Der kleine Mann
- Bjarne girl - Rüdiger Bunz
- Karoline Eichhorn - Lydia
- Christina Great - Silvia Bunz
- Karl Kranzkowski - Mr. Gumprecht
- Florian Lukas - Jürgen Wiemers
- Jan Peter Kampwirth - Frederick
- Georg Friedrich - Alfie Ziegler
- Lena amende - Promiluder Mona
The little man is a German -language comedy television series. The author and producer is Ralf Husmann, who is best known for the TV series Stromberg and Dr. Psycho.
It is a satire on the advertising, media and B celebrity world. The series was first broadcast in March 2009 on ProSieben and ran for eight episodes.
Action
The electric salesperson Rüdiger Bunz is accidentally discovered by Lydia, a staff member of an advertising agency, as an advertising medium for the liquor drink " The little man ". For the busy business woman it seems because of its ordinariness ( "a man wie'n Opel Corsa, such as roast with gravy! " ) To be the perfect cast. He is first used as human advertising character in TV commercials. His acquaintances who have been mocked him, Bunz admire now because of his media presence. His colleague Jürgen want to work for Bunz as advertising manager, and often scores against his will certain decisions. In public Bunz is now often recognized, the electrical shop gets for his media presence more inflow of customers. In a branch of the fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken Rüdiger meets Sarah Wiener and the TV chef Alfie Ziegler, which helps him to a gig in Ziegler's cooking show. With his wife Silvia Bunz gets increasingly problems after he spends a Promiluder an evening together at a bar. After Rüdiger makes a trip on a yacht with his wife, also a reader report appears in a newspaper. The advertising company asks Bunz aim is to refrain from such activities in the public since they could obviously harm the image of the product. To straighten his original image, Rüdiger set up a website on which he documented his "normal" life. He also provides homemade home videos of his wife to the Internet.
Jürgen Rüdiger advertises on for a home story in a women's magazine. Rüdiger's father Werner, who is with him for a few days to visit is included in the story with. Rüdiger gets angry after making the reporter secretly Werner funny. Jürgen says Rüdiger for an appearance on the political talk show " Tough but fair" on "The relationship between East and West Germany " to. In it Bunz expresses disparagingly of East Germany, which again has a negative impact on its image and sales of liquor brand.
Advertising expert Lydia and Jürgen persuade Rüdiger therefore for a position at a TV benefit show to supplement the image. A fitter who has suffered an accident in the electrical shop and lands in the hospital, it should simulate a tumor. Guelcan Kamps, who is present as a presenter, but has his own ideas, have to look like the show. Finally, Gumprecht, who is also accommodated due to prostate problems in the hospital, is included in the shipment. Meanwhile, conferred responsibility for the electric charging Rüdiger von Gumprecht. Rüdiger can Jürgen but often alone in the electrical shop, since he himself is time often prevents: He should take part in a campaign in which he works for the salvation of Koala bears, but this is set by the advertising agency later in the sand. After the image of Bunz has been restored, the marketing manager of the liquor manufacturer has larger with him before: it is to work full time as a face for the company. However, as Gumprecht learns of this matter, makes this instead Jürgen as his successor. Rüdiger therefore feels betrayed by both, and he finally signs the contract offered and gets a private office.
Episode List
Awards
- 2009: Nominated for the Bavarian Television Award in the category Best Actor in a TV series for Bjarne girl
- 2009: Nominated for the German Comedy Award for Best Comedy Series
Find out more
- Bjarne girl, who was best known for the TV series Stromberg, for the first time got a starring role in a television series. Producer Ralf Husmann announced that he had cut the role of the actor on the body. The series was "a mocking look at the trend, to see becoming famous ' as the goal of life, training and spare Behelfsreligion. "
- The series has been upgraded with some cameo appearances, in which the performers themselves play. Then bring, among other things, the TV chef Sarah Wiener a lesser-known chef about career planning at while Guelcan Kamps occurs as ProSieben presenter in the seventh episode.