"Hotel Cæsar" is a Norwegian soap series, and has lasted from 1998 and is still running. It's shown on Norwegian TV 2 Monday to Thursday 19.30. The show is about a hotel (obviously...), and both about the family that owns the hotel (Anker-Hansen) and the employees at the hotel. Read more about it on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_C%C3%A6sar

I watched some of Hotel Caesar on Youtube and it seems like kind of a strange show - I was shocked to see in the middle of fairly mundane stories, the beginnings of a threeway, and a (clothed) sex scene which seemed to involve thrusting and orgasm. All with this Jens August, who looked pretty hot.

There's also this...bizarre and strangely hilarious scene.

Well, there you have Charlotte Not the best actress in the show, in my opinion. But, I haven't seen this period of the show, so I don't know what's on in that clip.

I wounder, did you see old clips or clips from the recent years? The show changed a lot in the period 2005-2007. From 1998 to 2005 the show was ok, 2006 was a lot of sex and violence (to attract younger viewers), 2007 was, in my opnion, the worst year in the show's history, 2008 some better, 2009 some better than 2008 and the same with 2010. So, let's hope 2011 will be even better!

And, Jens August, yes. Well, right now they're running a story on him being allowed, from his wife, to cheat on her - if he just tells her who it is.

Edited February 27, 201114 yr by MKA

Thanks for filling me in. I hope the show continues to thrive.

I've made a video with some of the highlights from the spring of 2012 on Hotel Cæsar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcgn1RuFv1c

Please press the CC button to the right below the video for English subtitles.

The promo for the spring season is here! Hotel Cæsar returns Monday at 7:30 pm, but the episode is already available online on TV 2 Sumo (so I've seen it). Anyway, here's the promo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRNvO7LSRt4

Please press the CC button to the right below the video for English subtitles.

Thanks. Creative promo, with the kissing.

The men on that show need new haircuts. It's all the same side part like they're all hiding baldness.

I know, I think the promo is very good and, as you say, creative!

Next week on Hotel Cæsar!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0hxizp9tKs

Please press the CC button to the right below the video for English subtitles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XlPuaQXsfA

Please press the CC button to the right below the video for English subtitles.

Last autumn the show published these two images of the main characters:

Left to right: Kenneth Åkerland Berg (Albert Lunde #3, 2012-), Kim-Daniel Sannes (Storm Liland Anker-Hansen, 2006-2011; 2012-), Rudy Claes (Eva Rosenkrantz, 2004-2007; 2007-), Nils Vogt (Arnfinn Lycke, 2011-), Kim Kolstad (Jens August Anker-Hansen, 1998-2000; 2001-2005; 2007-) and Anette Hoff (Juni Anker-Hansen, 1998-2005; 2006-2010; 2010-)

It think the images are really cool! Unfortunately, that is something different than what I can say about the year on the show so far, but I'm hoping that the show picks up a bit in the near future... Some good news: «In 2011 the average viewing figure was 297,000 viewers, but in 2012 the number increased to 334,000. This represents an increase of twelve percent.» Source: http://www.kjendis.no/2013/01/07/kjendis/hotel_cesar/premiere/sapeopera/drama/25121639/

Some cast news:

- Mathias Augestad Ambjør (Måne Lillevik, 2012) exited the show on 11 December 2012, but he'll return sometime during the spring (the character went back to Goa to complete his education).

- Jeppe Beck Laursen joined the show as Willy Wang on 7 January, Behruz Arshi as Anish Singh on 10 January and Ayaz Hussain as Rahul Singh yesterday, 23 January. Both Laursen and Arshi has played minor characters in the show earlier, but these were like "one-line-characters". The three of them are not included in the opening sequence yet, but they might be included when the new opening comes later this spring.

Left to right: Arne Berggren (showrunner, 2012-), Behruz Arshi and Ayaz Hussain. Photo: Christoffer Solstad Steen/Hotel Cæsar/Dagbladet.no

Edited January 24, 201312 yr by MKA

Thanks.

Those sour apple faces on Jens August crack me up.

Next week on Hotel Cæsar!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_gZ63q5sYY

Please press the CC button to the right below the video for English subtitles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34kvK0cGQ14

Please press the CC button to the right below the video for English subtitles.

Next week on Hotel Cæsar!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQd1mBjFDgM

Please press the CC button to the right below the video for English subtitles.

New opening sequence for Hotel Cæsar!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTPep9Uh0oU

I've written more about the new opening sequence in the Opening sequences-thread.

Cast update

- Marita Traaen (as Runa Jørgensen) left Hotel Cæsar 18 February, when her character died of leukemia.

- Anette Hoff (as Juni Anker-Hansen) left the show 18 February, when her character went to a clinic to receive treatment for Parkinson's.

- Birgitte Victoria Svendsen (as Janne Langangen) joined the show 23 January. She was (by me, at least) believed to be only a guest character, but she's included in the new opening sequence. I also thought Willy Wang, who joined the show on 7 January as I've reported earlier, would be only a guest character, but he's also included in the new opening.

- Evy Kasseth Røsten (as Mie Andersen) joins the show 7 March. I believed she too would be only a guest character, but she's included in the new opening aswell.

It is very sad to see Traaen and Hoff leave the show. Luckily, I know Hoff will be back after approx, 6 months, in contrast to Traaen that never will return to the show (the new showrunner Arne Berggren has already rejected the opportunity of giving her a "soap return" by letting her play an unknown twin or simply wake up from the dead. And I'm quite happy with that, it's good to see the show stay "down to earth").

As you can see, Hoff is included in the new opening even though she has left the show. This is done to keep on a "tradition" (at least I and the rest of the fans believe that is why): Juni Anker-Hansen is the only character that has been included in all openings since 1998, although Hoff now is in her third major break from the show. It is a good "funfact" and a "tradition", and I'm glad to see them keeping on that!

As for the new cast members, I'm, in contrast, very, very happy! They are all fairly well-established and good actors, giving the show a little more recognition among the actor environment (and that's very good). After watching this week of Hotel Cæsar, I have, all in all, much more faith in the series than I had only a short time ago. I think this spring will be a very good for Hotel Cæsar!

Thanks for the updates. That's a very sleek, cool opening. There are cast members not included, right?

There are cast members not included, right?

Hotel Cæsar has a very small cast compared to many other soaps, but yes, there is a few major cast members who are not included in the opening at nearly all times. These days it is Anish Singh and his son Rahul Singh, and in addition Pelle's daugther Cecilia is on the show from time to time (but she's 1,5 years, so, well.... ). Earlier this year, Lilly Nilsen was a major guest character. But, as mentioned above, compared to other soaps, Hotel Cæsar has a very small cast. This is how many cast members that have been included in the opening sequences over the years:

1998-2000: 16

2000: 17 (as well as a bust of Georg)

2000-2001: 18

2001: 18

2002: 16 (as well as the horse Bellemonty)

2003: 16 (as well as Bellemonty)

2004-2005: 17

2005: 16

2006: 18

2006-2007: 17

2007: 13

2007-2008: 17

2008: 15

2008: 14

2009: 14

2009-2010: 14

2011-2012: 14

2012: 14

2012-2013: 12

2013-present: 12

As mentioned above, there has always been characters on the show that have not been included in the opening, mostly guest characters without long-term contract.

Edited February 21, 201312 yr by MKA

Thanks. I was thinking of that young guy, Sun, or Moon, whatever his name is.

Thanks. I was thinking of that young guy, Sun, or Moon, whatever his name is.

That's a little weird. As I reported earlier, he left the show back in December, but I thought he would have come back by now, but apparently not. He is not in the new opening sequence, hence it will probably take a good deal of time before he returns. Yet, we know he is going to return (thanks to a now deleted Instagram-picture), I guess his comeback will only be some later than I expected.

Edited February 21, 201312 yr by MKA