Hotel Paradies

Hotel Paradies was a sitcom that aired on ZDF with a total of 27 episodes. It aired twice a week from January 16, 1990, to April 12, 1990, on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:50 PM. The show was written by Herbert Lichtenfeld. From episodes 1 to 12, Claus-Peter Witt was the Director, being replaced in episodes 13 to 27 with Michael Günther. The series premiere on January 16, 1990, gave ZDF 17.82 million viewers during prime time.

Plot

The married couple Max and Lisa Lindemann run the ''Hotel Paradies'' as a family business on the Spanish island of Mallorca, which accommodates mainly German vacationers. The two sons Frank, paraplegic since a serious accident, and Michael, a motorcycle freak and heartthrob, help their parents at the reception and grandpa also makes himself useful. Among others, the park hotel owner Agostino Kroll, who had to sell the ''Hotel Paradies'' to Grandpa Lindemann some time ago due to lack of money, provides intrigue. Now wealthy, he wants the prestigious property back at any price.

The series also tells the story of Klaus Feller in parallel. In a financial emergency, he committed an insurance fraud in earlier times. Together with his then-wife Renate Feller, he faked his death and cashed in the life insurance policy taken out on him, which he consequently shared with Renate. Klaus Feller then went into hiding. Under the false name of Harald Kuhn, he now runs a car rental business and repair shop on Mallorca. The situation gets dicey when his ex-wife surprisingly shows up on the island together with her friend Jens Hartmann and Ewald Stronk, a former customer of Klaus Feller, who recognizes him by his voice. To save his own skin, Kuhn flees into the mountains to the caveman and hermit Manfred. Stronk takes up pursuit with one of Kuhn's cars, but crashes with it and has a fatal accident. The search for the culprit becomes a nerve-wracking game of patience....

The above situation is aggravated by the character Jens Hartmann. The fanatical diver is with girlfriend Renate Feller, the ex-wife of Harald Kuhn, in search of a gold treasure hidden in a shipwreck. After a long time, he actually discovers the gold, but he lacks the necessary money to salvage it. First, he asks Renate for the money, but she refuses. Therefore, in his madness, he blackmails her ex-husband Harald Kuhn: After he knows about Renate's past, he immediately threatens to go to the insurance company and expose Kuhn. Kuhn then leaves for Rio de Janeiro in Brazil with his new partner Isabel and sells Max Lindemann his car rental business. In the end Renate gives him the money for the salvage - a mistake as it turns out. Hartmann is killed during the recovery of the gold bars and Renate Feller is remanded in custody. In the course of the conversation with the detective inspector Ramirez, it comes out that Hartmann has taken out a life insurance policy in favor of Renate.

In each episode, there are also one or two additional stories in which the hotel staff are kept on their toes. The additional roles are usually played by high-profile guest stars.

Episodes

* Episode 01 (January 16, 1990): Urlaub im Paradies, Teil 1
* Episode 02 (January 16, 1990): Urlaub im Paradies, Teil 2 (Kein Grund zur Eifersucht)
* Episode 03 (January 18, 1990): Alte Dame, leicht behindert
* Episode 04 (January 23, 1990): Oma kommt
* Episode 05 (January 25, 1990): Später Frühling
* Episode 06 (January 30, 1990): Der Einsiedler
* Episode 07 (February 1, 1990): Familienkrieg
* Episode 08 (February 6, 1990): Besuch aus der Vergangenheit
* Episode 09 (February 13, 1990): Alles nur Theater
* Episode 10 (February 10, 1990): Wie du mir, so ich dir
* Episode 11 (February 15, 1990): Der Paradiesvogel
* Episode 12 (February 20, 1990): Unfallzeugen
* Episode 13 (February 22, 1990): Wer war der Täter?
* Episode 14 (February 27, 1990): Die Liebe eines Engels
* Episode 15 (March 1, 1990): Blumen für Katinka
* Episode 16 (March 6, 1990): Rosita kehrt heim
* Episode 17 (March 8, 1990): Ein Bild verschwindet
* Episode 18 (March 13, 1990): Neuer Lebensmut
* Episode 19 (March 15, 1990): Der Schminkkoffer
* Episode 20 (March 20, 1990): Zwei sind einer zuviel
* Episode 21 (March 22, 1990): Gold
* Episode 22 (March 27, 1990): Die Flucht
* Episode 23 (March 29, 1990): Das Hochzeitsfoto
* Episode 24 (April 3, 1990): Unter Mordverdacht
* Episode 25 (April 5, 1990): Ehrlich währt am längsten
* Episode 26 (April 10, 1990): Ein Haus für die Zukunft
* Episode 27 (April 12, 1990): Abschied von Mallorca

Cast

In at least 3 episodes:

* Karin Frey as Gertrud Stronk
* Ilona Grübel as Evelyn
* Maria Ketikidou as Ines
* Daniela Lohmeyer as Natalie Reizenhein
* Isabel Navarro as maid Carmen
* Caterina Valente as Rosita Kroll
* Irina Wanka as Katinka Neumann
* Alexandra Wilcke as Anna
* Robert Atzorn as Jonas Rowalt
* Roberto Blanco as himself
* Christian Brückner as Commissioner Ramirez
* Fernando Gómez as Mauricio Ortega
* Bob Hirsch as Tommy
* Chris Howland as Butler George
* Diether Krebs as Ewald Stronk
* Walo Lüönd as hotel chef José
* Lutz Mackensy as Axel Gerloff
* Alexander May as the hermit Manfred
* Hans-Christoph Schödel as Bob
* Karl-Heinz Vosgerau as Dr. Andreas Helm

See also

*List of German television series

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0098824

''Hotel Paradies''
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Fernsehserien
(German)

1990 German television series debuts
1990 German television series endings
Television shows set in the Balearic Islands
German-language television shows
ZDF original programming