon down. "You will regret this," he says. [2007]
#06: On the houseboat, Sandra wants to play a prank on her ex-boyfriend Moritz Demand (Hendrik Borgmann). Then she catches him in bed with her mother Senta! [2001]
#05: Robert König (Norbert Hülm) wants to blow up Jo with dynamite – which he strapped onto Jo's body. [1996]
#04: During a school dance, teacher Jonas Vossberg (Dominic Boeer) and student Julia Blum (Yvonne Catterfeld) are about to have sex on the school toilet. [2004]
#03: Cora Hinze (Nina Bott) and Nico Weimershaus (Raphael Vogt) are looking for their daughter Antonia who has gone missing in a shopping mall. When Cora eventually finds the stroller, it is empty. [2000]
#02: Jo and Katrin hold each other at gunpoint. Both want the other one to stay out of Johanna's life forever. They don't notice that Johanna's stroller is about to collide with an ambulance. [2007]
#01: The cult "Ring der Welt" (The Ring of the World) is about to commit a mass suicide. Andy Lehmann (Raphael Schneider), Nico, Nataly Jäger (Nadine Dehmel) and Cora are among the victims. "What you drank ... is poison. In a few minutes you will all be dead," the cult leader tells Andy. [1999]

Edited May 20, 2021 by Huntress