Vier gegen Z

( Also written 4 > < Z) 4 against Z is a German mystery television series for children, created under the auspices of the NDR for ARD. The directors are Klaus Wirbitzky and Andrea Katzenberger, the scripts have been written among others by Katharina Mestre. The series was awarded the 2006 television price Emil and runs, among other things successfully in Italy and France.

• 6.1 Season 1
• 6.2 Season 2
• 6.3 Season 3

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Season 1 Episodes 1-13

Hedda Sorensen died, leaving her a lot of money on the condition that their heirs live for a year in her villa near Lübeck. These heirs are the lone writer Julia Lehnhoff with her daughters diamonds and Leonie and also single Trendscout Sascha Sorensen with his sons and Pinkas Otti.

Just arrived at the new place of residence, strange things happen there. Thus, a completely dressed in black man Karo tries a book without pages, Aunt Hedda has bequeathed to the children to steal and Pinkas is catapulted old Aunt Hedda's mirror into a strange world. Then the children will also be the ghost of Great Aunt Hedda, who explained to them that they are now guard and the city must protect Matreus from the evil ruler Zanrelot and its agents. Those dark forces have been trying for almost 500 years to destroy Lübeck and to subjugate the inhabitants of the city. Hedda himself had died in a fight against him, and it would now be the task of the children to finish what Aunt Hedda and Jonathan, an old friend who started from her. Here them a visible only for Leonie Wadz named Kasimir and Jonathan will help. For Hedda's legacy also includes an ancient book that is usually passed on by guards the guardians and contains knowledge that is useful for the fight against Zanrelot. In addition, Hedda presented the children special items, the so-called solver: a magical glasses that you can see for example through the walls, an amulet that Zanrelots attacks redirects him to a laser pointer to open doors and a glove that lets you about can heal injuries.

During the first season, the guards learn to use their new powers and discover the secret of Zanrelots unbridled hatred of the inhabitants of Lübeck. The Lübeck had his father, the mayor of Lübeck - almost 500 years ago - murdered in cold blood after he should not have acted in accordance with the city several times. Zanrelot has then vowed to avenge his father. He searched his future master, the Black Abbot, on, who taught him the art of dark magic. At the end of the season is Zanrelots power so great that he can leave the underworld. To regain all his powers, he wants to meet with the Black Abbot. For this Zanrelot requires a unique key that open the sealed chamber in which his old teacher is located. The key is but in Pinkas ' body where he can not get out so easily. However Zanrelot has an unimaginably great power that even this obstacle is no more real for him. He tricking the kids off to yet to reach its master and begins his ritual. But the guards thwart another time Zanrelots plans, so that it is destroyed. Matreus but manages to escape.

Season 2 Episodes 14-26

Zanrelot has been so taken by the darkness in possession over the centuries that it requires neither heart nor soul, to exist. Therefore, it is possible Matreus also to resuscitate him. When the guards return from their well-deserved vacation, they decide to remain living in Hedda's Villa despite the elapsed time and the already ergattertem heritage. This is due to the fact that the two families Lehnhoff and Sörensen better understand now. Sasha wants Julia even make a marriage proposal, which unfortunately fails repeatedly, and also Pinkas has his eye on diamonds.

The storyline is once again in it to ward off the large number of Zanrelots revenge attacks and defend Lübeck. In contrast to the previous season but will be discussed in more on the key developments in Zanrelots history. Especially the family tree once again plays a greater role in the last episode. To find the guard that Jonathan the son Zanrelots and Matreus is his cousin.

Zanrelot takes over with a curse complete control over Jonathan's body. This allows it to leave the underworld. When the parents of the guards run into financial problems, he buys, still in the form of Jonathan, whose house and rented it on to the two families, but it plans to terminate it in wenigern days. He also removed the magic mirror, come with the guards in the underworld. This can Pinkas and Karo, who have moved into the underworld to spy Zanrelots plans not return. The power of the monitor is divided so, so Zanrelot with an Egyptian obelisk can enable all of Lübeck into a sleep from which they will wake up as zombies. Otti and Leonie succeeds but, Pinkas and check them back from the underworld and put them together Zanrelot in combat. Since he still occupied Jonathan's body, they can only kill him if they also kill Jonathan, what they do not get done. The battle, however, has Zanrelot weakened, so Jonathan can drive them out of his body it again. Thus both of them die, but Jonathan takes this into account, because he prevented by Zanrelot can enslave the people.

Season 3 episodes 27-39

After Matreus Zanrelot has revived a second time, he leaves it, to take revenge on the people of Lübeck. Instead, he has ambitious plans. He now wants to conquer the so-called gateway to the world, that should be at an undisclosed location in Hamburg. Whoever enters that portal, is ruler of the whole world. Since Zanrelot therefore now is active in Hamburg and Karo, Pinkas, and Otti Leonie can fulfill her duties as guardian only in the area of Lübeck, now new person has to be able to serve the Guardian. Zanrelot know that new children to protect them with the task of Hamburg, are to be entrusted and sends Matreus in the outside world in order to kill them before they can learn any magic skills. Matreus seems to have achieved this at first glance, but he has ultimately only apparent lulled into security and the old were the new guards, David, Finja, Milli and Jacob successfully transferred the office. Since Aunt Hedda must also remain in Lübeck, henceforth shall refer the rich merchant's widow Sophie, who also only a shadow of itself, however, and already passed in 1559 in order to help the Guardians in times of need. From a hair Zanrelots succeeds the guards also to revive Jonathan.

Zanrelot now takes Matreus as his son and teaches him the black magic. Several times he tried to bring the inhabitants of Hamburg under his control or to harm the guards, but fails at the end. The blame does Zanrelot at Matreus. When two comets collide in orbit of the earth, Zanrelot absorbs the energy released in the process and thus reaches the surface. He opens the door to the world. The guards succeeds in that goal to close again, but Zanrelot are inferior. As Zanrelot wants to kill the guards, Jonathan intervenes and turns - to his own surprise - black magic on. Finally Zanrelot and Jonathan fall in the same and let the guards back at a loss.

Both arrive in the underworld. There Zanrelot Jonathan can draw on its side, because the guards have recreated it from a hair Zanrelots so put evil in Jonathan. Subsequently, contrary Zanrelot Matreus, he no longer needs now and plans, together with Jonathan to destroy the Guardians and to conquer the world. By a trick Jonathan lures the guards and Aunt Sophie, who does not know that he has changed sides, in the underworld and steals David, Jacob and Finja even their magic power. When he wants to kill the guards to Matreus involved to defend the guards and fights against Zanrelot and Jonathan. Matreus dies, but Sophie and the guards can escape.

It looks bad for the guards. Only Millie defend itself against the influence of Zanrelot, all other people, including the other guardians, have become mindless slaves. Also, Sophie has disappeared. But Zanrelot can not pass through the gateway to the world, because Millie has the card and the keys stolen it. She manages to regain the power and the solver of the other guards, so that they are reunited. They learn that magic inside the gate to the world does not act and see it as their chance, but to destroy Zanrelot and Jonathan yet. Since them comes the proposal Zanrelots just right: In exchange for the map and the key Zanrelot leaves the guards with their family and friends live on an island, which will not be controlled by it. The guards go to a sham it and let Zanrelot and Jonathan enter the gate, it freeze it it a with their solvers and lock the two villains in a snow globe.

The good side

While Julia Lehnhoff checks and Leonie's mother, and Pinkas Otti are the sons of Sascha Sörensen.

Especially for Pinkas and check it first appears to be impossible to live together under one roof. Over time, however, Karo, noted that Pinkas also can be a friendly chap and falls in love with him. Pinkas itself initially feel it no feelings and Karo collides with rebuffs her repeatedly on deaf ears until Pinkas then comes across Karos diary in which she says every day of it.

Leonie is with the exception of the other guards held for crazy, because they are constantly playing with her visible only for itself Wadz named Kasimir. This is duly especially Julia 's nerves and Mama Lehnhoff is not afraid of her daughter every now and then to rush school psychologists on the neck ...

Otti seems to be a bore at first glance, but a crush one or the other girls in it. Whether this but is true love or the girls just want to take advantage of him, is then always the big question. In Larissa Otti can rely on, however.

Sophie- Elise has managed with great effort and a few tricks that Yuri Kierow moved with his nephew David and Hanna Sander with her two daughters Finja and Milli in one and the same house. First, Hanna doubt a nice WG, then expires but after some time Juris charm - Too bad all of a sudden her ex is coming.

When David Kierow is a gifted diplomat child who never was able to make solid friendships, as David's family moved again to a new country. David is sick of this system and is the first time in Hamburg, to which he has just started getting used really. David is indeed highly intelligent, scores with the girls in his class for not so much. Dear make themselves closer to the cool Jakko, which occurs much " male ". Here, David has more qualities in terms of romance and sensitivity. So he and Finja at the end but still a couple.

Finja has " a damn " in Hamburg. They would much rather have stayed in her home, where she knows everything and everyone. But back to her father, she does not want to, after he has cheated on her mother years. At least David is her comfort when things are not going so well - whether school or Finjas relationship with Jacob.

Milli Sander is a shy little girl that chronic seizures that occur suddenly and without warning, suffers. As a guardian but that is in turn an advantage as they simultaneously also has visions during her seizures, which hold true in most cases.

Jacob, would prefer to be called Jakko. His mother has died very early, when he was a little child and his relationship with his father is not even the best part. Because Jakkos dad is a choleric drunkard and Jakko is reluctant than once at home in his "right " in the month. Instead, he has set itself comfortably furnished in an old boathouse. Too bad that live in the opposite Villa henceforth the Kierows and Sanders, who gradually realize they are not alone at night ...

The symbol of the " 4" is the color blue; the rays of the magic solver for example, are colored blue.

The evil side

Years ago, nearly 500 Zanrelot was banished to the underworld, where he tried his faithful accomplice by all means to regain "up" and to subjugate the Lübeck. Matreus itself again and again tried unsuccessfully to get recognition from his cold-hearted uncle, but he is in his eyes only an execrable scoundrel.

The color of evil, or the "Z" is green.

Production

Season 1 and 2 played in Lübeck. The third season moved the action to Zanrelot with seven new actors to Hamburg. Episode 1 out of 4 against Z began in Germany, the Mystery series genre and the young actors of the series continued with Udo Kier a milestone in children's television history. The first episodes ran in the summer of 2005, every Tuesday at 19:25 clock in KiKA. The consequences of the last season were first aired in September 2008, also in KiKA and in the children's program of The First.

Occupation

Occupation of seasons 1 and 2

Cast of Season 3

Episodes

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3