Alles was zählt
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Alles was zählt is a German
television soap opera
first broadcast on RTL
on September 4, 2006. The original plot revolved around Diana Sommer's dream to become a world class ice skater. She fell in love with Julian Herzog, who signed her at the prestigious Steinkamp Sport and Wellness Center, run by the unscrupulous Steinkamp dynasty. Diana and Julian eventually became a couple, but in November 2007, Julian suffered a brain hemorrhage and died during their wedding. Diana remained in Essen until January 2009, when she left to join a skating centre in Halle. The story continues to revolve around the Steinkamp Sport and Wellness Centre and its quest to become a sporting powerhouse, as well as the lives of the characters who work at and around the Centre.
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Ulrike Röseberg
Annette Bergmann
1–
2006–
Lessee of the "Pommesschranke" fry stand near the Steinkamp Centre and sometimes costume designer; Lena's sister, Katja's half-sister, Ingo's wife
Silvan-Pierre Leirich
Richard Steinkamp
1–
2006–
Former owner (with estranged wife Simone) of the Steinkamp Sport and Wellness Centre; father of Jenny and Vanessa by Simone, father of Ben by ex-lover Nadja, stepfather of Maximilian
Tatjana Clasing
Simone Steinkamp, née von Altenburg
1–
2006–
Former owner (with estranged husband Richard) of the Steinkamp Sport and Wellness Centre; runs dance studio with Ben; daughter of Friederike Gräfin von Altenburg, mother of Jenny and Vanessa by Richard; also mother of Maximilian by her riding instructor when she was a teen
Daniel Aichinger
Dr. Axel Steinkamp-Schwarz, birth name Schwarz
1–454
505–830
868–
2006–
Former Controller of the Steinkamp Sports and Wellness Centre, now works for the Ministry of the Interior as the State Commissioner for the High-Performance Centre in Essen; son of Luna and Hans Josef "Haschi"; ex-lover of Simone and Nina; was in process of divorce from Jenny † when she disappeared
Sam Eisenstein
Marian Öztürk
2–
2006–
Proprietor of the No. 7 (cafe and bar), formerly ran the inline-courier service "Get It" and had a shady past as a safecracker; father of Deniz (with wife, Veronika), ex-boyfriend of Nadja and Jenny
Julia Augustin
Vanessa Steinkamp
2–667
984–
2006–2009
2010–
Ice-hockey player; Simone and Richard's daughter, Jenny's † sister, Ben and Maximilian's half-sister, cousin of Juli; Ben's ex-girlfriend (they broke up when they discovered they were related), ex-girlfriend of Deniz, girlfriend of Tom; studied medicine in Boston
, then returned to Essen, where she is the majority stakeholder of the Steinkamp Centre
André Dietz
Ingo Zadek
7–
2006–
Ice-hockey trainer, physiotherapist, and masseur at the Steinkamp Centre, also pursued a career as a comedian for a short time; Annette's husband, ex-boyfriend of Lena and Céline, Zoé's father by Céline
Juliette Menke
Lena von Altenburg, née Bergmann, divorced van Kampen
181–
2007–
Ballet teacher and fitness trainer at the Steinkamp Centre; Annette's sister and Katja's half-sister; ex-wife of Robin van Kampen †, ex-lover of Ingo, Oliver, and Mike †, lover of Florian; estranged wife of Maximilian, mother of Alexander with Maximilian
Igor Dolgatschew
Deniz Öztürk
230–
2007–
Management intern at the Steinkamp Centre; formerly pursued careers as hockey player, rentboy, pair skater with Stella and Roman, fashion model, and owner of car service; son of Marian, ex-boyfriend of Nina, Vanessa, and Roman †
Francisco Medina
Maximilian von Altenburg, alias Maximilian Santiago de Castillo
281–
2007–
Manager (with Isabelle) of the Steinkamp Sport and Wellness Centre; son of Simone, half-brother of Jenny † and Vanessa; cousin and ex-husband of Juli (convenience marriage), ex-lover of Jenny, ex-husband of Céline, estranged husband of Lena, father of Alexander with Lena
Jörg Rohde
Ben Steinkamp, accepted, birth name Roschinski
802–
2009–
(2nd actor in the role) Nadja's and Richard's illegitimate son, Jenny and Vanessa's half-brother, ex-boyfriend of Vanessa, ex-husband of Isabelle; studied art and marketing in Milan
; now runs dance studio with Simone; boyfriend of Katja
Anna-Katharina Samsel
Katja Bergmann
822–
2009–
Annette and Lena's half-sister (by their father Peter); with Roman as her trainer, took third place at the Essen Cup shortly after signing on to the Steinkamp team; Tom's ex-girlfriend, Ben's girlfriend
Ania Niedieck
Isabelle Steinkamp née Reichenbach
905–
2010–
Professional figure skater and manager of the Steinkamp Centre (with Max); took first place in the Essen Cup; Ben's ex-wife
Michael N. Kuehl
Florian "Flo" Wild
926–
2010–
Assistant janitor at the Steinkamp Centre; raised in Gunzenhausen, comes to Essen to pursue his dream of playing professional hockey in Essen; younger brother of Roman †; Franziska's ex-boyfriend, Lena's lover
Julia Engelmann
Franziska Steinkamp
1024–
2010–
Richard's niece (by his brother Rüdiger) who poses as a boy ("Frank Schneider") to increase her chances of playing professional hockey; lives with Ben and Isabelle; Florian's ex-girlfriend
Anna-Katharina Fecher
Melanie Wendt
1238–
2011–
Teenager whose parents perished in a tsunami; placed with foster parents Annette and Ingo
Salvatore Greco
Jan Marco Schöler
1260–
2011–
Dance instructor at Simone's dance studio; son of Rüdiger Steinkamp; half-brother of Franziska
Christina Siemoneit
Sarah Wendt
1272–
2011–
Hip-hop dancer and sister of Melanie; lives with Deniz and Florian
Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen
Jennifer Charlotte Annabelle "Jenny" Steinkamp, divorced Steinkamp-Herzog
1326–
2011–
(3rd official actress in the role) Former figure skater, daughter of Simone and Richard, sister of Vanessa, half-sister of Ben and Maximilian, cousin of Juli; ex-wife of Julian, ex-lover of Maximilian, Lars, and Marian, and married to Axel when her flight disappeared over Russia; presumed dead, she returns when Vanessa urgently requires a kidney donation
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Susanne Schlenzig
Jutta Sommer, née Hoffmann, divorced Reichert
1–181
311–315
2006–2007
Diana's Mother, Dieter's ex-wife, Nina's stepmother and Lutz Hoffeman's daughter; moved to Cuxhaven
Jan Niklas Berg
Ben Roschinski
2–215
392–413
2006–2007
2008
(1st actor in the role)
Andreas Seyferth
Lutz Hoffmann
1–231
262–263
2006–2007
Diana's grandfather, Jutta's father; went to live with his daughter in Cuxhaven
Armin Dallapiccola
Dieter Sommer
1–250
271–273
290–292
2006–2007
Diana's stepfather, Jutta's ex-husband and Nina's father, Manfred's brother †, Oliver's uncle; went to Eisenhüttenstadt
to take a job as a Facility Manager
Thorsten Grasshoff
Julian Arthur Herzog †
1–312
337
541–542
2006–2007
2008
2008
Jenny's ex-husband, Tim's brother, Diana's fiancé; died at the altar due to a brain haemorrhage
André Emanuel Kaminski
Tim Herzog
5–321
2006–2007
Julian's brother; left Essen
after Julian's death to start a new life
Regine Seidler
Nadja Roschinski
3–358
999-1001
2006–2008
2010
(1st actress in the role)
Returns for Ben and Isabelle's wedding
Christiane Klimt
Jennifer Charlotte Annabelle "Jenny" Steinkamp, divorced Steinkamp-Herzog
1–452
2006–2008
(1st actress in the role)
Birgit Würz
Nadja Roschinski
359–575
2008
(2nd actress in the role) Skating choreographer; ex-girlfriend of Mike †, Richard, and Marian; mother of Ben (by Richard), was pregnant with Marian's child (miscarriage); moved to Rome for a new job
Tanja Szewczenko
Diana Sommer, née Reichert
1–588
603
2006–2009
Jutta's daughter, Dieter's stepdaughter, Nina's stepsister, Oliver's ex-girlfriend, Julian's fiancé; left to pursue skating career in Halle
Maria Schumanski
Julietta "Juli" Sommer, née von Altenburg
362–717
2008–2009
Simone's niece, cousin of Jenny, Vanessa and Maximilian, granddaughter of Friederike Gräfin von Altenburg; pursued careers as figure skater, waitress in the No. 7, and banking; ex-wife of Maximilian (convenience marriage), wife of Oliver; left Essen for California after separating from Oliver
Nathalie Thiede
Nina Sommer
1–793
2006–2009
Personal assistant to Dr. Axel Schwarz at the Steinkamp Centre; Diana's stepsister and Dieter's daughter, Jutta's stepdaughter, Oliver's cousin; ex-girlfriend of Deniz and Axel; left to work for Male Function in California after realising there was no future with Axel
Stephen Dürr
Mike Hartwig †
1–810
2006–2009
Ice-skating trainer; ex-boyfriend of Nadja, Diana, and Lena; died in explosion while saving Lena from her father's nemesis
Tobias Licht
Lars Berger
469–882
912
2008–2010
Skating choreographer at the Steinkamp Centre; ex-lover of Diana and Jenny, Stella's boyfriend; moved to Switzerland with Stella
Nadine Rennack
Stella Coretti
576–882
912
2008–2010
Skater on the Steinkamp team; daughter of Anton Coretti; Marian's godchild; Lars's girlfriend; moved to Switzerland for rehab after being involved in a car accident and then prematurely returning to training and paralyzing herself
Carolin von der Groeben
Zoé Laffort
459–986
2008–2010
Daughter of Ingo and Céline; moved to Australia with her mother
Norman Kalle
Dr. Oliver Sommer
156–267
322–758
832–1008
2007
2007–2009
2009–2010
Formerly the in-house doctor at the Steinkamp Centre, now works with an African aid organisation; Dieter's nephew, Nina's cousin, Manfred's son; Diana's ex-boyfriend and Juli's ex-husband; moves to Australia with his lover Céline
Nina Bott
Céline Laffort, divorced von Altenburg
465–1008
2008–2010
Cook in the No. 7; Zoé's mother with ex-boyfriend, Ingo; Maximilian's ex-wife and Richard's ex-lover; pregnant with Richard's child; moves to Australia with her lover, Oliver
Silvia Maleen
Jennifer Charlotte Annabelle "Jenny" Steinkamp, divorced Steinkamp-Herzog †
501–1023
2008–2010
(2nd actress in the role) Former figure skater and Diana's primary rival, as a shareholder of the Steinkamp Centre, ran the skating team and coached as a professional trainer; daughter of Simone and Richard, sister of Vanessa, half-sister of Ben and Maximilian, cousin of Juli; ex-wife of Julian, ex-lover of Maximilian, Lars, and Marian, married to Axel when her flight disappeared over Russia and she was presumed dead
Heike Trinker
Claudia Bergmann, née Linden
832–844
928–1225
1253–1254
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011
Figure skating choreographer hired to work with the Steinkamp team; ex-wife of Peter Bergmann and mother of Katja; left Essen after her engagement to Richard Steinkamp ended; returns to see Katja wed Ben
Dennis Grabosch
Roman Wild †
2–1282, 1299
2006–2011
Figure skater, placed third in both the World and European championships before pursing career as a trainer and then as sports manager of the Centre; brother of Florian, ex-boyfriend of Marc Hagendorf, Andrew Wellington; was boyfriend of Deniz Öztürk; died of a brain tumour
Christoph Humnig
Tom Reichenbach
958–1300
2010–2011
Videogame developer; Isabelle's younger brother, Katja and Vanessa's ex-boyfriend; leaves for Boston after he and Vanessa break up
and Unter Uns
. While the show is set in Essen
, filming takes place in Cologne
.
Tanja Szewczenko
is — like Diana, the character she played — a famous German ice skater. In January 2009, she left the series to pursue her skating career.
While LGBT
characters are frequently seen on German television, AWZ marked a first by dealing with the coming out of a young Turkish boy, Deniz. Befriended by Roman shortly after first arriving in Essen, this young 'macho' character realized that he was attracted to men as well as women. Their initial storyline ended in 2007; they were reunited in September 2009 (episode 772) after their romance was rekindled while training as similar pair skaters and modelling a gay clothing line, and had a series of ups and downs until Roman's death (episode 1267). While their story was spotlighted, the "DeRo" storyline reached a wide international fanbase with over 12,000 subscribers on YouTube
.
In February 2008, AWZ was awarded Blu Magazine's Best National TV Format award for its portrayal of the relationship between Deniz and Roman. Actors Igor Dolgatschew and Dennis Grabosch accepted the award on behalf of the series.
The series is produced by Grundy UFA productions, the same company responsible for RTL's other daily soaps. In October 2007, this show and Unter Uns were part of the first-ever crossover of two soap operas in Germany, when characters from AWZ (Vanessa, Nina, and Tim) attended a concert by Mars from Unter Uns (episode 289); Mars later performed an impromptu concert at the No. 7 (episode 296). In April 2010, another RTL crossover featured Helmut Orosz and Mehrzad Marashi from DSDS performing a duet in the No. 7 (episode 904).
The theme song, "Nie Genug", is sung by Austrian singer Christina Stürmer
; she returned with her band to perform two numbers for Ben and Isabelle's wedding, "Warum" (episode 1000) and "Juniherz" (episode 1001).
, to name just a very few.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
television soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
first broadcast on RTL
RTL Television
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on September 4, 2006. The original plot revolved around Diana Sommer's dream to become a world class ice skater. She fell in love with Julian Herzog, who signed her at the prestigious Steinkamp Sport and Wellness Center, run by the unscrupulous Steinkamp dynasty. Diana and Julian eventually became a couple, but in November 2007, Julian suffered a brain hemorrhage and died during their wedding. Diana remained in Essen until January 2009, when she left to join a skating centre in Halle. The story continues to revolve around the Steinkamp Sport and Wellness Centre and its quest to become a sporting powerhouse, as well as the lives of the characters who work at and around the Centre.
Current main cast
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505–830
868–
984–
2010–
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, then returned to Essen, where she is the majority stakeholder of the Steinkamp Centre
Igor Dolgatschew
Igor Dolgatschew is a German actor.Dolgatschew began performing in theatre plays while still attending school in Magdeburg. He was soon cast in films and television shows like Wolffs Revier, Für alle Fälle Stefanie, Alphateam, Neues vom Bülowbogen, Beautiful Bitch and Frau fährt, Mann schläft...
Milan
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; now runs dance studio with Simone; boyfriend of Katja
Anna-Katharina Samsel
Anna-Katharina Samsel is a German actress.Samsel grew up in Wolfsburg where she completed her Abitur. In 1999 she became the German artistic roller skating champion and won the World Championships in 1999, 2000 and 2002....
Salvatore Greco
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Former main cast
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311–315
392–413
2008
262–263
271–273
290–292
Eisenhüttenstadt
Eisenhüttenstadt is a town in the Oder-Spree district of Brandenburg, Germany at the border with Poland. The town was founded in 1950 alongside a new steel mill as a socialist model city and has a population of 32,214...
to take a job as a Facility Manager
Facility management
Facility management is an interdisciplinary field primarily devoted to the maintenance and care of commercial or institutional buildings, such as hospitals, hotels, office complexes, arenas, schools or convention centers...
337
541–542
2008
2008
Essen
- Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...
after Julian's death to start a new life
999-1001
2010
Returns for Ben and Isabelle's wedding
Tanja Szewczenko
Tanja Szewczenko is a German figure skater and actress. She is the 1994 World bronze medalist and 1998 European bronze medalist.-Biography:...
603
912
912
322–758
832–1008
2007–2009
2009–2010
Nina Bott
Nina Bott is a German actress.-Acting:Between August 1997 and September 2005 she played Cora Hinze Moreno on the popular German soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten. She then appeared in the period drama Unter den Linden - Das Haus Gravenhorst. Nina Bott then joined the soap opera Alles was...
928–1225
1253–1254
2010–2011
2011
Dennis Grabosch
Dennis Grabosch is a German actor.Grabosch has had a long career in movies and television, beginning at the young age of 13, when he won Tele 5's screenplay competition with his short story Der erste Kuß...
Backstage Information
AWZ is the third daily soap on RTL, created after Gute Zeiten, Schlechte ZeitenGute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten is a German television soap opera.In 1990, the first commercial channel in the Netherlands, RTL 4 had a spectacular ratings success with its soap Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden, a remake of the Australian soap-opera The Restless Years...
and Unter Uns
Unter Uns
Unter uns is a German television soap opera, first broadcast on RTL on 28 November 1994. Centered around the lives of the people in a residential house, which is set in the fictional Schillerallee in Cologne. Since the show debuted the baker's family Weigel is the series core family...
. While the show is set in Essen
Essen
- Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...
, filming takes place in Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
.
Tanja Szewczenko
Tanja Szewczenko
Tanja Szewczenko is a German figure skater and actress. She is the 1994 World bronze medalist and 1998 European bronze medalist.-Biography:...
is — like Diana, the character she played — a famous German ice skater. In January 2009, she left the series to pursue her skating career.
While LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
characters are frequently seen on German television, AWZ marked a first by dealing with the coming out of a young Turkish boy, Deniz. Befriended by Roman shortly after first arriving in Essen, this young 'macho' character realized that he was attracted to men as well as women. Their initial storyline ended in 2007; they were reunited in September 2009 (episode 772) after their romance was rekindled while training as similar pair skaters and modelling a gay clothing line, and had a series of ups and downs until Roman's death (episode 1267). While their story was spotlighted, the "DeRo" storyline reached a wide international fanbase with over 12,000 subscribers on YouTube
YouTube
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.
In February 2008, AWZ was awarded Blu Magazine's Best National TV Format award for its portrayal of the relationship between Deniz and Roman. Actors Igor Dolgatschew and Dennis Grabosch accepted the award on behalf of the series.
The series is produced by Grundy UFA productions, the same company responsible for RTL's other daily soaps. In October 2007, this show and Unter Uns were part of the first-ever crossover of two soap operas in Germany, when characters from AWZ (Vanessa, Nina, and Tim) attended a concert by Mars from Unter Uns (episode 289); Mars later performed an impromptu concert at the No. 7 (episode 296). In April 2010, another RTL crossover featured Helmut Orosz and Mehrzad Marashi from DSDS performing a duet in the No. 7 (episode 904).
The theme song, "Nie Genug", is sung by Austrian singer Christina Stürmer
Christina Stürmer
Christina Stürmer is an Austrian pop/rock singer. After working at a bookshop in Linz and singing in several bands, she reached #2 in Starmania, an Austrian music casting TV show...
; she returned with her band to perform two numbers for Ben and Isabelle's wedding, "Warum" (episode 1000) and "Juniherz" (episode 1001).
Directors
AWZ is directed in week-long blocks with revolving directors, including Christof Brehmer, Stefan Bühling, Gudrun Scherer, Jörg Mielich, Tina Kriwitz, Klaus Knoesel, Annette Herre, Matthias Paul and Andreas StenschkeAndreas Stenschke
Andreas Stenschke, is a German actor and director originally brought to prominence in the groundbreaking story of teenager Ulli Prozeski coming to terms with being gay on the popular daily serial, Verbotene Liebe, seen nationally on the ARD network.-Biography:Stenschke was born in Cologne, Germany...
, to name just a very few.