Liebling Kreuzberg

Liebling Kreuzberg was a television series on ARD, which was sent in five seasons with a total of 58 episodes for the first time from 1986 to 1998.

The scripts of seasons one to three and five were from Jurek Becker, his friend Manfred Krug wrote the role of idiosyncratic Attorney Robert Berlin favorite on the body, the fourth season was written by Ulrich Plenzdorf. Was directed by Heinz Shirk ( first season ), Werner Masten (second to fourth season ) and Vera Loebner ( fifth season ). Manufacturing Series transmitters were the SFB, the NDR and WDR. The music was the first season of Hans -Martin Majewski, in the later seasons of Klaus Doldinger.

Liebling Kreuzberg won awards including the Adolf Grimme Award in gold and silver, the Bavarian TV Award 1990 and the Telestar 1988. Moreover, the film music in the grounds of the Adolf Grimme Prize in 2005 was explicitly recognized for Klaus Doldinger.

Content and Characters

The eponymous main character Robert Liebling ( born June 12, 1939) is a lawyer and notary, who has his office in Berlin's Kreuzberg district. He's wearing in the first four seasons a three-day beard, wearing a slouch hat, moves only motorcycle ( a Honda first, then a BMW) and convertibles ( Season 4, a Mercedes -Benz 124 series, Season 5 a Mercedes -Benz W 111 ) smokes, cigar and consumed in large quantities jello that (played by Corinna Genest ) him his secretary Paula and Senta (Anja Franke ) always have to keep in stock. Sometimes favorite has several girlfriends at the same time, which often leads to trouble. While he himself takes such things pretty loose, it reacts with jealousy when one of his liaisons moved into the vicinity of infidelity.

Favorite accepts in principle only cases that interest him. In the first episode of season 1, he explains that he has sold an inherited from his father, real estate business and now documented in his capacity as a notary any resulting sales contracts. This secures him a degree of financial independence so that he can afford to bypass work possible. He would much prefer to go during the day on the river Spree walking or sleeping in his office. From the still handle the work delegated as much as possible to his favorite Sozii. In the first three seasons of this Michael Kausch is in the role of Dr. Giselmund Arnold, later Jenny Gröllmann as Isolde Isenthal " Issi " and finally Stefan Reck as Dr. Bruno Pelzer. They are mostly idealistic, at the same time conventional and thus created as antagonists of the pragmatic, but idiosyncratic favorite. Not least for this contrast resulted in a large part of the dialogue wit this series. The contradiction, however, is often only apparent, because favorite - although cynics - has even idealistic traits.

The episodes usually treat minor disputes that often confront the layman with unexpected legal offenses. In parallel plotline favorite girlfriends are a supporting theme. In the early episodes relations change most rapidly, while in later episodes, the voltage by the professional or personal background of women arises. In the 2nd and 3rd season, this is the prosecutor Rosemarie Monk (played by Diana grains) in the 4th season Lena Lewandowsky ( Isa Jank ), in season 5 a long time, the granary married Lola ( Monika Woytowicz ) and final Miriam Breslauer ( Johanna Liebeneiner ). Another important role in the private setting action takes his chaotic and chronically scarce monetary favorite daughter Sarah ( Roswitha Schreiner ), which in the final season - initially in secret - the girlfriend of favorite partner Dr. Bruno Pelzer is.

Historical Background

Liebling Kreuzberg is not least a contemporary document of the divided city of Berlin, and later reunited. In seasons 1-3 ( 1985-1989 ), the Berlin Wall is not really addressed, but often the screen background present. In addition, is discussed from time to time the four-power status in Berlin on the sidelines. In the Season 4 (1994 ), whose screenplays by Ulrich Plenzdorf were written, is the scene of the action in the eastern part of Berlin, in particular in the districts of Berlin-Mitte ( movie Registry on Monbijouplatz 12, and the house no longer exists) and Prenzlauer Berg moved, which also changes in the subjects of legal cases. In the Season 5 (1997, film firm Bevern street corner Kopenickerstrasse ) finally, the city appears as a topic increasingly into the background and thus reflects resist, as the characteristics that shaped the divided city of Berlin, are increasingly disappearing. In this respect Liebling Kreuzberg has a similar meaning as the comparable design and production effort Series Monaco Franze and Kir Royal by Helmut Dietl for Munich as a document of everyday life in Berlin and contemporary history.

Awards

Jurek Becker received the DAV- Press Price television the German Bar Association for the episode pocket attachment 1989.

Seasons, episodes and broadcast times

The first three seasons were erstausgestrahlt Monday, the fourth and fifth Tuesdays, each at 20:15 clock in the first program of the ARD. About 20 times in at least one season in the programs belonging to the ARD, repeatedly. Currently (as of November 16, 2013 ) repeated the rbb all seasons of the series. The double episodes run every Saturday 20.15 clock.

Season 1 ( Original Air Date 17 February to 24 March 1986)

Season 2 ( Original Air Date 22 February to 16 May 1988)

Season 3 ( Original Air Date 5 March to 23 April 1990)

Season 4 ( Original Air Date 4 January to 5 April 1994)

Season 5 ( Original Air Date October 7, 1997 - March 17, 1998)

Season 1

Season 2

• Liebling Kreuzberg, Season 2 (4 DVDs, ET: March 26, 2008 ARD Video)

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Among the seasons one through three published by Alexander Rentsch at Earthscan accompanying books in novel form. In the fifth season episode lie as before accompanying novels from the Ullstein by Horst Friedrichs and Jurek Becker.