''Danni Lowinski'' is a German
legal
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...
dramedy
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
that premiered on
Sat.1 on April 12, 2010, featuring
Annette Frier
Annette Frier (born 22 January 1974) is a German actress and comedian.
Early life
She has a younger sister, Caroline (born 1983) and an older sister. After the Abitur she studied classical acting at the school of the German theater "Der Kell ...
as the eponymous character. The show was created by Marc Terjung, who also created the legal dramedy ''
Edel & Starck
''Edel & Starck'' is a German television series.
See also
*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 ...
'', and Benedikt Gollhardt. On May 19, 2010, Sat.1 renewed the show for a second season, which premiered on March 14, 2011. A third season was ordered in April 2011, set to premiere on February 6, 2012. All seasons are consisting of thirteen episodes each.
The fourth season aired from 21 January to 22 April 2013. On 9 April 2013 it was announced that ''Danni Lowinski'' was renewed for a fifth season.
Plot
Daniela "Danni" Lowinski (
Annette Frier
Annette Frier (born 22 January 1974) is a German actress and comedian.
Early life
She has a younger sister, Caroline (born 1983) and an older sister. After the Abitur she studied classical acting at the school of the German theater "Der Kell ...
) is a trained
hairdresser
A hairdresser is a person whose occupation is to cut or style hair in order to change or maintain a person's image. This is achieved using a combination of hair coloring, haircutting, and hair texturing techniques. A Hairdresser may also be refe ...
who received her qualification for college (in Germany called
Abitur
''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...
) doing evening classes and then managed to major in law successfully. After graduating, she wants to work as lawyer but no lawyer's office is willing to employ her. In sheer desperation she has the idea to lease space in a
mall
Mall commonly refers to a:
* Shopping mall
* Strip mall
* Pedestrian street
* Esplanade
Mall or MALL may also refer to:
Places Shopping complexes
* The Mall (Sofia) (Tsarigradsko Mall), Sofia, Bulgaria
* The Mall, Patna, Patna, Bihar, India
* M ...
where a simple table and two chairs form a small helpdesk. The helpdesk offers people the opportunity to have Danni deal with their legal matters for just one
Euro
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per minute. Of course this leads to Danni attracting rather unusual clients, whose problems she solves in an equally unusual manner.
In each season she is assisted by her best friend and barista Bea Flohe (
Nadja Becker
Nadja Becker (born 25 October 1978) is a German actress.
Filmography
*2004–2007: '' Stromberg'' as Maja
*2007: ''Warum Männer nicht zuhören und Frauen schlecht einparken'' as Angie Luschmund
*2008: '' SOKO: Wismar'' as Cindy Poguntke
*20 ...
) as well as people from adjacent stores in the mall. In her private life, Danni has to deal with her father Kurt (
Axel Siefer
Axel Siefer (born November 30, 1950) is a German actor.
Biography
Axel Siefer attended the Acting School in Stuttgart, Southern Germany from 1969 to 1973. Since 1971 he has worked as stage-, TV- and film- actor and director. He became known t ...
), whom she lives with.
In the first season her friends from the adjacent stores are
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
locksmith Rasoul (
Elyas M’Barek) and Nils (
Oliver Fleischer), a massage therapist, as well as Dr. Oliver Schmidt (
Jan Sosniok
Jan Sosniok (born 14 March 1968 in Gummersbach) is a German actor.
His career began with a role in the German TV soap opera '' Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten''. Sosniok plays in TV-films and sometimes takes theatre-roles.
He is well known for his ...
), a fellow attorney who works in a lawyer's office located in the mall. She starts a relationship with Oliver with whom she breaks up in the final episode about a professional problem.
In the second season Hannes Stüsser takes over the locksmith business and the mall has a new security guard Sven Nowak. She starts a relationship with Sven and she finds out that there is a homicide case against him from his former job in the police where she asks access to records at the state attorney. She has mixed feelings about Oliver and Sven and both of them press her to make a choice in the final episode.
In the third season it is revealed that Sven had quit, now being on a job in Leverkusen. He is replaced by Svenja Müller. Nils runs a junk shop now and it is later revealed that Hannes has begun law studies. One thread follows Bea's relationship - in the beginning a loose triangle with Nils and Hannes and later Dustin which however turns out to be a drug dealer facing a jail sentence. The other thread is about Oliver who initiates a formal contract sending down a couple of cases - that includes a big lawsuit against a pharmaceutical that makes for key scenes in the final episode.
Cast
*
Annette Frier
Annette Frier (born 22 January 1974) is a German actress and comedian.
Early life
She has a younger sister, Caroline (born 1983) and an older sister. After the Abitur she studied classical acting at the school of the German theater "Der Kell ...
as Danni Lowinski, attorney at law
*
Nadja Becker
Nadja Becker (born 25 October 1978) is a German actress.
Filmography
*2004–2007: '' Stromberg'' as Maja
*2007: ''Warum Männer nicht zuhören und Frauen schlecht einparken'' as Angie Luschmund
*2008: '' SOKO: Wismar'' as Cindy Poguntke
*20 ...
as Bea Flohe, Danni's best friend
*
Elyas M’Barek as Rasoul Abbassi, locksmith (season 1)
*
Tino Mewes
Tino Mewes (born 5 April 1983) is a German actor. He has appeared in more than fifty films since 2002.
Filmography
References
External links
*
1983 births
Living people
German male film actors
{{Germany-actor-stub ...
as Hannes Stüsser, locksmith (seasons 2-4)
*
Oliver Fleischer as Nils Polgar
*
Jan Sosniok
Jan Sosniok (born 14 March 1968 in Gummersbach) is a German actor.
His career began with a role in the German TV soap opera '' Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten''. Sosniok plays in TV-films and sometimes takes theatre-roles.
He is well known for his ...
as Dr. Oliver Schmidt, attorney at law
*
Axel Siefer
Axel Siefer (born November 30, 1950) is a German actor.
Biography
Axel Siefer attended the Acting School in Stuttgart, Southern Germany from 1969 to 1973. Since 1971 he has worked as stage-, TV- and film- actor and director. He became known t ...
as Kurt Lowinski, Danni's father
*
Sebastian Bezzel
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* Sebastian (name), including a list of persons with the name
Arts, entertainment, and media
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* ''Sebastian'' (1968 film), British spy film
* ''Sebastian'' (1995 film), Swedish drama film
...
as Sven Nowak, mall security (seasons 2-3)
*
Sabine Orléans
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The Sabines divid ...
as Svenja Müller, co-worker of Sven (season 3)
*
Andreas Guenther
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as Josh, salesman and love interest of Danni (season 3)
Production
''Danni Lowinski'' is produced by
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
-based producer
Phoenix Film
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* Phoenix (mythology), a legendary bird from ancient Greek folklore
* Phoenix, Arizona, a city in the United States
Phoenix may also refer to:
Mythology
Greek mythological figures
* Phoenix (son of Amyntor), ...
. The show was created by Marc Terjung and Benedikt Gollhardt, who also created ''
Edel & Starck
''Edel & Starck'' is a German television series.
See also
*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 ...
'' (2002–2005), another successful Sat.1
Dramedy
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
.
Danni Lowinski is distributed internationally by SevenOne International.
Reception
''Danni Lowinski'' turned out to be a hit dramedy, allowing
Sat.1 to achieve significant ratings with the
target audience
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and to win the title of highest-rated show on 5 July 2010. Shortly after the first month of broadcasting, ''Danni Lowinski'' was renewed for its second season.
In August 2010 it was announced that ''Danni Lowinski'' was nominated for the Deutscher Comedypreis 2010 ("German Comedy Award 2010") alongside ''
Pastewka'' and ''
Stromberg''. On 9 October 2010, ''Danni Lowinski'' won the
Deutscher Fernsehpreis
The Deutscher Fernsehpreis (''German Television Award'') is an annual German award for television programming, created in 1999 by German television channels Das Erste, ZDF, RTL and Sat.1. It was created to be an equivalent to the Emmy Awards, t ...
(German Television award) for best series.
In April 2011
Sat.1 renewed ''Danni Lowinski'' for its third season.
Adaptations
In October 2010, it was announced that
The CW
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is planning to develop an adaptation based on the original German series.
This would have made it the first German TV series adapted for an American audience.
A pilot starring
Amanda Walsh
Amanda Walsh (born October 3, 1981) is a Canadian actress, writer, and former VJ for the Canadian television station MuchMusic.
Early life
Walsh was born in Rigaud, Quebec. She went to Hudson High School, in Hudson, Quebec.
Career
Walsh star ...
in the lead role was filmed by director
Richard Shepard
Richard Shepard (born 1965) is an American film director, film and television director and screenwriter.
Biography
Shepard was born in New York City, New York (state), New York. Shepard's father was from an Austro-Hungarian-Hungarian Jews, Jewi ...
, but the planned adaptation did not appear on the 2011-12 schedule.
In March 2013,
SBS 6
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History
SBS st ...
announced there would be a
Dutch
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* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
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* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
adaptation of the same title.
References
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2010 German television series debuts
2014 German television series endings
German comedy-drama television series
Television shows set in Cologne
German-language television shows
Sat.1 original programming
German legal television series