''Unter uns'' (''"Between Us"'') is a German television
soap opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...
, based on the Hungarian soap opera
Barátok közt, first broadcast on
RTL on 28 November 1994. It is centered on the lives of the people in a residential house, which is set in the fictional 'Schillerallee' in
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...
. Since the show debuted, the baker's family Weigel is the series core family. ''Unter uns'' is not based on a foreign soap opera like ''
Verbotene Liebe
''Verbotene Liebe'' (, "Forbidden Love") was a German television soap opera created by Reg Watson for Das Erste. The show was set primarily in the German city of Düsseldorf although, at times, the city of Cologne and the Spanish island of Mal ...
'' or ''
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
''Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten'' ("Good Times, Bad Times"), often abbreviated ''GZSZ'', is a long-running German television soap opera, first broadcast on RTL in 1992. The programme concerns the lives of a fictional neighborhood in Germany's ...
''. After ''Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten'', the show was the second daily soap for RTL, followed years later in 2006 by ''
Alles was zählt
''Alles was zählt'' ("All That Matters") is a German television soap opera first broadcast on RTL on 4 September 2006.
Plot
The original plot revolved around Diana Sommer's dream to become a world class ice skater. She fell in love with Jul ...
''. The show aired its 7,000th episode on 22 November 2022.
Cast
Current cast members
Past cast members
A †indicates characters that have died.
Crossovers
Over the years, ''Unter uns'' had three crossovers with other television shows.
* In 1997, the character of Rebecca Mattern (played by Imke Brügger) had several crossover appearances with the crime drama ''
SK-Babies
''SK-Babies'' 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 †...
''.
* On 25 October 2007, ''Unter uns'' started the first crossover of two German soaps. The characters of Nina Sommer (played by Nathalie Thiede), Tim Herzog (played by André Emanuel Kaminski) and Vanessa Steinkamp (played by Julia Augustin) from ''
Alles was zählt
''Alles was zählt'' ("All That Matters") is a German television soap opera first broadcast on RTL on 4 September 2006.
Plot
The original plot revolved around Diana Sommer's dream to become a world class ice skater. She fell in love with Jul ...
'' crossed over and visited the beach bar Übersee. This was followed by a guest appearance of the character Mars (played by Marcel Saibert) on 5 November 2007 on ''Alles was zählt''.
* In three episodes from 17 to 23 January 2008, ''Unter uns'' had a crossover with the scripted crime show ''
Staatsanwalt Posch ermittelt''. For that Christopher Posch made guest appearances to convince the character of Franziska Gellert (played by Olivia Klemke) to testify against her kidnapper Herrig.
References
External links
*
Unter uns spoiler
{{German soaps
German television soap operas
1994 German television series debuts
Television shows set in Cologne
2000s German television series
2010s German television series
German-language television shows
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