German soaps: GZSZ, UU & AWZ

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Thanks @Huntress.

[Huntress]

Not much going on at the moment except that GZSZ is introducing a new contract role: German-Israeli actor Nassim Avat debuts on November 12th, 2021, as Kian Dawalu, a charming and self-confident businessman. He is best-known for his main role on the primetime soap "Nachtschwestern" (Night Nurses) which ran for two seasons on RTL.

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Last week on GZSZ: "A Race Against the Clock!"

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Next week on GZSZ: "You Are a Great Kisser!"

 

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Episode Counts October 2021

GZSZ
Total Episodes: 21

01. Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 17
*** Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney) : 17
03. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 15
*** Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode) : 15
*** Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 15
06. Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter) : 14
07. Vildan Cirpan (Dr. Nazan Akinci) : 13
08. Sara Fuchs (Miriam Behnke) : 12
*** Maria Wedig (Nina Klee) : 12
10. Norbert Ghafouri (Prof. Dr. Lothar Degenhardt) : 11
*** Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens) : 11
*** Marc Weinmann (Luis Ahrens) : 11
13. Anne Menden (Emily Wiedmann) : 10
14. Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche) : 9
*** Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann) : 9
*** Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) : 9
17. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger) : 8
18. Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Lehmann) : 7
*** Charlott Reschke (Johanna Flemming) : 7
20. Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld) : 6
*** Stella Denis-Winkler (Svenja Steiner) : 6
*** Jan Kittmann (Tobias Evers) : 6
*** Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld) : 6
*** Jörn Schlönvoigt (Dr. Philip Höfer) : 6
25. Zoé Bailieu (Kate Wiedmann) : 4
26. Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann) : 0

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode): 141
02. Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld): 138
03. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming): 134
04. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner): 129
05. Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode): 124

AWZ
Total Episodes: 21

01. Suri Abbassi (Leyla Öztürk) : 19
02. Jasmin Minz (Kim Bremer) : 18
03. Jörg Rohde (Ben Steinkamp) : 17
04. Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) : 16
*** Amrei Haardt (Nathalie von Altenburg) : 16
06. Berrit Arnold (Daniela Bremer) : 15
*** Dominik Flade (Yannick Ziegler) : 15
*** Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny) : 15
*** Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler) : 15
10. Lisandra Bardél (Malu Santos) : 14
*** Francisco Medina (Maximilian von Altenburg) : 14
12. Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk) : 13
13. Cheyenne Pahde (Marie Schmidt) : 12
14. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht) : 11
*** Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 11
16. Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht) : 10
*** Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Reichenbach) : 10
18. Franziska van der Heide (Ina Ziegler) : 8
19. Tijan Njie (Moritz Brunner) : 5
*** Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen (Jenny Steinkamp) : 5
21. Ingeborg Brings (Frau Renate Scholz) : 2
*** Ivan Gallardo (Ninan Diaz) : 2
*** Jasmin Wagner aka "Blümchen" (Dr. Ines Bandura) : 2
24. Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Richard Steinkamp) : 1

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler): 152
02. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht): 150
03. Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk): 145
04. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp): 142
05. Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny): 141

UU
Total Episodes: 21

01. Sharon Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler) : 17
*** Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 17
*** Yannik Meyer (Conor Weigel) : 17
*** Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 17
*** Milos Vukovic (Paco Weigel) : 17
06. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 16
07. Benjamin Heinrich (Benno "Bambi" Hirschberger) : 15
*** Carina Koller (Cecilia Weigel) : 15
09. Isabelle Geiss (Nika Färber) : 14
*** Constantin Lücke (Till Weigel) : 14
*** Lars Steinhöfel (Ingo "Easy" Winter) : 14
12. Timothy Boldt (Ringo Beckmann) : 13
13. Akeem van Flodrop (Theo Wolters) : 12
14. Jan Ammann (Chris Weigel) : 11
*** Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 11
*** Nina Weisz (Corinna Weigel) : 11
17. Paul Eilert (Julius Engel) : 10
*** Luca Maric (Robert Küpper) : 10
19. Mirja du Mont (Mareike Ott) : 8
20. Isabel Vollmer (Monika Huber) : 6
21. Jashan Gupta (Matteo Weigel) : 5
*** Alexander Milo (Jakob Huber) : 5
23. Lea Ermel (Maja Kiefer ) : 4
*** Sophia Gül (Amelie Hirschberger) : 4
*** Tabea Heynig (Britta Schönfeld) : 4
*** Stefano Ligorio (Gianni Aurino) : 4
27. Ramon Ademes (Roger Schmitz) : 3
*** Claudelle Deckert (Eva Wagner) : 3
29. Finn Luca Cramer (Noah Weigel) : 1

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner): 154
02. Isabelle Geiss (Nika Färber): 151
03. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber): 150
04. Sharon Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler): 149
*** Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer): 149

[AMCOLTLLover]

I tried to get into 'Unter Uns' again but damn.. That show feels so dead. I enjoyed Jennifer Turners return for the 6666th Episode in August. She was one of the original characters in the first few years like 1994 to 1998.

Rolf and his return for a week was really exciting but otherwise there is nothing going on. Easys break for a couple of weeks gave Ringo something else to do and i enjoy the Ringo/Easy plot with their adoptive son but the rest of the show is boring as hell.

I was concerned when i heard that they are going to bring back Chris/Corinna. They were my favorite super couple of Unter Uns. I kinda like the recasts but the writers have no clue what to do with them.

The rape story of Vivien was really good but they ruined it with the stupid dragging.

Unter Uns is a great example for a show that should've been ended a long time ago tbh.

 

[AMCOLTLLover]

https://www.mannheim24.de/promi-show/sturm-liebe-staffel-ard-traumpaar-paul-josie-schauspieler-tv-rueckkehr-91090093.html

Sandro Kirtzel returns as Paul Lindbergh! He will be the main lead of the new couple. He was on Sturm der Liebe from 2017 to 2020..

I'm so happy about it. I always liked Sandro as Paul.

Rote Rosen-Exit;

Gerry Hungbauer as Thomas Jansen out! He got fired a couple of weeks ago. He was one of the last original cast member of the show.. At least they brought back his daughter Jule Jansen played by Kim-Sarah Brandt. She was in that show for the first couple of years and returned serval times down the line.

 

[Huntress]

So there's been some drama on AWZ: Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk), one of the show's last original cast members, has been abruptly fired. His last airdate was this past Tuesday. In the show's storyline, Marian disappeared and only left a farewell letter behind. A press release commenting Sam's exit was not published until Tuesday: The original version included a quote by Sam which subtly criticized the production company. This version was withdrawn quickly. In the final version, his quote was removed entirely.

The drama apparently started with an instagram post by the actor, which was followed by a reaction by the production company. There are rumors that the AWZ set has become a toxic environment in recent months and that there's been some ugly incidents behind the scenes. Sam's co-stars are reportedly too frightened to speak about the matter.

Sam tagged his latest instagram post with #mobbing and similiar words.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CWqCrk2svd-/?hl=de

[DRW50]

That's sad. I remember Marian from when I used to watch Roman and Deniz clips. I wonder how much longer Deniz will be on there...

I'm sorry to hear the set has become so unpleasant. 

[AMCOLTLLover]

Im sorry to hear about the bad environment they have to work on. But it seems like it’s not RTL‘s fault.

But the Marian character has been dead weight for years. Ever since he got paired with Lena and the writers didn’t knew what to do with them. 
Original Cast Member is a stretch.. He joined a few months later

 

[Huntress]

No, Marian appeared in the show's first episode. He was Diana's boss at the courier service and was actually one of the first characters to be seen. A few weeks later, he was placed on contract. So I'd say he qualifies as an original cast member.

Of the original performers, only Simone and Richard are left.

[AMCOLTLLover]

He was there from #02 to #10 and they brought him back in #71..

yeah u can count him as an OG. But like I said it‘s no big loss coz his character didn’t add much to the show anymore anyway

[Huntress]

In that regard I totally agree with you

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 In the first year of the show, I kind of liked him and Nadja together, and the early Marian/Deniz family stuff was also quite good. I don't remember much about the Marian/Jenny pairing when that Austrian actress was in the role. But as you said, once they paired him with Lena, they became the "talk-to" couple for years.

Meanwhile, both ARD telenovelas "Sturm der Liebe" and "Rote Rosen" have been renewed for another year, meaning they'll run until 2023. Both shows were rumoured to get cancelled.

On UU, former contract stars Jakob Graf (Luke Färber), Josephine Becker (Leni Weigel) and Aaron Koszuta (Valentin Huber) will make guest appearances this month. In early 2022, there's going to be another "event week": The promo says "They booked a family vacation – and they received a nightmare." Former "Germany's Next Top Model" contestant and actress Larissa Marolt will appear during the event week. There are rumours that she could be a Fiona recast. Fiona is Rolf's daughter who faked her own death in 2016.

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Last week on GZSZ: "Under Observation"

 

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This Week on GZSZ: "The Consequences of Cheating"

 

 

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Episode Counts November 2021

GZSZ
Total episodes: 22

01. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner): 18
02. Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter): 17
03. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming): 14
*** Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche): 14
*** Marc Weinmann (Luis Ahrens): 14
06. Sara Fuchs (Miriam Behnke): 13
*** Jan Kittmann (Tobias Evers): 13
*** Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode): 13
09. Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney): 12
*** Maria Wedig (Nina Klee): 12
11. Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld): 11
*** Anne Menden (Emily Wiedmann): 11
*** Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld): 11
14. Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens): 10
15. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger): 9
*** Vildan Cirpan (Dr. Nazan Akinci): 9
*** Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld): 9
18. Nassim Avat (Kian Dawalu): 7
*** Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode): 7
*** Charlott Reschke (Johanna Flemming): 7
21. Zoé Bailieu (Kate Wiedmann): 6
22. Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann): 5
23. Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann): 4
24. Tamer Arslan (Murat Cetin): 3
25. Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Lehmann): 2
*** Joana Schümer (Rosa Lehmann): 2

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode): 154
02. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming): 148
03. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner): 147
*** Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld): 147
05. Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode): 131
*** Maria Wedig (Nina Klee): 131

AWZ
Total episodes: 22

01. Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht): 19
02. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht): 18
*** Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Richard Steinkamp): 18
04. Jasmin Minz (Kim Bremer): 17
*** Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Reichenbach): 17
06. Berrit Arnold (Daniela Bremer): 16
*** Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen (Jenny Steinkamp): 16
08. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp): 15
*** Francisco Medina (Maximilian von Altenburg): 15
10. Stefan Bockelmann (Henning Ziegler): 14
*** Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk): 14
*** Dominik Flade (Yannick Ziegler): 14
13. Suri Abbassi (Leyla Öztürk): 12
*** Lisandra Bardél (Malu Santos): 12
*** Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler): 12
16. Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny): 11
*** Jörg Rohde (Ben Steinkamp): 11
18. Sina-Valeska Jung (Caroline Albrecht): 5
19. Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk): 3
*** Amrei Haardt (Nathalie Reichenbach): 3
*** Tijan Njie (Moritz Brunner): 3
22. Franziska van der Heide (Ina Ziegler): 2
23. Cheyenne Pahde (Marie Schmidt): 0

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht): 168
02. Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler): 164
03. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp): 157
04. Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht): 155
05. Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny): 152

UU
Total episodes: 22

01. Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger): 19
02. Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer): 18
03. Nina Weisz (Corinna Weigel): 17
04. Benjamin Heinrich (Benno "Bambi" Hirschberger): 16
05. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber): 15
*** Milos Vukovic (Paco Weigel): 15
07. Sharon Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler): 14
*** Claudelle Deckert (Eva Wagner): 14
*** Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner): 14
10. Tabea Heynig (Britta Schönfeld): 13
*** Lars Steinhöfel (Ingo "Easy" Winter): 13
*** Isabel Vollmer (Monika Huber): 13
13. Jan Ammann (Chris Weigel): 12
*** Alexander Milo (Jakob Huber): 12
15. Mirja du Mont (Mareike Ott): 11
*** Carina Koller (Cecilia Weigel): 11
*** Luca Maric (Robert Küpper): 11
*** Yannik Meyer (Conor Weigel): 11
19. Constantin Lücke (Till Weigel): 10
*** Akeem van Flodrop (Theo Wolters): 10
21. Inka Lioba Bretschneider (Steffi Heindi/Sandra Heindi): 9
*** Isabelle Geiss (Nika Färber): 9
23. Timothy Boldt (Ringo Beckmann): 8
24. Lara Lena Picks (Zoe Ott): 7
25. Ramon Ademes (Roger Schmitz): 4
*** Paul Eilert (Julius Engel): 4
*** Nicolas Puschmann (Dr. Schilling): 4
28. Finn Luca Cramer (Noah Weigel): 3
29. Ilse deLange (as herself): 2
*** Sophia Gül (Amelie Hirschberger): 2
*** Jakob Graf (Luke Färber): 2
32. Lea Ermel (Maja Kiefer): 1
*** Jashan Gupta (Matteo Weigel): 1
*** Stefano Ligorio (Gianni Aurino): 1

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner): 168
02. Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer): 167
03. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber): 165
04. Sharon Sophie Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler): 163
05. Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger): 162

[AMCOLTLLover]

I‘m so happy about Sturm der Liebe and Rote Rosen! The new Sturm der Liebe year started and it’s already more entertaining than last years season. But they said from ARD that if the ratings won‘t change and they get a new audience then it‘s gone. But at least Sturm der Liebe will celebrate the 4000th Episode! Yaaay

rote Rosen became quiet boring. I took a break from it after Thomas left.

Unter Uns Eventweek… I enjoyed Rolf and his comeback but back in the day it was just a normal week on that show lmao I swear UU became the worst show and I just watch it sporadically 

[AMCOLTLLover]

The new storyline of Gerner and Yvonne on Gzsz is the most boring Gerner story in that shows history. 
 

[Huntress]

The whole show is quite boring right now. New insta-couple Nazan and Kian have absolutely zero chemistry, I hate that Paul (of all people) cheated on Emily, and most characters are just floating around.

However, they are bringing back Gerner's nemesis Linostrami – the one who kidnapped his long deceased sons Dominick and Patrick back in 2011 (?) – and apparently Miro is Linostrami's daughter.

This Week on GZSZ: Jo says Goodbye to his loved ones

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The GZSZ Christmas Song 

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Quite surprising that they used some old footage in that video with characters like Shirin, Alex and even Elena (who left in 2017) appearing.

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Cast Changes in 2021

GZSZ

Contract arrivals:
Marc Weinmann as Luis Ahrens #2 (September 2021-present)
Sara Fuchs as Miriam "Miro" Behnke (September 2021-present)
Nassim Avat as Kian Dawalu (November 2021-present)

Contract departures:
Ronja Herberich as Merle Kramer (2020-April 2021)
Thaddäus Meilinger als Felix Lehmann (2016-September 2021)

AWZ

Contract arrivals:
Suri Abbassi as Leyla Öztürk (January 2021-present)
Amrei Haardt as Nathalie Reichenbach von Altenburg (2019-2020; June 2021-present)
Francisco Medina as Maximilian von Altenburg (2007-2013; 2014-2015; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020; June 2021-present)
Berrit Arnold as Daniela Bremer (September 2021-present; recurring previously)
Stefan Bockelmann as Henning Ziegler (November 2021-present)
Sina-Valeska Jung as Caroline Albrecht (November 2021-present)

Contract departures:
Julia Augustin as Dr. Vanessa Steinkamp Lukowski (2006-2009; 2010-2012; 2013; 2014-September 2021)
Lars Korten as Christoph Lukowski (2015-September 2021)
Cheyenne Pahde as Marie Schmidt #2 (2016-October 2021 – sabbatical)
Franziska van der Heide as Ina Ziegler (2020-November 2021 – maternity leave)
Sam Eisenstein as Marian Öztürk (2006-November 2021)
Tijan Njie as Moritz Brunner (2019-December 2021; recurring previously)

UU

Contract arrivals:
Jan Ammann as Chris Weigel #2 (March 2021-present)
Nina Weisz as Corinna Bach Weigel #2 (March 2021-present)
Carina Koller as Cecilia Weigel (March 2021-present)

Contract departures:
Antonia Michalsky as Saskia Weigel Huber (2017-March 2021)
Andrea Brix as Roswitha Küpper-Pütz (2016-März 2021; recurring previously)
Josephine Becker as Leni Schäfer (2019-February 2021; guest appearances afterwards)
Jakob Graf as Luke Färber (2019-September 2021; guest appearances afterwards)
Jashan Gupta as Matteo Weigel (March 2021-October 2021; guest appearances afterwards)

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Meanwhile, the "Verbotene Liebe" reboot/continuation which was produced for TVNOW (now rebranded as RTL+) in 2020 will most probably not continue. The 1st and only season consisted of 10 episodes.

Edited December 21, 2021 by Huntress

[AMCOLTLLover]

Yeah Gzsz is at a real low storywise and character wise. I watched a couple of episodes and it was so boring. Emily asking Paul why he cheated on her was the only highlight. Anne Menden is playing her part so great!

I mean after a whole year without a word this was more than clear that Verbotene Liebe is dead again! Shame. 

AWZ??? What was that? Mo and his aggressiv exit? How the hell could they trash his character like this? 
 

Unter Uns is fun again with Ringo driving Benedikt insane but the rest of the show feels so dead!

Rote Rosen is boring after a great year.. Sturm der Liebe the only exciting soap with the „dead“ husband back from the dead and working together with Christoph Saalfeld to blackmail Ariane and get even! 

[Huntress]

After 3 years, GZSZ finally managed to update its openings.

So far, 2 new versions have been released. From 2017 to 2019, there were 3 different versions ("Sunny", "Chris" and "Emily"), but the 3rd version was taken out of rotation after several cast members had left.

2022.1/A: "Sunny"
Order: Valentina Pahde as Sunny Richter – Ulrike Frank as Katrin Flemming – Wolfgang Bahro as Jo Gerner – Gisa Zach as Yvonne Bode – Berlin, Alexanderplatz – Jörn Schlönvoigt as Philip Höfer & Felix von Jascheroff as John Bachmann – Marc Weinmann as Luis Ahrens – Berlin, Brandenburg Gate – Olivia Marei as Toni Ahrens – Maria Wedig as Nina Klee – Berlin Subway – Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten

2022.1/B: "Emily"
Order: Anne Menden as Emily Wiedmann – Patrick Heinrich as Erik Fritsche – Eva Mona Rodekirchen as Maren Seefeld – Berlin, Alexanderplatz – Felix van Deventer as Jonas Seefeld & Niklas Osterloh as Paul Wiedmann – Vildan Cirpan as Nazan Akinci – Berlin, Brandenburg Gate – Nassim Avat as Kian Dawalu – Lennart Borchert as Moritz Bode – Berlin Subway – Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten

There should be a 3rd version featuring Tuner, Leon, Miro, Laura, Tobias, Nihat and Lilly.

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The year 2021 ends with Luis and Moritz lusting for each other, Emily and Paul's marriage on the rocks, and Yvonne coping with her blindness ... "Happy f*cking new year," as Paul says.

 

Edited December 29, 2021 by Huntress