''Mit Leib und Seele'' was a German TV series which ran from September 1989 to July 1993 on

ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...

. The 51 episodes revolved around the life of a pastor Adam Kempfert, played by

Günter Strack Günter Strack (4 June 1929 – 18 January 1999) was a German film and television actor. Career In English language films, he played Professor Karl Manfred in the Hitchcock thriller ''Torn Curtain'' (1966) and appeared as Kunik in ''The Ode ...

, as he dealt with the problems of his flock in a town near

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian dialects, Hessian: , "Franks, Frank ford (crossing), ford on the Main (river), Main"), is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as o ...

. Audiences were around 15 million for each episode. The series launched the career of

Barbara Auer Barbara Auer (; born ) is a German actress. She has appeared in multiple television shows and films including ''My Daughter Belongs to Me'' (for which she won a German Film Award for "Best Actress"), ', ', and '' The Book Thief''. Awards * 198 ...

and was syndicated in Italy.Scala - Issue 1 - Page 7 1992 "Barbara Auer. on academically gifted actress who is being hailed as the new face of the German cinema, is her own woman. She could have carried on being the attractive star of the TV series "Mit Leib und Seele" (With body and Traveller In ..."

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* {{IMDb title, 0096655 Television shows set in Hesse 1989 German television series debuts 1993 German television series endings German-language television shows ZDF original programming