Lindenstraße: The series will be discontinued after more than three decades
Bad news for all fans of the "Lindenstraße": The series will be discontinued after more than three decades. "The television program conference of the ARD has expressed a majority against an extension of the production contract with the Geißendörfer film and television production." The last episode of the series will be broadcast in March 2020 in the first, "it said in a press release from the station on Friday.
"An icon on German television"
The decision was not made easy, explains Volker Herres, program director of First German Television. "Because the 'Lindenstraße' is an icon on German television that has accompanied us for decades, it is a reflection of the history and development of our republic.It has set accents that will remain influential - a merit of dedicated, passionate doers Sober and regretful: The audience interest and our inevitable austerity are incompatible with the production costs for such a high-quality series.Hans W. Geißendörfer as the father of the, Lindenstraße 'television story written.He and his successor Hana Geißendörfer and all contributors are our respect And we are still grateful: we promise all viewers and loyal fans until 2020 many interesting episodes and a brilliant finale. "
Thanks to Hans W. Geißendörfer
Also Jörg Schöneberger, WDR TV director, thanked in a statement the "inventor of the series, Hans W. Geißendörfer, his successor Hana Geißendörfer, the ensemble and the whole team - and not least the audience, the, Lindenstraße 'for more than 30 [...] We are grateful to the community of ARD that it has supported the 'Lindenstraße' for decades and regret that it no longer sees any possibility to continue the series Conditions of the ARD have changed and productions must be reassessed. "
On December 8, 1985, the weekly series "Lindenstraße" started its success story. Many actors like Marie-Luise Marjan (78) as mother Beimer or Andrea Spatzek (59) as Gabi Zenker are from the beginning. Recently, Joachim Hermann Luger (75) attracted attention, and after more than 30 years as Hans Beimer, died of serial death.
