''Die Kinder vom Alstertal'' is a

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produced by

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and broadcast on the

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from 1998 to 2004. There are 52 episodes in four seasons.

Series

The series is set in a large farmhouse near the

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with a station on the

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. The main characters are seven children from three families living together in the house, and the series also features assorted animals, in particular the farm dog, Oskar, the farm cats, a tame rooster, Einstein, and a pony, Justus. It was a successor to ''

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'', with the same director, , and

Ursula Hinrichs Ursula Hinrichs (born April 27, 1935) is a German actress. Biography Ursula was born on April 27, 1935. She is a well-known actress and her nickname is "The Hinrichs." She is also known as "the Grand Dame of Theater." In the 1990s and 2000s, ...

, the grandmother in the former series, playing an aunt. Scriptwriters were Marlies Kerremans, Jörn Schröder and Horst Peter Lommer, with Arno Alexander as editor. ''Die Kinder vom Alstertal'' aimed to be more realistic and somewhat more complex than its predecessor. Filming took place near

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at the Menkenhof.

Main cast

*Ami: Ursula Hinrichs *Babsi: Sonja Farke *Carla: Simone Ritscher *Cosima: Alessa Grimm *Hexe: Marleen Lohse *Kiki: Thuy-Anh Cao *Lisa: Katharina Wäschenbach *Susi: Kerstin Draeger *Timo: Marco Soumikh *Tobias: Tim Küchler *Uwe: Lennardt Krüger

References

External links

* 1998 German television series debuts 2004 German television series endings German children's television series German-language television shows {{Germany-tv-prog-stub