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Gisbert (TV Series)
''Gisbert '' is a German television series that was created by Hape Kerkeling and was broadcast in 1999 by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk, WDR television company. Plot Gisbert (Hape Kerkeling) is a substitute-worker, who is getting sub-jobs from the facilitator Frau Schlacke (Hella von Sinnen). In every episode it's a different job but cause of the naive kind of Gisbert he can't get any of the jobs. At the end he always gets fired and explains: "I just wanted to help". Another static role is Herr Faulhaber (Ralph Morgenstern), Frau Schlacke always called him her best employer. Other actors are in every episode but always play different roles, like Isabel Varell, Maren Kroymann, Tana Schanzara and Gottfried Vollmer. Every episode contains also guest stars, like Elke Sommer, Harald Schmidt, Zachi Noy or Katja Ebstein. See also *List of German television series External links * 1999 German television series debuts 1999 German television series endings German-language television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hape Kerkeling
Hans Peter Wilhelm "Hape" Kerkeling (; born 9 December 1964) is a German comedian, TV presenter, author, and actor. Career At secondary school in Recklinghausen, Hape Kerkeling and some fellow students formed a band (''Gesundfutter'', meaning: health food) and published a record (''Hawaii''). Kerkeling started his career as a comedian in radio, working for various German broadcasting companies, such as WDR and BR. His breakthrough came in 1984/85 when, still aged only 19, he got a role in the ''Känguru'' television comedy show (the German word for ''kangaroo'' deliberately spelt without an "h" at the end although this broke the spelling rules at that time). The best-known character in this show was the little boy ''Hannilein'', played by Kerkeling, an irritating child with red hair in a pudding-basin style, dungarees and sitting on giant-sized chairs, who commented on the world of adults. Later came guest appearances and sketches on the Radio Bremen show ''Extratour''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln (''West German Broadcasting Cologne''; WDR, ) is a German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the consortium of German public-broadcasting institutions, ARD. As well as contributing to the output of the national television channel '' Das Erste'', WDR produces the regional television service WDR Fernsehen (formerly known as WDF and West3) and six regional radio networks. History Origins The Westdeutsche Funkstunde AG (WEFAG) was established on 15 September 1924. There was a substantial purge of left wing staff following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933. This included Ernst Hardt, Hans Stein and Walter Stern. WDR was created in 1955, when Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR) was split into Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) – covering Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, and Hamburg – and Westdeutscher Rundfunk, responsible for Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hella Von Sinnen
Hella Kemper (born 2 February 1959), known by her stage name Hella von Sinnen (lit. ''Hella out of her mind'', making pun of the aristocratic "von"), is a German entertainer and television presenter. She has been a regular on several TV shows on German private channels, mainly RTL. Von Sinnen has been socially committed to people with HIV for many years and played the nurse Rita in Rosa von Praunheim 's film '' A Virus Knows No Morals'' (1986), one of the first feature films about AIDS. Career Since the show's first air date on 11 January 2003, von Sinnen has served as one of two (until 2011 together with Bernhard Hoëcker and since 2017 with Wigald Boning) permanent panel members of the weekly Sat.1 improvisational comedy show ''Genial daneben'' (lit. ''ingeniously off the mark''). In the show, von Sinnen, Hoëcker and three varying comedians try to answer strange questions sent in by the audience. Since 2018, she is a panel member of the spin-off ''Genial daneben – Das ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Morgenstern
Ralph Morgenstern (born as Ralph Morgenstern-Nolting on 3 October 1956) is a German actor and TV host. Morgenstern was born in Mülheim an der Ruhr. He works in theatre, film, and on German TV. Morgenstern has one daughter and has lived together with his partner Oliver since 2005. Actor in theatre * 1984-1986: ''Geierwally'' (Filmdose, Köln, Regie: Walter Bockmayer) * 1989-1990: ''Sissi - Beuteljahre einer Kaiserin'' (Filmdose, Köln, Regie: Walter Bockmayer) * 1991-1998: ''Festes Ensemble am Kölner Schauspielhaus'' * 1995 - ''Tankstelle der Verdammten'' (Kölner Schauspielhaus) * 1998 - ''Mephisto'' (Kölner Schauspielhaus) * 1998 - ''Faust'' (Kölner Schauspielhaus) * 2003 - ''Die Banditen'' ( Oper Köln) * 2006-2007 - ''Kiss me Kate'' ( Musikalische Komödie der Oper Leipzig) Actor in films *1984: ''Im Himmel ist die Hölle los'' (directed by Helmer von Lützelburg), as Mr. Raffo *1988: ' (directed by Walter Bockmayer), as Aunt Luckard *1994: ''Die Wache: Vollmond'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Varell
Isabel Varell ( Wehrmann; born 31 July 1961) is a German singer, actress and television presenter. Life Born in Kempen, Varell participated in various talent shows as a singer before she was discovered and supported by German producer Jack White in 1981. She released several singles in German and English language from 1981 on. From 1989 to 1991, she was married to German singer Drafi Deutscher. He also wrote her single ''Melodie d'amour'' with which she participated in the German preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 and finished sixth. Varell played in various musicals (e.g. ''Hammerfrauen'' from 2015 on in Berlin) and comedy TV shows, most notably alongside Hape Kerkeling. She has also presented TV shows for different broadcasters (''Aktuelle Schaubude'' for NDR in 1997; ''Ganz in weiß'' for Sat.1 in 2016). From 2009 on she has written almost all the lyrics for her own albums as well as some for other artists such as Claudia Jung (''Mein Plan für's nächste L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maren Kroymann
Maren Kroymann (; born 19 July 1949) is a German actress, comedian and singer. Career Kroymann was born in Walsrode. She studied English, Roman studies, and American studies at University of Tübingen. After spending time in Paris and the United States, Kroymann moved to Berlin, where she sang in the '' Hanns-Eisler'' Choir. As ''Nachtschwester Kroymann'' (1993–1997), she was the first woman in German public television with her own satirical show. In recent years, Kroymann has appeared in a number of German films. Awards * 2019 Rose d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award * 2019 Grimme Preis for comedy show ''Kroymann'' * 2020 Carl-Zuckmayer-Medaille * 2020 (Honorary Award) * 2021 Deutscher Comedypreis for lifetime achievement Personal life Kroymann is gay. In an interview with the German ''Taz'', Kroymann has said that she always wanted people to know that she was a lesbian, but also that she can still play any role that she would be able to play if people didn't know that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elke Sommer
Elke Sommer (; born Elke Baronin von Schletz, 5 November 1940) is a German actress. She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in ''The Pink Panther (1963 film), The Pink Panther'' sequel ''A Shot in the Dark (1964 film), A Shot in the Dark'' (1964), the Bob Hope comedy ''Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!'' (1966), Agatha Christie's ''And Then There Were None (1974 film), And Then There Were None'' (1974), and the British ''Carry On (franchise), Carry On'' series in ''Carry On Behind'' (1975). Early life Sommer was born in Berlin to Baron Peter von Schletz, a Lutheranism, Lutheran minister, and his wife Renata, ''née'' Topp. During the Second World War (in 1942), the family was evacuated to Herzogenaurach, Niederndorf, a village near Erlangen, a small university town in Franconia, where she attended a Gymnasium (school), university-preparatory high school. Her father died when she was 14 years old. She passed her college entranc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Schmidt
Harald Franz Schmidt (born 18 August 1957) is a German actor, comedian, television presenter and writer best known as the host of two popular German late-night shows. Early and private life A son of refugees who fled from Sudetenland (now Czech Republic) in 1945, Schmidt spent his youth in Swabian Nürtingen. Due to his strict Catholic upbringing he devoted time to the Roman Catholic church, serving as choirmaster and playing the organ. At the age of 21, Schmidt went to Stuttgart to attend drama school for three years. After that, he gained on-stage experience at Städtische Bühne (Municipal Stage) in Augsburg. His first role was that of the 2nd Mamaluke in Lessing's ''Nathan the Wise''. In 1984, Schmidt became a lyricist for the cabaret '' Kom(m)ödchen'' in Düsseldorf and in 1986, was honoured as "Best Newcomer cabaret artist" and toured through Germany with his own show. In October 2005, his daughter Amelie was born. Schmidt resides in Cologne with his partner Ellen H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zachi Noy
Zachi Noy ( he, צחי נוי; born 8 July 1953) is an Israeli actor. Early life Noy was born in 1953 in Haifa, Israel. At a young age, Noy did stage work for the local Israeli theater "HaSadna" in Haifa. Later, he spent his military service in a military band. Career Noy gained much success after he played Yudale in the successful 1978 Israeli film ''Lemon Popsicle'' (''Eskimo Limon'') which became an Israeli cult film and was followed by a series of sequels. In the following decade Noy participated in all the sequels of "Lemon Popsicle" including a spin-off film called "Sababa". Over the years Noy also played in a number of Israeli musicals for children such as ''"Peter Pan"'', ''"The Wizard of Oz"'' And ''"Sallah Shabati"'', as well as different Israeli entertainment stage shows and several children's television shows. Noy also participated in dubbing several animated movies into Hebrew – including ''Space Jam'' and ''The Swan Princess''. He will next appear in a lead role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katja Ebstein
Katja Ebstein (born Karin Witkiewicz; 9 March 1945) is a German singer. She was born in Girlachsdorf (now Gniewków, Poland). She achieved success with songs such as "Theater" and "Es war einmal ein Jäger". She was married to , who wrote many of her songs. Ebstein represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest three times, in 1970, 1971 and 1980. She also took part in Ein Lied für Stockholm in 1975 with the song "Ich liebe dich", placing 5th in the selection. . Her best performance was in 1980 when she gained second place with the entry "Theater", her other two songs " Wunder gibt es immer wieder" and " Diese Welt" each came to third places. As noted by John Kennedy O'Connor in his book ''The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History'', Ebstein is the most successful performer to have taken part in the contest without ever winning. She is the only singer to appear in the top three on three occasions. Discography Studio albums *Katja (Liberty 1969) *Wunder g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of German Television Series
The following is a list of television series produced in Germany: Current Drama * ''4 Blocks'' (TNT Serie, 2017–2019) * ''Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei'' ( RTL, 1996–present) * ''Babylon Berlin'' (Sky 1 & ARD, 2017–present) * ''Bad Banks'' (ZDF & arte, 2018–present) * ''Beat'' (Amazon Prime Video, 2018–present) * ''Bettys Diagnose'' (ZDF, 2015–present) * ''Das Boot (TV series)'' (Sky 1, 2018–present) * ''Der Bulle und das Biest'' ( Sat.1, 2019–present) * '' Charité'' ( ARD, 2017–present) * ''Dark'' (Netflix, 2017–2020) * ''Deutsch-les-Landes'' ( Magenta TV, 2018–present) * ''Dogs of Berlin'' (Netflix, 2018–present) * ''Einstein'' ( Sat.1, 2017–present) * ''In aller Freundschaft'' ( ARD, 1998–present) * ''Leipzig Homicide'' (ZDF, 2001–present) * ''Polizeiruf 110'' (Fernsehen der DDR, 1971−1990; ARD, 1990–present) * ''SOKO 5113'' (ZDF, 1976–2020) * ''Tatort'' (ARD, 1970–present) * ''Das Traumschiff'' (ZDF, 1981–present) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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