Verliebt in Berlin
| Verliebt in Berlin | |
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| Created by | Michael Esser Peter Schlesselmann |
| Starring |
Alexandra Neldel Mathis Künzler Tim Sander Laura Osswald |
| Opening theme | Nena — "Liebe Ist" |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Original language(s) | German |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 645 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Markus Brunnemann Rainer Wemcken |
| Location(s) | Berlin, Germany |
| Running time | 30 min (approx. 24 min) |
| Distributor | SevenOne International |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sat.1 |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Original release | 28 February 2005 – 12 October 2007 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | German adaption of Betty la Fea |
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| Website | |
Verliebt in Berlin (German pun for In Love in/with Berlin; abbreviation: ViB) is a Golden Rose-winning German telenovela, starring Alexandra Neldel, along with Mathis Künzler, Tim Sander, and Laura Osswald. It premiered on 28 February 2005 on Sat.1 in most of German-speaking Europe, with its final episode broadcast on 12 October 2007. The series is an adaptation of the Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea, written by Fernando Gaitán and produced by RCN TV.
The original season of the serial comedy-drama followed the life of the unsophisticated but good-natured Lisa Plenske (Neldel), and her incongruous job at the ultra-chic Berlin fashion house Kerima Moda; while the second season revolved around Lisa's ham-fisted but sly half-brother Bruno (Sander) and junior designer Hannah Refrath (Osswald). Lisa and Bruno's status as two "" drove much of the story plot.
ViB was adapted into a Berlin setting by creators Michael Esser, Peter Schlesselmann and their co-team and co-producers Markus Brunnemann and Rainer Wemcken, whose production company Phoenix Film Karlheinz Brunnemann GmbH & Co. Produktions KG partnered with Grundy UFA TV Produktions GmbH to create the half-hour-long program for the German-speaking audience.
The plot is set in the present time. Elisabeth "Lisa" Plenske (Alexandra Neldel), a kind, intelligent, but naive and not necessarily beautiful young woman, grows up in the (fictional) village Göberitz, near Berlin, with her parents Bernd (Volker Herold) and Helga (). Lisa moves to Berlin and tries to get a job at Kerima Moda, a fashion company. There, she bumps into the junior chairman David Seidel (Mathis Künzler) and falls in love with him. She starts off catering at Kerima Moda, but manages to get promoted to personal assistant of Seidel. She works with him, however he does not really notice her qualities (much less herself as a woman), because he is engaged to Mariella von Brahmberg () and is also involved with various other women.
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