One Foot in the Grave

• Heinz Schubert: Victor Bölkoff
• Brigitte Böttrich: Margret Bölkoff
• Irm Hermann: Lisbeth Albermann
• Heinrich Schafmeister: Klaus

With one foot in the grave, a German satirical television series have become known as disgust Alfred Heinz Schubert was in the lead role. Schubert played in an involuntarily sent into early retirement porter. The series was produced between 1996 and 1997 and consisted of 13 episodes.

Background

The series is an adaptation of the BBC series One Foot in the Grave. The author quantity and Heinz Schubert worked some 25 years after their hit series A heart and a soul back together in a film. Udo Lindenberg's "When I'm 64 ", the modification of the Beatles classic " When I'm 64 " it served as theme music was. The series ran in a season and was broadcast each Tuesday at 22.05 clock in the ARD.

Action

Viktor Bölkoff works as a doorman, but since the company has to downsize he is prematurely pensioned off and put into place a new-fashioned robot. This new situation to which Bölkoff so was not prepared to provide him and his wife at first with new challenges. He makes himself comfortable, watching television or talking to his goldfish. Your neighbors are Lisbeth Albermann, Margret's girlfriend and Klaus and Katrin. Bölkoff is invited by the alternative service for seniors Markus afternoon, which he did not particularly like because he did not want to belong to the old iron. A call from the HR department of his old company makes him hope for a comeback, but it is different than expected. The lovable, sometimes querulous philistine Bölkoff who likes neither dogs nor small children trying to make the best of his situation.