Entführung aus der Lindenstraße

Entführung aus der Lindenstraße (meaning 'Kidnap from Linden Street') is a German television film directed by George Moorse. It was produced in 1995 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the German television series Lindenstraße,[1] and stars many cast members of that show.

Entführung aus der Lindenstraße
GenreComedy
Crime
Written byChristoph Wortberg
Directed byGeorge Moorse
StarringMarie-Luise Marjan, Herbert Feuerstein
Music byClaudius Bruese
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
Production
ProducerHans W. Geißendörfer
EditorHelga Borsche
Running time74 minutes[2]
Release
Original release1995 (1995)

Plot

The ARD television series Lindenstraße is about to be cancelled after its ten-year run.

Obsessive Lindenstraße fan and head computer programmer of the GEZ, Detlef Hase (portrayed by Herbert Feuerstein) is distraught. He enters the production studio of the show posing as a tourist, sneaks backstage, and kidnaps the actress Marie-Luise Marjan (playing herself) at gunpoint. He calls her 'Helga' or 'Frau Beimer', her Lindenstraße stage-name, and is infatuated with her. He takes her to an unoccupied castle which belongs to a distant relative of his, and forces her to record a video stating that unless the show Lindenstraße is renewed, the record of all GEZ TV-licenses will be deleted. To prove his ability to carry out his threat, he deletes all data pertaining to the town Bad Schwartau. This however alerts the police to his identity, and after searching his apartment they find a map on which the location of the castle is marked.

Meanwhile, Marie-Luise begins to admire Hase, and is persuaded to support his attempt to save Lindenstraße. They manage to evade capture by the police and drive to the GEZ headquarters, where they lock themselves in the computer room. As the police break in and arrest him, Hase activates a computer virus that will automatically delete the GEZ data, and that can only be deactivated by him. As the virus continues to delete data, WDR director Fritz Pleitgen announces publicly that Lindenstraße will be re-commissioned, citing the public outcry over the proposed cancellation as the reason.

In the final scene, set several weeks later, Marie-Luise visits Hase in prison, and offers him an acting role on the show Lindenstraße after the completion of his custodial sentence.

Cast

The protagonist Detlef Hase is portrayed by Herbert Feuerstein. Lindenstraße actress Marie-Luise Marjan and the then-director of WDR, Fritz Pleitgen, play themselves. Other fictional roles in Entführung aus der Lindenstraße are portrayed by cast members of Lindenstraße.[3]

ActorRole in FilmRole in Lindenstraße[4][5]
Anna TelurenCleaner Maria Steiner / Government Minister Ms. BooseAmélie von der Marwitz
Martin RickeltJanitor Alfred PitschakFranz Wittich
Bill MockridgeGEZ-Supervisor Peter RummlerErich Schiller
Manfred SchwabeGEZ-employee Hans MarkowskiMatthias Steinbrück
Marie-Luise MarjanherselfHelga Beimer
Willi HerrenNewspaper-sellerOlli Klatt
Annemarie WendlGertrud Pleitgen (Mother of Intendant Fritz Pleitgen)Else Kling
Helmut EhmigJanitor Hans KellerHilmar Eggers
Ute Moramake-up artist Elfie SchlueterBerta Griese
Nika von AltenstadtIngeborg RollSonia Besirsky
Marianne RogéeTour-guide Agnes PilzIsolde Pavarotti
Petra VietenInterpreter Mrs. MandrakisCorinna Marx
Amorn SurangkanjanajaiSet visitor A. KorangunganajaiGung Pham Kien
Ludwig HaasLindenstraße Director Walther PlanckDr. Ludwig Dressler
Sybille WauryDirector's Assistant Ines von FalckenbergTanja Dressler
Andrea SpatzekMargot LinkGabi Zenker
Anna NowakFranziska WitschUrszula Winicki
Susanne GannottTheresa OezguelBeate Sarikakis
Guido GagliardiSound- and cameraman Ferdi SchmitzEnrico Pavarotti
Wolfgang GrönebaumSound- and cameraman Franz KepplerEgon Kling
Moritz A. SachsSound- and cameraman Ludwig HintermoserKlaus Beimer
Inga AbelUlla FinkEva-Maria Sperling
Tanja SchmitzGundi Strack (as Tanja Schmitz-Kemmerling)Julia von der Marwitz
Sontje PeplowSandra FrommLisa Hoffmeister
Knut HinzCommissioner Klaus WeberHans-Joachim Scholz
Joachim Hermann LugerPolice Officer Horst BraunHans Beimer
Domna AdamopoulouHildegard KniesElena Sarikakis
Philipp NeubauerPolice technician Heinz WagnerPhilipp Sperling
Jo BollingSEK Official Rudi BrantAndi Zenker
Hermes HodolidesSEK Official Alf SchroederVasily Sarikakis
Irene FischerPolice Psychologist Edeltraut BergerAnna Ziegler
Carlos WernerFriedrich HeinemannErnst-Hugo von Salen-Priesnitz
Michael MarwitzVolker LutzKurt Sperling
Nadine SprußReporterValerie Zenker
Kostas PapanastasiouReporterPanaiotis Sarikakis
Margret Van MunsterHomeless personRosi Koch
Robert ZimmerlingHomeless personHubert Koch
Steffen GräbnerHelicopter pilot Harry HansenDieter Rantzow
Marcus OffUndersecretary GoetschPhil Seegers
Georg UeckerDietmar GanzCarsten Flöter
Rebecca Siemoneit-BarumReporter Uta RadtkeIffi Zenker
Moritz ZielkeReporterMomo Sperling
Sigo LorfeoJustice Department Official Hans KoschinskiPaolo Varese

References in the TV Show

Herbert Feuerstein appears in Episode 528 of Lindenstraße as a chimney sweep, and upon seeing Helga, addresses her by name and appears to hold her in veneration. This can be interpreted as the fulfilment of the conversation between Marie-Luise Marjan and Detlef Hase in the final scene of Entführung aus der Lindenstraße.

In episode 576 a clip from Entführung aus der Lindenstraße appears on television. Erich remarks to Helga: "Actually we could have saved ourselves the cable-TV fees – twenty-seven channels and there’s nothing on!"

Certification

Entführung aus der Lindenstraße is rated FSK 6[6] - suitable for viewers of age 6 and above.

References

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