Unter uns is a German

Germany

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 television

Television

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 soap opera

Soap opera

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, first broadcast on RTL

RTL Television

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 on 28 November 1994. Centered around the lives of the people in a residential house, which is set in the fictional Schillerallee in Cologne

Cologne

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. Since the show debuted the baker's family Weigel is the series core family. Unter uns isn't based on a foreign soap opera like Verbotene Liebe

Verbotene Liebe

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or Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten

Gute 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...

. The show is also the only German soap opera that hasn't featured a gay character in its main cast. 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

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...

. The show aired its 3,500th episode on 30 December 2008.

Current cast members

Actor	Character	Episode	Duration
Petra Blossey	Irene Weigel, née Schwarz	1–	1994–
Isabell Hertel	Ute Fink, née Kiefer	55–	1995–
Imke Brügger	Rebecca Mattern	641–	1997–
Milos Vukovic	Paco Weigel	1347–	2000–
Ben Ruedinger	Tilmann „Till“ Weigel #2	1442–	2000–
Claudelle Deckert	Eva Wagner	1585–2906 3103–3124 3415–	2001–2006 2007 2008–
Stefan Bockelmann	Malte Winter	1672–	2001–
Sarah Bogen	Lilith „Lili“ Mattern, adopted, née Rose	1672–	2001–
Stefan Franz	Rolf Jäger	1860–	2002–
Kai Noll	Rufus Sturm	2036–	2003–
Lars Steinhöfel	Ingo „Easy“ Sommer, née Winter	2592–	2005–
Patrick Müller	Tobias Lassner	2987–	2006–
Joy Lee Juana Abiola	Michelle „Micki“ Fink	3515−	2009−
Tabea Heynig	Britta Schönfeld	3763–	2010–
Marvin Linke	Moritz Schönfeld	3765–	2010–
Valea Scalabrino	Sina Uhland	3820–	2010–
Benjamin Kiss	Henning Fink #2	3823–	2010–
Marylu Poolman	Anna Weigel #3	3934–	2010–
Bela Klentze	Bela Hoffmann	4021–	2011–
Martin Baden	Nils Hoffmann	4022–	2011–
Ela Paul	Sabine Kern	4022–	2011–

Recurring cast members

Actor	Character	Duration
Marco Sprinz	Cook Richie	2003–
Maximilian Claus	Erik Hansen	2011–

Comings and goings

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Actor	Character	Status

Past cast members

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Milena Dreißig	Antonia „Toni“ Schwarz #1	1994	1995
Ludwig Hollburg	Olaf Schwarz	1994	1995
Karin Schröder	Sophie Himmel-Eiler, née Himmel #1	1994	1995
Katja Frenzel-Röhl	Melanie Hoffmeister	1994	1995
Björn Kegel-Casapietra	Armin Franke †	1994	1996
Sebastian Feicht	Alexander Albrecht	1994	1996
Stephen Dürr	Tilmann „Till“ Weigel #1	1994	1996
Andreas Köss	Lars König	1995	1997
Alexander Osteroth	Joachim Albrecht	1994	1997
Nina Azizi	Antonia „Toni“ Schwarz #2	1995	1997
Beate Wanke	Regina Albrecht †	1994	1997
Oliver Bootz	Christian „Chris“ Weigel	1994	1997
Cecilia Kunz	Corinna Bach	1994	1997
Tilmann Schillinger	Bernd Hoffmeister †	1995	1997
Lale Karci Lale Karci Lale Karci is a Turkish-German actress and model.-Television:-External links:...	Aylin Hoffmeister, née Eray	1994	1998
Marco Girnth	Sven Rusinek	1995	1998
Tatiani Katrantzi	Jennifer „Jenny“ Turner	1994	1998
Maurice Karl †	Sebastian Sandmann #1	1997	1998
Bodo Frank	Marc Albrecht	1994	1998
Sebastian Winkler	Sebastian Sandmann #2	1998	1999
Ralf Komorr	Andreas Sandmann †	1997	1999
Verena Zimmermann	Jessica Falkenberg †	1997	1999
Vanessa Glinka	Alexandra „Alexa“ Falkenberg	1997	1999
Eric Benz	Nick Weigel, née Neuhaus	1997	2000
Wolfram Grandezka Wolfram Grandezka Wolfram Grandezka is a German actor.He landed the role of Roman Klingenberg in the Daytime soap opera Unter uns. He played the role from January 5, 1998 to April 26, 2000. Wolfram came to another soap, Verbotene Liebe, four years later...	Roman Klingenberg	1998	2000
Isabel Florido	Ilona „Lona Dee“ Dertinger	1995	2000
Arnold Dammann	Viktor Falkenberg †	1997	2000
André Dietz	Gregor Sandmann	1997	2000
Thorsten Feller	Kai Fleming	1998	2000
Diana Staehly	Susanne „Sue“ Sommerfeld	1998	2000
Eve Scheer	Sarah Foster, née Engel	1999	2001
Michael Evans Michael Evans Michael James "Mickey" Evans is an English-born Irish former footballer. He spent the majority of his career at home-town club Plymouth Argyle, with notable success, including two Football League titles....	Thomas Jefferson „Tom“ Foster	1997	2001
Sylvia Agnes Muc	Laura Böhme	1994	2001
Ole Tillmann	Jonas Sommerfeld	1999	2001
Tobias Licht	Gideon Kern †	2000	2001
Claudia Neidig Claudia Neidig Claudia Neidig is a German stage and film actress.Neidig studied acting in Karlsruhe from 1977 to 1980. She has appeared in numerous film and television roles. She had a short but memorable role in European Vacation in 1985....	Claudia Falkenberg	1997	2001
Wayne Carpendale	Maximilian „Max“ Pfitzer	2000	2001
Bianca Hein	Meike Wagner	2000	2002
Christian Kämpfer	Fabian Rose †	2001	2002
Petra Gumpold	Isabelle „Belle“ Rose, née Minz †	2001	2002
Timo Ben Schöfer	Stefan Kramer	2000	2003
Gabriele Weinspach	Helena Kramer, née Lasalle	2000	2004
Mario Kristl	David Kramer †	2001	2003
Sabine Pfeifer	Pauline Pfitzer	1999	2003
Melanie Wichterich	Viktoria „Vicky“ Kramer	2000	2004
Janis Rattenni	Anna Weigel #1	1994	2004
Finja Martens	Svenja Lindström	2004	2005
Nike Martens	Romy Sturm #1	2003	2005
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:...	Katinka „Kati“ Jäger, née Ritter †	2002	2005
Christiane Maybach †	Margot Weigel, née Himmel †	1994	2006
Sven Waasner	René Sturm †	2003	2006
Henrike Richters	Kimberly „Kim“ Ritter	2004	2006
Torben Brinkmann	Oliver Twist	2005	2006
Petra Gumpold	Dr. Ariane Sturm, née Minz	2003	2006
Annika Peimann	Lara Martensen †	2006	2007
Alexander Sholti	Björn Winter †	2001	2008
Arissa Ferkic	Silke Seebach	2006	2008
Olivia Klemke	Franziska Gellert	2005	2009
Yvonne de Bark Yvonne de Bark Yvonne de Bark is a German film and television actress and author.-Life:Yvonne de Bark studied Sports and English in order to become a certified teacher but eventually she changed plans and attended instead a drama school. Consequently she starred in both Enzo Barboni's 'Trinità & Bambino.....	Dr. Pia Jäger, divorced Lassner	2006	2009
Andreas Büngen	Jan Gräser	2002	2009
Sarah Ulrich	Romy Sturm #2	2005	2009
Holger Franke	Wolfgang Weigel †	1994	2009
Jane Hempel	Sophie Himmel-Eiler, née Himmel #2	2001	2009
Anna-Julia Kapfelsperger	Charlotte Sommer	2008	2010
Andreas Zimmermann	Henning Fink #1	2009	2010
Marcel Saibert	Martin „Mars“ Sommer	2004	2010
Kathleen Fiedler	Anna Weigel #2	2006	2010
Birte Glang	Heidi Danne †	2010	2011

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.
• 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
  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...
  
  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 January 2008 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.

External links

• Unter uns-Spoiler