Arme Millionäre

• Sky du Mont (Paul Gabriel )
• Andrea Sawatzki (Adina Gabriel )
• Mavie Hörbiger ( Lilo Gabriel )
• Maxi Warwel (Sarah Gabriel )
• Ghadah Al- Akel ( narrator / Lilo Gabriel )
• Ludger Pistor (Fritz, the chauffeur )
• Gregor Bloéb (Mark Münzberger 1.Staffel )
• Fritz Hammel (Mark Münzberger 2.Staffel )
• Maria Bachmann (Alexandra Münzberger )
• Tobias van Dieken (Christoph Münzberger )
• Karoline Kunz ( Franka Münzberger )
• Kristian Kiehling ( Timo )

Arms millionaires is a German - Austrian comedy television series. In the series it was a RTL co-production with ORF. The first season was released in 2005, the second in 2006.

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Season 1

After the hotelier millionaire Gabriel family had lived for years in luxury, taking her life one day a decisive turning point: On one hand, by the bankruptcy of the Hotel Empire of Father Paul Gabriel, on the other hand also due to personal bankruptcy, the family loses from another on the day everything - their money, their villa and its staff. Perforce enables them to their former chauffeur Fritz to live in the future in his prefab apartment. Yet this is Markus Münzberger, that the hotel owner, who had taken the Gabriel Empire as part of a foreclosure, the Gabriels hostile, so it offers Paul Gabriel also no point in one of his hotels.

The two daughters Lilo and Sarah Gabriel continue to attend the same private school they had attended than the rich. Lilo competed from the start with Münzberger - daughter Franka, which is from the moment of its bankruptcy on her nemesis, while developed between Sarah and Christoph Münzberger, Susan's brother with the time a love relationship. Lilo also makes acquaintance with Timo, a sushi restaurant owner who operates his small eatery near the housing estate in which Gabriel's now live, and begins with him to earn some money as a temp. Between the two, it finally sparks.

In addition to everyday inconveniences, for example, take out the trash yourself, cook for yourself or even have to wash, financial constraints also occur repeatedly. Not once are the Gabriel and Fritz from having to vacate their apartment because the rent was not paid, or to lose the connection to the power grid. Just in the course of such events, they learn, especially the mother Adina Gabriel, know the problems of other people and put yourself in their shoes.

Towards the end of the season and decide Adina Paul that Lilo will graduate from high school with her ​​godmother and Adina's sister Esther in New York City. By winning a flight on a ball, it is possible for the researchers to realize this plan. Unfortunately, previously broken by a misunderstanding of the relationship between Lilo and Timo, why Lilo also does not hesitate to spend the next time in New York. The season ends with Lilo Gabriel gets into his plane and remembers back to the time elapsed since the family bankrupt.

Season 2

Lilo is still in New York with her ​​godmother Esther, but feels at this not well. For this reason, she breaks off contact and makes his way to the city, where it meets the financial advisor Nico, who can feel his sympathies Lilo and invites them into a luxury hotel, which has just been taken over by the Münzbergers. After a few days, however, Nico runs off quietly and lets Lilo sitting on the bill for the suite. This is taken from the family Münzberger to Germany and offers to work off the debt as a maid in one of their hotels, so as not to burden their family. Timo, the director of the sushi restaurants, no longer occurs in this season.

Paul, Adina, Sarah and Fritz now have their own problems. Permanent financial constraints, dispute with the neighbors of the housing estate and difficulties in finding a job make the Gabriel family and her former chauffeur to create. After Paul had worked among other things as an animal - interpreter, a clerk in a sauerkraut factory and in the luxury Pet Grooming, the jobs but could never keep longer, he met the owner Joe, who runs a small guesthouse, but poorly attended and is therefore also at risk of bankruptcy. Nevertheless, Paul decides to re-enter the hotel industry and would like to try to make use of its many years of experience the board at a posh hotel. However, Joe lets him down and goes into hiding, as former creditors demand their money from him. Paul now has indeed won a hotel, however, must alone to bear the associated debt. After living together in a flat plate is too tight, decide to Gabriel to move to the board and to focus on its reconstruction.

Meanwhile, Sarah Christoph Münzberger is pregnant. This would stand by it, but is set by his parents under pressure, raise the child in all circumstances alone and Sarah want to withdraw the right of access. Christoph then interrupts with his parents and goes to the Gabriel. Lilo falls in Julian Levenkron Meanwhile, the son of a billionaire's bank. Julian is initially allied with Franka Münzberger, but separates from her and Lilo turns to who incidentally now hopes to finally gain entry into the world of the rich. However, it turns out that Julian is in fact gay and Lilo just married for the bill. Lilo thus says the planned wedding on short notice and separates from Julian.

After Paul had started together with Fritz in the municipal waste disposal, he ultimately loses this job. Previously, he had Fritz offered to contribute financially to the board, since he can not pay off alone on the obligation. Now he wants Fritz deliver as a business partner again, so this feels exploited and wants to know nothing of the Gabriel. Markus Münzberger has also found that the board had been built illegally at the time, so he sought to demolish the building. The family and Christoph will once again be left with nothing and want to move back to Fritz, but which does not open them. The series ends with the "poor millionaires " are as in the first episode in front of the plate.

This and That

• The name Rafael from the first season changes ( without any mention ) in Gabriel in the second. RTL justified the change as a move to want to not be related to living or previously existing persons. When the ORF aired the first season again, the name was appropriately changed to Gabriel, for example, by synchronizing dialogue of respective agencies. So also in the repetition of the first season in 2007 at RTL.
• Almost all the vehicles in the second season wearing the fictional cities Plate I, while characteristics such as STA ( district of Starnberg ) and M ( Munich ) are used in the first season. However, the garbage truck in the second season wear BSR Sticker ( BSR ), the color of the turnout gear corresponds to the BSR. The bus in the first season wearing the old livery of the Munich Transport Company, as well as their label with the inscription MVG.
• The first season of the series (with only four episodes) was the summer of 2005 for RTL despite predictions to be a surprise hit, so a second season was shot with eight episodes. A repeat in the summer of 2007 came, however, to a failure, so that RTL took over the series after two episodes back from the program. A third season is no longer rotated according to RTL.
• The series is by voice-over told from the perspective of the figure " Lilo Gabriel ", which is played by Mavie Hörbiger. But the voiceover belongs to the actress and voice actress Ghadah Al- Akel.
• Since 2008, the two seasons are available on DVD in the commercial