Unser Charly
Our Charly was produced by Phoenix Film for ZDF family series, which first aired in December 1995. Characteristic of the series is held the chimpanzee Charly, who is involved in the events and acts as an entertaining point of contrast to the often tragic developments of the main storylines. After production of 16 seasons, the series was discontinued. The last episode of the 16th season was erstausgestrahlt on 9 June 2012 at ZDF.
Action
The story is about the family of the Berlin veterinarian Dr. Philip Martin. With his wife Michaela, who he met on a trip to Africa, he has two children, Oliver and Sandra. Oliver Martin has taken a course of study after high school. When Dr. Philip Martin wants to help an old friend in Bavaria to the reintroduction of golden eagles, he comes tragically in a rock crash.
The veterinary surgery is performed by Dr. Max Henning. After some time, Michaela Martin and Henning fall in love and get married. Dr. Henning brings out an affair with a 20 -year-old daughter named Andrea. Other important persons are Paul Friese, he heads the Berlin office for animal welfare, and Commissioner Paschke, who is there when times again crime in the game.
Michaela dies after the seventh season in a car accident, Max finds a new partner: A lawyer named Maren Waldner with two children: Constance ( " Connie " ) and Gregor. The children were built by the producers to highlight the aspect of the family series. After the 13 season to veterinarian Dr. Max Henning separated amicably from his partner Maren Waldner and moves to the country to open his own veterinary clinic. There he met the vet Dr. Katharina Hauser know, with whom he comes after initial problems. In the season finale of the 16th season Max and Catherine marry.
Special
Matter of sheer nerve broadcast every 20-minute specials of the ZDF series all my daughters, Unser Charly, Forestry House Sokolov and two men at the stove as compilation: On December 31, 1999 under the title New Year's Eve 1999. Only the episode of Unser Charly was repeated later ( on 28 December 2002 ) separately and with its own title ( Charly celebrates New Year's Eve ), and provided an appropriate opening and closing credits. In some episode guides will this episode, according to the date of recurrence, will be located between seasons 7 and 8. But the content it is between seasons 4 and 5, because Michaela Martin explained that they have a loved one ( her late husband ) leave behind in the old year.
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Location
As the major set initially served a villa on the Wannsee, which a home for animals already served as a backdrop to the doctor's office in the TV series. From the 14th season is the main setting in Stahnsdorf, within the series, she is supposed to represent a farm in Potsdam.
Criticism
Animal rights activists criticized the training and attitude of the chimpanzee: The trained for filming chimpanzees are separated in age by two years of their mothers. Young monkeys are also suitable with the onset of puberty no longer rotate. After her three-year use of the animals live in human captivity. The early isolation of conspecifics an inclusion in a group of chimpanzees is extremely difficult. The main allegations were, however, that was not enough care about what happens to the chimpanzees after use in television and that the ZDF series will miss its educational mission.
From these allegations ZDF came to the conclusion, ending with the 16th season, the production of the series.