''Gisbert '' is a German television series that was created by
Hape Kerkeling
Hans Peter Wilhelm "Hape" Kerkeling (; born 9 December 1964) is a German comedian, TV presenter, author, and actor.
Career
At secondary school in Recklinghausen, Hape Kerkeling and some fellow students formed a band (''Gesundfutter'', meanin ...
and was broadcast in 1999 by the
WDR television company.
Plot
Gisbert (
Hape Kerkeling
Hans Peter Wilhelm "Hape" Kerkeling (; born 9 December 1964) is a German comedian, TV presenter, author, and actor.
Career
At secondary school in Recklinghausen, Hape Kerkeling and some fellow students formed a band (''Gesundfutter'', meanin ...
) is a substitute-worker, who is getting sub-jobs from the facilitator Frau Schlacke (
Hella von Sinnen
Hella Kemper (born 2 February 1959), known by her stage name Hella von Sinnen (lit. ''Hella out of her mind'', making pun of the aristocratic "von"), is a German entertainer and television presenter. She has been a regular on several TV shows on ...
). In every episode it's a different job but cause of the naive kind of Gisbert he can't get any of the jobs. At the end he always gets fired and explains: "I just wanted to help". Another static role is Herr Faulhaber (
Ralph Morgenstern
Ralph Morgenstern (born as Ralph Morgenstern-Nolting on 3 October 1956) is a German actor and TV host.
Morgenstern was born in Mülheim an der Ruhr. He works in theatre, film, and on German TV. Morgenstern has one daughter and has lived togeth ...
), Frau Schlacke always called him her best employer.
Other actors are in every episode but always play different roles, like
Isabel Varell,
Maren Kroymann, Tana Schanzara and Gottfried Vollmer.
Every episode contains also guest stars, like
Elke Sommer
Elke Sommer (; née Schletz, 5 November 1940) is a German actress. She appeared in numerous films throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in ''The Pink Panther'' sequel '' A Shot in the Dark'' (1964), the Bob Hope comedy '' Boy, Did I ...
,
Harald Schmidt
Harald Franz Schmidt (born 18 August 1957) is a German actor, comedian, television presenter and writer best known as the host of two popular German late-night shows.
Early and private life
A son of refugees who fled from Sudetenland (now Cz ...
,
Zachi Noy
Zachi Noy (; born 8 July 1953) is an Israeli actor.
Early life
Noy was born in 1953 in Haifa, Israel with the name of Yitzhak Novogruder. At a young age, Noy did stage work for the local Israeli theater "HaSadna" in Haifa. Later, he spent his mi ...
or
Katja Ebstein
Katja Ebstein (born Karin Witkiewicz; 9 March 1945) is a German singer. She was born in Girlachsdorf (now Gniewków, Poland). She achieved success with songs such as "Theater (song), Theater" and "Es war einmal ein Jäger". She was married to , w ...
.
See also
*
List of German television series
The following is a list of television series produced in Germany:
Current
Drama
* ''4 Blocks (TV series), 4 Blocks'' (TNT Serie, 2017–2019)
* ''Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei'' (RTL Television, RTL, 1996–present)
* ''Babylon B ...
External links
*
1999 German television series debuts
1999 German television series endings
German-language television shows
German comedy television series
Das Erste original programming
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