Die Firma Hesselbach

Wolf Schmidt: Karl " Babba " Hesselbach
Liesel Christ: Mathilde Marie Eleonore "Mom" Hesselbach
Joost Siedhoff: Willi Hesselbach
Helga Neuner: Helga Schneider
Joachim Engel- Denis: Fred Lindner
Rosemarie Kirstein: Heidi Hesselbach
Dieter Henkel: Peter Hessel Bach
Kate Jaenicke: Hilde Sauersberg
Ursula Köllner: Else Sauersberg
Max Strecker: Arthur Münzenberger
Sophie Cossaeus: Miss Lohmeier
Gaby Reichardt: Emmi Puchel
Sofie Engelke: Frieda Lahmann
Lia Woehr: Women Seven neck
Sibylle Schindler: Miss Pinella
Bogislav von Heyden: Hans -Ulrich Betz village
Josef Wageck: Caretaker Ballmann
Otto Stern: Zimmermann
Dieter Schwanda: Rudi Krausgrill, apprentice
Iska Geri: Dr. Meyer
Christina moons: Inge Fröhlich
Edith Hancke: Trudi Plischke
Ernst Walter Mitulski: Buying homeowners Dengler
Fritz Strassner: Dr. Moosbauer
Georg Lehn: Dr. Tritschel
Uwe Dallmeier: Detlef Petersen
Hertha Genzmer: Martha and Others
Eva -Maria Werth: Uta Castell
Astrid Frank: Karin Schubert
Nora Bendig: Elke, teaching girls

The company Hessel Bach is a German family series from the year 1960. It is based on the figures of the Hessel Bach family. The film was directed by Wolf Schmidt and Harald Schäfer. Producer of the series was Lia Woehr.

Content

The series is about the everyday trivialities of Hesselbach family and thus draws the petty-bourgeois milieu of the young Federal Republic after. Karl " Babba " Hesselbach (Wolf Schmidt) is the owner of a small printing house, publisher of the weekly newspaper world show on Sunday and with mom Hesselbach ( Liesel Christ) married. The scene plays somewhere in the Hessian, only in the last season of the place of the action is set in the fictional town of Bedrock.

In the first season is the daily work in publishing in the foreground. Interpersonal events in the operating mainly form the basis of action. But specific problems of the economic miracle to be addressed (eg, raw material shortages and labor shortages ). Towards the end of the first season of the children of the Hesselbachs come, Heidi ( Rosemarie Kirstein ) and Peter (Dieter Henkel), from boarding back and go into the family business.

Thus the basis for the second season is set: The family comes to the fore and acts embarrassed to focus more on family events (love, marriage and birth ). In this season fall also the only two sequences that play abroad. A holiday trip leads the Hesselbachs to Cannes and later Mr. Hessel Bach to a congress to Tokyo. The consequence of the Congress of Tokyo is the only episode that was actually turned into a part abroad.

The beginning of 1963 came first criticism of the series, which were due to fatigue of the audience after three years Hesselbach episodes on television and before nine years on the radio. Wolf Schmidt responded by bringing the series episode 42 to a provisional end by Mr. Hessel brook enters into retirement, and the management of publishing his authorized representative and son Fred Lindner ( Joachim Engel- Denis ) hands.

By the end of 1966 returned the Hesselbachs with more modern concept on the screen. The actions were based more strongly towards the person of Karl Hesselbach, which is also evident from the titles of Mr. Hessel Bach and .... Mainly deal with the consequences of the third and final season of local political episodes in which Mr. Hessel stream acts as the city council in Bedrock. Again, current social issues were dealt with and is increasingly trying to appeal to youth audiences. This only partly succeeded. In the summer of 1967, the Hessischer Rundfunk discontinued the series, although Wolf Schmidt had already written more episodes.

Background

1960-1961 television series was shown on ARD. Here also the Frankfurter Volksbank actress Liesel Christ had her first appearance as Mamma Hesselbach. The series made known the South Hessian dialect throughout Germany. The lowest viewing figures of the first season was 63, the highest at 94 per cent and was thus one of the early street sweeper. However, there was at that time in Germany just a television program.

From the end of 1961 went under the title The Hesselbach family the second season on the air. The viewing figures this time was 70 to 84 percent. Even the first broadcast of ZDF on April 1, 1963 could hardly press the ratings.

The last season was aired from 1966 to 1967 ( Title: Mr Hessel Bach and ... ). Here, the competition became noticeable by the ZDF: The audience share ranging from 29 to 67 percent. The final final episode ran on June 7, 1967.

The theme song, called Hesselbach Polka, composed Willy Czernik. For each episode there was an individual variant.

Episodes

Original Air Date in brackets

The company Hesselbach

01 The document (22 January 1960)
02 The Woohoo (5 February 1960)
03 The criminal case (19 February 1960)
04 The Specialist (18 March 1960)
05 The large customer (11 April 1960)
06 Sabotage (13 May 1960)
07 The Breakdown (10 June 1960)
08 The Black Friday (15 July 1960)
09 Rumors of the service (19 August 1960)
10 The salary increase (23 September 1960)
11 The works outing (14 October 1960)
12 is a Minister (25 November 1960)
13 A certain conscience (23 December 1960)
14 The cultivation (20 January 1961)
15 More women in politics? (17 February 1961)
16 The handkerchief (17 March 1961)
17 The family (14 April 1961)
18 The piggy bank (May 17, 1961)
19 Modernization (23 June 1961)
20 The Storm (July 21, 1961)
21 secret things (11 August 1961)
22 The Dreckrändchen (15 September 1961)
23 The roaring deer (13 October 1961)
24 The room (17 November 1961)

The Hessel Bach family

25 malingerers (15 December 1961)
26 The inheritance (12 January 1962)
27 Telefonitis (16 February 1962)
28 The festival performance (16 March 1962)
29 Allergia maritalis (13 April 1962)
30 The Wedding (11 May 1962)
31 The thief (22 June 1962)
32 The Party (July 13, 1962)
33 The Holidays (10 August 1962)
The 34th anniversary (21 September 1962)
35 Remote Massage (19 October 1962)
36 The Fortune Teller (16 November 1962)
37 The stroller (14 December 1962)
38 The Assignment (11 January 1963)
39 The considerations (15 February 1963)
40 The former (15 March 1963)
41 The Congress of Tokyo (24 April 1963)
42 valuables (29 May 1963)

Mr. Hessel Bach and ...

43 Mr. Hessel Bach and the film (19 October 1966)
44 Mr. Hessel Bach and the enemy (23 November 1966)
45 Mr. Hessel Bach and the ward (December 29, 1966)
46 The Count of Hesselbach (25 January 1967)
47 Mr. Hessel Bach and the Art (22 February 1967)
48 Mr. Hessel Bach and the jewel (22 March 1967)
49 Mr. Hessel Bach and the Hound (19 April 1967)
50 Mr. Hessel Bach and the festival (May 17, 1967)
51 Mr. Hessel Bach and the ball (7 June 1967)

DVD Collections Company Hesselbach, family and Mr. Hessel Hessel Bach Bach. hrMedia
Harald Schäfer: The Hesselbachs. Marks of a successful family series from the early days of television. Frankfurt / Main: Fischer. In 1996. ISBN 3-89501-394-3

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