Anna und die Liebe (''Anna and (the) Love'') is the eleventh

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made in Germany. It has aired since 25 August 2008 on German channel Sat.1 and Austrian Channel

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Summary

In its first season, Anna Polauke is extremely shy. In front of strange and important people, she can't utter a single word or simply starts to stutter. She works at her mother's restaurant ''Goldelse'' (''Golden Elisabeth''), dreaming about working at the advertising agency ''Broda & Broda''. Because of her impediment, her

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ends up being a disaster. Also, she suffers from her stepfather Armin and her half-sister Katja. Armin is annoyed, because Anna still loves her missing father overall, Katja hates Anna realizing that she isn't as intelligent as Anna. When Anna meets Jonas Broda, junior director of ''Broda & Broda'', she just wants only one thing: To work at the advertising agency as soon as possible and to be around Jonas. But her halfsister Katja steals Anna's idea for a campaign for a perfume and gets a job at ''Broda & Broda''. Anna manages to get a job as a runner at ''Broda & Broda'' - and without her creative ideas, Katja would lose her job at ''Broda & Broda''. She wins Jonas for herself, while Anna is still seen as a talentless runner. The first season (episode 1–311) revolved around Anna and Jonas. Jeanette Biedermann (Anna) took a break from the show, to focus on her music career, with her new album (

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). Due to its ratings success, Sat.1 ordered more episodes. Since its launch, the telenovela had four seasons (consecutively). Each season would focus on the protagonist (not necessarily Anna) and their "love". The second season was mainly about Mia and Alexander (episode 312–564). Third season (with Jeanette Biedermann's return to the show) centered on Anna with Tom and Enrique (episode 565–798). Fourth and final season (episode 799–926) is with Nina and Luca.

Cast

Main actors

Broadcasters

External links

Official Website
(German) * {{IMDb title, 1263713, Anna und die Liebe (Anna and Love) 2008 telenovelas 2008 German television series debuts 2012 German television series endings German telenovelas German-language television shows Sat.1 telenovelas